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Speech and language impairments can significantly affect an individual’s ability to communicate and function effectively. While speech refers to articulation and how we produce speech sounds, language includes our ability to understand and use words. ​

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Areas of Support

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  • Receptive and Expressive Language – Strengthening language comprehension and use.

  • Pragmatic/Social Language – Supporting communication across social situations.

  • Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) – Helping individuals who use communication devices or other nonverbal methods.

  • Childhood and Acquired Apraxia of Speech – Addressing speech motor planning difficulties.

  • Autism and Communication – Enhancing language and interaction skills.

  • Articulation and Phonology – Improving speech sound production.

  • Fluency (Stuttering) – Developing strategies for smoother speech.

  • Aphasia – Supporting individuals with language challenges due to brain injury or stroke.

  • Executive Functioning and Communication – Strengthening organization, memory, and problem-solving in speech and language.

  • Accent Modification – Adjusting pronunciation for clearer speech.

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Specializations and Training Include the following:

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PROMPT Institute - PROMPT Trained (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets)

The Kaufman Method for Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) for Apraxia

ReST Rapid Syllable Transition 

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (LAMP, Proloquo2go, TouchChat)

Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS®)          

Teletherapy 

Orton-Gillingham Method  - Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators 

Speech To Print Approach

Institute for Excellence in Writing  (IEW) 

Barton Reading and Spelling System

    

Click the image below to download a free speech sound development chart.    

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Speech and Language

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