Speech and Language Therapy
What is a language Delay?
A language delay is made up of receptive and expressive language skills. Receptive language is the ability to understand spoken language. Expressive language is the ability to use spoken language. Children that have deficits in these areas often show difficulty with combining words, following directions, and answering questions.
WHAT IS A SPEECH DELAY?
Speech disorders are when a child is unable to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently. Speech delays consist of the following: articulation, phonological errors, apraxia, fluency, and oral motor.
We offer evaluations to address the following concerns:
Articulation
Receptive Language
Expressive Language
Fluency (Stuttering)
Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)
Dysphagia (Swallowing & Picky Eaters)
Pragmatic/Social Skills
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy helps assist children of all ages who are having difficulty participating in every day activities or “occupations” that are required to perform daily life routines and live their life to the fullest. These “occupations” may include learning at school, playing, self-care tasks, social skills or fulfilling their role as a member of their family.
WE OFFER EVALUATIONS TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING:
Fine Motor Deficits (Grasp, Stringing Beads, Clothing Fasteners, Manipulating Toys)
Hand-Eye Coordination Difficulties (Scissor Use, Puzzles, Ball Skills)
Visual Motor Delays (Printing, Drawing, Forming Shapes, Coloring)
Visual Perception Delays (Sorting, Matching, Figure Ground, Scanning, Letter Reversals)
Self-Care Delays (Dressing, Feeding, Utensil Use, Tying, Grooming)
Sensory Processing Difficulties (Delays in responses to sights, sounds, movement, taste and touch)
Poor Strength (difficulty manipulating resistive materials, moving against gravity, maintaining body positions)
Decreased Range of Motion (Limitations in moving arms, fingers, legs, head or other body parts)
Social Difficulties (Interacting with peers or adults, following routines)
Feeding Therapy
Feeding therapy addresses a child’s ability to physical swallow food/drink but also for those children that are sensitive to textures, tastes, and temperature. Feeding therapy can be addressed by a speech or occupational therapist. Children that demonstrate feeding difficulties typically consume a limited variety of foods, may have a PEG, G/J, or NG tube. Because of the limited intake it places the child at risk for not consuming adequate nutrition and hydration.
Physical Therapy
Pediatric physical therapy can help increase balance, range of motion, strength, coordination, gain, core control, gross motor milestones, safety, functional mobility, and evaluating the for adaptive or orthopedic equipment.
Physical therapy may serve the following population:
Cerebral Palsy
Developmental Delays
Spina Bifida
Down Syndrome
Autism
General lower extremity weakness
Sports/Orthopedic injuries
