Speech & Language Services
Evaluations
- Comprehensive speech and language evaluation to include:
- Language Based assessments
- Articulation
- Phonological awareness
- Social pragmatics
- Oral motor/feeding
- Augmentative communication
Individual/Group Treatment
- Weekly individual sessions and home programs
- Small group treatment and social pragmatics
- Articulation language processing
- Augmentative communication
- Sign language/PECS
Oral Motor/Feeding
- Oral motor assessment
- Desensitization programs
- Feeding evaluations
- Adaptive equipment
- Small and large group sessions
- Weekly social pragmatic goals and objectives
- Coping/problem solving strategies
Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) is, foremost, a set of procedures and processes by which an individual's communication skills (i.e., production as well as comprehension) can be maximized for functional and effective communication. It involves supplementing or replacing natural speech and/or writing with aided (e.g., picture communication symbols, line drawings, Blissymbols, and tangible objects) and/or unaided symbols (e.g., manual signs, gestures, and finger spelling).*
*Definition taken from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Pragmatics involve three major communication skills: Using language for different purposes, changing language according to the needs of a listener or situation and following rules for conversations and storytelling.*
*Definition taken from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Social Pragmatics
- Consultation to school staff
- Home and school programs*
*Definition taken from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) School Observations
IEP Meetings
- IEP Team meeting attendance
- Goals and objectives
- Child advocacy
Inservice Education
- Inservice education to schools, organizations, and community based groups