Speech Therapy
A child’s early development and success at home, school, and in life depends on their ability to communicate. Speech therapy helps children communicate effectively by helping them improve their verbal and non-verbal language skills. Speech therapy also can improve children’s articulation, decrease stuttering, and treat voice disorders. And it’s not only communication positively impacted by speech therapy — it can lead to remarkable improvements in your child’s academics, social skills, and overall behaviors.
The ProActive Difference
Our ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist, Sydney, approaches her care with collaboration at every level. Her multi-disciplinary approach starts with the child at the center, and integrates both the family and other therapists at ProActive when needed. This multidisciplinary approach allows her to best meet the needs of each child.
Sydney believes that families and caregivers are a vital part of our team and she is passionate about providing strategies and activities to facilitate speech and language development at home, that fit into your daily routine. Contact us today to schedule an evaluation.
Can speech therapy help my child?
Children who could benefit from our speech therapy services may display some of the following:
Difficulties with putting words together into phrases or sentences (Expressive Language)
Difficulties with organizing thoughts and feelings into verbal speech/writing or difficulties with formulating sentences with appropriate grammar (Expressive Language)
AAC (Alternative Augmentative Communication)
Play/Interactions (initiation, turn-taking, joint attention)
Having difficulty with using verbal and nonverbal language (social language)
Difficulty understanding information such as directions or questions
Hard of hearing or wears cochlear implants
Difficulty making certain sounds
Difficulty communicating with words and phrases
Difficulties with production of speech sounds or usage of inconsistent error patterns in speech (Articulation/Phonology)
Not being understood by others, in familiar settings or by strangers (articulation, intelligibility, rate of speech)
Stuttering (Fluency)
Difficulties with comprehension, understanding questions, following directions (Receptive Language)
Not using very many words (Expressive Language, Developmental Language)