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WITH NEARLY 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPIST, IT'S MY PROMISE TO HELP YOUR CHILD REACH THEIR POTENTIAL through speech, language, and feeding therapy.
Speech Therapy Services from Birth to 18 Years
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Complete an Assessment
Determine Qualification
Create a Treatment Plan and Schedule Therapy
- Parent Questionnaire
- Teacher Questionnaire, if applicable
- Parent Interview
- Language Sample
- Formal Testing
These assessments are play-based and last approximately one hour. Caregivers are active participants in these assessments. These evaluations include a combination of:
under 5 years old
For Younger Children
- Parent and Teacher Questionnaires
- Parent Interview
- Standardized Testing
- Language Sample
- Oral Motor Examination (if applicable)
- Behavioral Observations
These assessments may last 1-2 hours and may include a combination of:
ages 5 and older
For Older Children
Speech and Language Assessments:
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Articulation and Phonology Disorders
Receptive and Expressive Language Impairments
Oral Motor and Feeding Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Motor Speech Disorders-Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
Social Communication Disorders
Oromyofunctional Disorders (OMD)
Specialities:
Speech and Language Therapy
Our goal for each therapy session is to create a safe, fun and engaging environment where children enjoy learning. We often hear from parents, “but aren’t you just playing?” (particularly in early intervention/preschool aged children). Yes, we sometimes will play with your child, but that play is very deliberate and planned. Even though you may not notice it at first, we are using many “tools” in our toolbox to help your child expand his/her speech and language skills through our methods and strategies. Play is how children LEARN, which is why we use PLAY in our therapy as much as possible.
Regarding the use of “games” with older children, we also often set up our lessons in game formats so that your child stays motivated. Changing speech and language behaviors and learning these new skills can be hard and often the use of games (if used correctly!) enhance and promote learning and progress. I promise you, we are not *just* playing.
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Feeding Therapy
- breast and/or bottle feeding difficulties (including infants with tongue and/or lip ties)
- difficulty transitioning to baby food, table food, or cup drinking
- texture aversions (gagging on lumpy purees or certain table foods)
- difficulty biting and chewing foods appropriately
- poor weight gain
- extremely limited food repertoire (accepts less than 30 foods consistently)
- rigid mealtime behaviors (accepts specific brands of food only, particular about presentation or order of foods)
- To increase the awareness of the oral mechanism
- To normalize oral tactile sensitivity
- To improve the precision of volitional movements of oral structures for speech production and/or chewing and clearing oral cavity
- To increase differentiation of oral movements
- To improve feeding skills and nutritional intake
- To improve speech sound production to maximize intelligibility
- Our therapists pull from a variety of feeding techniques across multiple theories and models of intervention to meet the specific needs of your child.
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Oro-myofunctional Disorders
- Thumb and finger sucking habits, pacifier sucking, nail biting
- A routine habit of resting with the lips apart
- A forward resting posture of the tongue between or against the teeth
- Tongue thrust
- Abnormal swallowing patterns
- Abnormal functional breathing patterns (mouth breathing)
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First and foremost, I am a mother. I understand what it's like to wonder if your child will progress at the same rate as other kids, and the helpless feeling when that doesn't happen. My philosophy is to empower families and parents with the tools and knowledge they need to make lasting change and progression. After all, I bring the knowledge, experience, and know-how, but with the daily application from you wonderful parents, change can happen faster and more effectively.
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