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Speech-language therapy addresses how a child produces speech, understands and uses language, and participates in interaction. Where spoken language is not yet functional, it also establishes an alternative means of communication.<\/p>\n
Jump to:<\/strong><\/p>\n We assess how your child produces speech sounds, how much language they understand, how they use language to express themselves, and how they manage the back-and-forth of interaction.<\/p>\n From that assessment we set functional goals: producing a target sound accurately, expanding vocabulary and sentence length, following multi-step directions, initiating and sustaining an exchange, or reducing the effort involved in speaking fluently.<\/p>\n Intervention is delivered through structured play and within everyday routines, because language acquired in one setting only is of limited use.<\/p>\n Where a device or picture-based system is indicated, we introduce it promptly. The evidence does not support the concern that augmentative communication suppresses speech; children given a reliable means of communicating generally produce more spoken language, not less.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n If you are unsure whether a delay is present, the expected milestones by age<\/a> are set out here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A fuller account of what the evaluation looks like<\/a>, so that nothing is unexpected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Accurate sound production and intelligibility to unfamiliar listeners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Vocabulary, sentence structure and the ability to convey meaning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Understanding vocabulary, questions and multi-step directions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Initiating, turn-taking, topic maintenance and repair of breakdowns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Reducing the frequency and effort of disfluency in connected speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Picture systems and speech-generating devices, selected and trained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A weekly session is a small proportion of a child language exposure. The remaining hours are where acquisition occurs, which is why coaching is part of the plan.<\/p>\n We teach specific strategies: how to create opportunities for your child to communicate, how long to wait for a response, and how to respond so that the attempt is reinforced. A small number at a time, embedded in routines you already have.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n For coverage, here are the plans we work with<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n No. Bilingual exposure does not cause language disorder, and removing a language typically costs a child more than it gains. The evidence, set out in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n Some children do resolve without intervention. An evaluation is what distinguishes those from the children for whom waiting has a cost, and it is the one variable you can control.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n No. The research consistently shows the opposite: children provided with a reliable means of communication tend to produce more spoken language, not less.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n Costs and payment, explained plainly<\/a>, including private pay and Step Up.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n Describe what you are observing and we will tell you whether an evaluation is warranted.<\/p>\n Contact us<\/a> See all therapies<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Speech Therapy Speech-language therapy addresses how a child produces speech, understands and uses language, and participates in interaction. Where spoken language is not yet functional, it also establishes an alternative means of communication. In brief We assess articulation, receptive and expressive language, fluency and social communication. Intervention is play-based and embedded in the routines where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":359,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":891,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786\/revisions\/891"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nWhat speech-language therapy is<\/h2>\n
When an evaluation is warranted<\/h2>\n
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What an evaluation involves<\/h2>\n
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What we treat<\/h2>\n
Parent coaching<\/h2>\n
How to begin<\/h2>\n
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Questions parents ask<\/h2>\n
We speak two languages at home. Is that causing the delay?<\/summary>\n
Should we wait and see?<\/summary>\n
Will a communication device prevent my child from speaking?<\/summary>\n
What does it cost?<\/summary>\n
Keep reading<\/h2>\n
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Concerned about your child speech or language?<\/h2>\n