Speech therapy is commonly perceived as a treatment to primarily help those who cannot make certain sounds properly or who have stutters or lisps.However, speech therapy has also proven effective in assisting individuals with other types of difficulties with spoken and written language, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and auditory processing disorder.For this reason, speech therapists are now more accurately referred to as speech-language pathologist (SLP).
How Speech Therapy Works
At the Children’s Center, our speech-language pathologists figure out what kind of language problem a student has.They then ascertain what’s causing it and decide on the most suitable and effective treatment. The speech-language pathologists at the Children’s Center help to build the necessary skills by working with the child in a private setting so they will be as comfortable as possible and be more receptive to the techniques of the speech language pathologist.The Speech Language Pathologists of the Children’s Specialize in:
- Speech flow issues such as stuttering.
- Resonance or voice problems concerning voice pitch, volume and quality.
- Oral feeding problems resulting in difficulty with eating, swallowing and drooling.
- Trouble understanding and expressing language as well as using language in socially appropriate ways.