Speech-language pathologists provide interventions to develop effective communication skills and/or improve functional feeding and swallowing abilities.
Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), sometimes called speech therapists, work to prevent, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders.
Articulation/Phonological Disorders
Difficulties producing speech sounds that impact speech intelligibility.
Cognitive Disorders
Difficulty with thinking, perceiving, and understanding at an age-appropriate level.
Fluency Disorders
Difficulty with the flow of speech.
Language Disorders
Difficulties understanding (receptive) or producing (expressive) language.
Voice Disorders
Difficulty producing vocal quality, pitch, loudness, duration, and resonance appropriate for age or gender.
Swallowing Disorders
Difficulty controlling the muscles in the mouth and throat.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): Includes all forms of communication (other than oral speech) that are used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas, including Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). AAC is used by those with a wide range of speech and language impairments, including congenital impairments such as cerebral palsy, intellectual impairment and autism. We have extensive AAC labs with state-of-the-art equipment.
Interventions for children who do not consume enough volume or variety of foods and liquids to grow and to have optimal nutrition for health.
Uses a combination of auditory, visual, and tactile input to the mouth to improve speech clarity.
Prompts for Restructuring Oral and Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT) requires extensive training utilizing hands-on techniques based on touch, pressure and cues to help reshape the way the brain and mouth work together.
SLPs and OTs work together in this program. The SOS Approach to Feeding is a transdisciplinary program for assessing and treating children with feeding and weight/growth difficulties. It has been developed over the course of 30 years through the clinical work of Dr. Kay Toomey, in conjunction with colleagues from several different disciplines including: Pediatricians, Occupational Therapists, Registered Dietitians, and Speech-Language Pathologists. This program integrates motor, oral, behavioral/learning, medical, sensory and nutritional factors and approaches in order to comprehensively evaluate and manage children with feeding/growth problems.
Our SLPs pursue continuing education in a variety of specialty areas including neurodiversity affirming care, alternative and augmentative communication, feeding, swallowing, orofacial myofunction and more through individual therapy, SOS feeding program.
To learn more about our speech-language therapy program, please contact us at (502) 635-6397.
