Speech Therapy
Empowering Speech, Enhancing Lives
Speech therapy is the assessment and treatment of communication problems and speech disorders. There are a wide variety of disorders that speech therapy can assist with, including:
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SELF-ADVOCACY IN EXPRESSION
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Communicating choices and requests
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Asking for help
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Declining/expressing non-interest
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Requesting a break
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Communicating feelings, pain, illness
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Communicating problems they are experiencing
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SOCIAL SKILLS
• Making friends
• Participating in peer groups
• Conversation skills
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ARTICULATION
• Improving overall intelligibility of spoken words to make speech more easily understood.
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FLUENCY
• Improving the flow, speed, and rhythm of speech
• Stuttering modification and fluency shaping
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COMPREHENSION
• Understanding speech and written information
• Following Directions
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SWALLOWING (DYSPHAGIA)
• Assessing troubles with chewing and swallowing food
• Developing exercises to strengthen musculature for eating.
• Providing training on thickened liquids, means of liquid intake, and modified food types.
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COGNITIVE COMMUNICATION
• Memory problems
• Problem-solving difficulties
• Attention deficits
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AUGMENTATIVE AND
ALTERNATIVE
COMMUNICATION
• Use of signs and gestures.
• Use of low- and high-tech devices to supplement and/or compensate for verbal speech deficits
• Communication Boards with symbols, pictures and photos
• Eye Gaze Devices
• Communication applications on iPads and tablets
• Dynavox
