Speech-Language Therapy
Speech Language Therapy
The Abilities Center Speech-Language Pathologists provide individual and co-treatments targeting the needs of the child and their families. They utilize a multi-disciplinary program to provide a holistic approach for your child. Each Speech-Language Therapist has extensive training in various therapeutic modalities to ensure a comprehensive program specific to your child's abilities.
Speech/Language Pathologists Specialize In:
- Auditory Processing Difficulties
- Developmental Delays in Adopted Children
- Expressive Language Delay/Disorders
- Oral and Verbal Apraxia/dyspraxia of speech
- Oral-Motor Weakness
- Pragmatic Disorder
- Receptive Language Delay/Disorders
Our Speech-Language Department Specializes in Treating Children Who May Have:
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cochlear Implant
- Cognitive Impairment
- Developmental Delay
- Down Syndrome
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Genetic Syndromes
- Hearing Loss
- Learning Disabilities
- Non-verbal Communicative Status
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)
- Pre-maturity
- Sensory Processing/Integration Disorders
- Unintelligible Speech
Our Speech/Language Pathologists Are Trained In:
- Aquatic Development
- Enrichment Classes/Groups
- Fast ForWard
- Hanen Program – It Takes Two To Talk
- Interactive Metronome
- Kaufman Speech Praxis Program
- L.I.N.K.S. to Language
- Oral Motor Strength and Coordination
- P.L.A.Y. Project
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- P.R.O.M.P.T. (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Motor Phonetic Targets)
- Sensory Integration Treatment
- Therapeutic Listening
- Visual Strategies
It Takes Two to Talk: The Hanen Program for Parents
The Hanen program is designed to empower parents to facilitate language and communication in children 18 months to 6 years.