Pediatric Therapy

We evaluate and treat children with speech sound disorders {articulation and phonological disorders, apraxia}, language disorders {receptive and expressive}, and fluency disorders {stuttering}.

Speech Sound Disorders:

Speech sound disorders, including articulation and phonological disorders, as well as, apraxia, occur when a child has difficulty saying specific sounds correctly making them difficult to understand. Often a child will substitute one sound for another, leave sounds out, add sounds, or change sounds.

Language Disorders:

Language disorders occur when a child’s language isn’t developing as expected making it difficult to communicate effectively. A receptive language disorder impacts a child’s ability to understand spoken language while an expressive language disorder impacts a child’s ability to use spoken language in order to communicate with those within their daily environment. Some children exhibit deficits in both receptive and expressive language skills which is referred to as a mixed language disorder.

Fluency Disorders:

A fluency disorder is a speech disorder that is characterized by dysfluencies that disrupt the natural flow of speech. The most common type of fluency disorder is called stuttering. A child who stutters will exhibit dysfluent speech characterized by repetitions, sound prolongations, blocks, and interjections that often have a negative impact on the natural rate of speech.

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