The Pediatric Therapy Center
PEDIATRIC SPEECH THERAPY
THERAPY & EVALUATIONS
What is Speech Therapy?
Speech-language therapy encompasses improving a child's communication skills, cognitive skills, oral motor strength and skills, and feeding.
It encompasses comprehension, expression, and social interaction skills with peers and family. Speech therapy aims to address these challenges and facilitate the achievement of communication objectives as well as oral motor deficits.
Evaluations
A licensed speech-language pathologist (SLP) will assess a child's communication abilities and identify any speech or language-related issues. This assessment typically includes the following:
- Thorough case history
- Observation
- Parent report
- Standardized Tests
- Conversational Samples
- Oral Motor Examination
If therapy is advised, a tailored treatment plan will be devised under the parameters of your child's insurance to address your child's specific requirements. Our team of Speech Language Pathologists at TPTC ensures a stimulating and secure environment for each child, engaging them in activities that target their individual treatment goals.
Therapy
After conducting a comprehensive speech therapy evaluation at The Pediatric Therapy Center, our expert speech therapists will develop an individualized treatment plan tailored specifically to each child. During therapy sessions, our therapists employ a combination of child-directed and therapist-directed approaches. Child-directed therapy empowers the child to guide the session, utilizing play-based methods that are engaging, motivating, and effective in skill generalization. Our therapists prioritize the therapist-directed approach to ensure maximum progress can be achieved.
The Pediatric Therapy Center focuses on all areas of speech and language development including:
- Oral/motor strengthening
- Feeding
- Apraxia
- Fluency
- Swallowing
- Expressive/receptive language development
- Auditory processing
- Assisted and augmentative communication
- Phonology and articulation
- Pragmatics/Social Skills
Signs That Your Child May Need Speech- Language Therapy evaluation
Effective communication is a vital element of learning and development, commencing from early infancy and extending throughout adulthood. Infants initially express their fundamental needs - hunger, pain, boredom - through their cries, which rapidly progress to coos and squeals reflecting happiness and joy. As children mature, they acquire the knowledge of employing words, gestures, body language, and facial expressions to effectively convey desires, requirements, and emotions.
All children require a means of communication. However, those encountering challenges in their communicative abilities may experience difficulties expressing themselves, achieving independence, cultivating self-esteem, fully benefiting from educational opportunities, and establishing healthy relationships. Speech therapy can be beneficial for children facing various communication-related obstacles:
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