Speech Therapy

Cartoon penguin using an apple flash card, used for speech therapy

Pediatric speech therapy services are designed to help children of all ages, from infants to adolescents, with communication, speech, and feeding-related disorders. These disorders can include difficulties with:

  • Speaking: Articulation problems, speech delays, childhood apraxia of speech, dysarthria, stuttering, voice disorders.

  • Understanding language: Receptive language disorders, auditory processing difficulties.

  • Using words correctly: Expressive language disorders, difficulties with grammar and sentence structure.

  • Feeding and swallowing: Dysphagia, difficulties with chewing or sucking, picky eating.

  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): Using alternative methods to communicate, such as sign language, picture exchange systems, or electronic devices.