Speech Therapy

Speech and language therapy helps children who have trouble making sounds/words, have difficulty understanding words, or struggle to use language to share ideas or get wants/needs met. In some cases the use of alternative forms of communication are used (e.g. pictures, sign language). The main goal of speech and language therapy is to give a child meaningful ways to communicate. The speech therapist works with the child and their family to set up opportunities for the child to use their speech and language during usual family and social activities.

Speech therapy can address the following areas:

• Social language
• Alternative/augmentative communication
• Motor speech disorders
• Oral motor
• Receptive and expressive language disorders
• Speech sound disorders/phonology delays