SERVICES TO TREAT WHAT YOUR CHILD MAY BE EXPERIENCING
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE DELAYS
- poor ability to communicate wants and needs
- limited vocabulary
- poor grammar or sentence usage
- difficulty finding the right word to say what they want
RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE DELAYS
- difficulty pointing or showing everyday objects
- difficulty understanding information given verbally
- difficulty answering wh- questions (who, what, where, when, why)
SPEECH/ARTICULATION (PHONOLOGICAL) IMPAIRMENTS
APRAXIA OF SPEECH (ALSO DYSPRAXIA)
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Child knows what they want to say but they have difficulty coordinating the muscles to say the words
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Trouble saying sounds, syllables and words that are not a result of muscle weakness
OROMYOFACIAL IMPAIRMENTS
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Cleft palates
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Excessive drooling
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Tongue thrust (when swallowing or when talking)
- unclear production of sounds
- backing of sounds (saying “guck” for “duck”)
- fronting of sounds (saying “tat” for “cat”)
- deleting sounds (saying “oop” for “hoop”)
- sound substitution (saying “deap” for “leap”)
- difficulty saying /r/ (saying “wace” for “race”)
STUTTERING
- repeating part or whole sounds, syllables, words or phrases
- blocking (or getting stuck) on certain sounds, syllables, words
- excessive use of fillers such as um, you know
VOICE
- hoarseness
- breathy
- nodules
- polyps
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD), PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER, ASPERGERS
- difficulty with communication
- difficulty with social interactions
- poor attention
- speech impairment
- difficulty understanding figurative language
- poor nonverbal communication
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS (TBI, STROKE)
- dysphagia (difficulty chewing and/or swallowing)
- aphasia (neurogenic language disorder)
- dysarthria (neurogenic speech disorder)
- apraxia (motor planning deficit impacting oral movements and/or speech)