Early Intervention
The treatment of children ages 0-3
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This therapy involves coaching parents and caregivers in addition to direct intervention in order to maximize therapeutic outcome
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Utilizing a playful and fun approach while following the child’s lead in their natural environment
Articulation and Speech Sound Therapy
Articulation and speech sound therapy focuses on:
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Providing targeted intervention to fix speech sound errors
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Eliminating sound distortions and substitutions and omissions
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Incorporating phonological awareness and speech sound discrimination
Expressive Language Therapy
Expressive language therapy addresses:
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Developing verbal communication
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Grammar
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Word retrieval
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Expressing and organizing thoughts
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Formulating sentences
Receptive Language Therapy
Receptive language therapy focuses on:
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Following directions
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Building vocabulary
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Comprehending information when listening to a speaker
Therapy for Apraxia of Speech
Therapy for apraxia of speech focuses on:
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Improving motor planning and speech imitation skills
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Tactile cuing/PROMPT
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Vowel differentiation and production
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Articulation of multisyllabic words
Pragmatic and Social Language Therapy
Pragmatic and social language therapy involves:
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Using expressive language skills for a variety of communicative functions including using language to protest, comment, respond, question, show and request
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Initiating and maintaining conversational speech
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Reading social cues
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Picking up on other peoples perspectives
Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders focuses on:
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Developing conversational language
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Developing language pragmatics and social communication
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Understanding the meaning of words
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Language comprehension
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Using language and play creatively