Therapy Services
Therapy is designed around your child's goals, learning style, and stage of development. Sessions incorporate motivating activities, movement, toys, and everyday routines to build skills that support communication, feeding, and oral function at home, at school, and in the community.
What to Expect
Therapy begins with a review of your child's evaluation results, strengths, and areas of need. Goals are selected based on clinical findings and your family's priorities. Sessions may include:
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Direct instruction and guided practice
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Movement, toys, games, books, and familiar routines
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Visual, verbal, tactile, and motor-based supports
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Repeated practice to help build and retain new skills
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Parent education and strategies for use between sessions
Areas of Therapy Include:
Is Therapy Right for Your Child?
Therapy may be beneficial if your child:
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Is difficult for family members, teachers, or peers to understand
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Has trouble producing certain speech sounds or has inconsistent speech errors
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Has difficulty understanding language, following directions, or answering questions
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Uses fewer words or shorter sentences than expected
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Struggles to express ideas, retell events, or participate in conversations
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Has difficulty with social communication
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Has an open-mouth resting posture, tongue thrust, mouth breathing, or persistent oral habits
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Has difficulty chewing, drinking, swallowing, or managing a variety of foods
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Is not yet communicating consistently through speech, gestures, signs, pictures, or a communication device
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Has been referred by a pediatrician, teacher, dentist, or another healthcare professional
Beyond the Therapy Room
Families are an essential part of therapy. You'll receive practical strategies that fit naturally into daily interactions and routines. When appropriate, I also collaborate with educators, physicians, dentists, and other professionals — so progress in the therapy room carries over everywhere else too.