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Is Speech Therapy Right for My Child?
Sometimes it's hard to know what's typical and what's worth exploring. Speech therapy may help if your child...
Is difficult to understand
Isn’t talking as much as expected
Has trouble understanding language or following directions
Gets frustrated trying to communicate
Struggles with conversation or social communication
Stutters or repeats sounds
Needs another way to communicate besides spoken language
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What We Help With
Helping children produce speech clearly and coordinate the movements needed for talking. We also support children whose speech feels interrupted or difficult to control.
Common diagnoses and concerns:
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Articulation and phonological disorders
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Childhood apraxia of speech
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Dysarthria
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Stuttering and cluttering
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Difficulty being understood
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Supporting children who have trouble understanding language, following directions, or expressing their thoughts, ideas, and feelings.
Common diagnoses and concerns:
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Language delay
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Developmental language disorder
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Late talking
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Difficulty following directions or expressing ideas
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Helping children build conversation skills, understand verbal and nonverbal cues, and communicate more confidently with others.
Common diagnoses and concerns:
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Autism
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Social pragmatic communication disorder
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ADHD-related communication challenges
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Helping children communicate through signs, pictures, communication boards, or speech-generating devices when spoken language alone does not meet their needs.
Common diagnoses and concerns:
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Autism
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Cerebral palsy
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Down syndrome and other chromosomal conditions
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Childhood apraxia of speech
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Complex communication needs
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Speech therapy can support children who have trouble being understood, understanding or using language, connecting with others, or communicating through spoken words alone.
Communication challenges may be associated with autism, ADHD, Down syndrome and other chromosomal conditions, traumatic brain injury, stroke, childhood apraxia of speech, and more.
approaches we may use
PROMPT
DTTC
Orofacial Myology
DIR/Floortime™
AAC
Natural Language Acquisition
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Speech Therapy
Helping children express themselves, connect with others, and be understood.
Springboard's speech-language pathologists evaluate and treat speech, language, social communication, and cognitive communication challenges through individualized, play-based therapy designed around each child's unique needs.
