Speech Therapy

Pediatric speech and language therapy provides assessment and treatment of your child’s communication skills. These include speech, language, play and interaction development. The focus of treatment may be on oral-motor skills, stuttering, tongue thrust, voice or augmentative communication. As a parent, you are provided with strategies to help your child to communicate better at home and in the community.

Speech Therapists:
> Improve understanding and expression of language
> Develop speech/sound production
> Decrease stuttering behaviors
> Improve swallowing patterns to reduce tongue thrust
> Promote communication through augmentative communication systems
> Enhance eating and swallowing skills
> Promote age appropriate play skills