Disorders

Therapy Programs for
Children and Adults

Tongue Thrust, Speech Sound Disorders (Articulation), Language Development (including Late Talkers), Apraxia, Brain Injury, Executive Functioning, Fluency, Social Skills, Autism, Emotional Recognition and Regulation (particularly for ADHD and ASD clients) Aural Rehabilitation, Accent Reduction, Voice Disorders

Tongue Thrust

  • The tongue pushes forward during a swallow.
  • May or may not be evident in speech (i.e. “th” for “s” sounds).
  • Untreated can push teeth out of alignment, even undoing orthodontia work.
Child with tongue sticking out

Speech Sound Disorders

  • Is not pronouncing sounds correctly.
  • May involve substitutions, distortions, or omissions of speech sounds.
speech therapy articulation with child

Language Development

  • Has difficulty communicating basic wants and needs.
  • Has difficulty following directions.
  • Has difficulty with grammar, vocabulary, and/or making sentences.
kid learning letters

Late Talker

  • Is not using words by 18 months.
  • Is not pointing or gesturing to communicate by 1 year.
kid pointing at their mouth

Apraxia

  • Know what they want to say, but have impaired ability to plan the movements needed for correct speech.
  • Message from their brain to their mouth is disrupted.
  • May have Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) or acquire apraxia later in life after some kind of brain trauma.
kid doing speech therapy

Brain Injury

  • Acquired and traumatic brain injuries.
  • Deficits with attention, memory, reasoning, and/or executive functions.
brain injury

Executive Functioning

  • Has trouble planning or predicting future events
  • Struggles with time management
  • Difficulties organizing thoughts, schedules, etc.
  • Unable to properly sequence events, etc.
Kid with alphabet magnets

Fluency

  • Demonstrates repetitions or prolongations of words/word parts.
  • Blinks eyes, taps feet, or tenses during moments of stuttering.
child speech therapy

Social Skills

  • Has difficulty taking turns in conversation or staying on topic.
  • Has difficulty picking up social cues such as facial expressions, etc.
  • Has difficulty interacting and playing appropriately with others.
kids socializing

Aural Rehabilitation

  • Training to improve the speech, language, and listening abilities of those with hearing loss.
child with hearing loss

Voice

  • Problems with pitch, volume, intonation, respiration or resonance disorders.
child speech therapy