WELCOME
SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY
It is my mission to provide research-based therapy services that will support individual student needs. Therapy goals are individually designed to allow children to reach their maximum potential in all areas of communication.
I strongly believe in a holistic based approach, evaluating and
treating speech and language as a part of the whole student.
Parents and families are welcome and encouraged to be part of therapy as it is understood the importance of carryover of skills into all areas of life.
ARTICULATION
/r/ is one of the latest developing sounds in the. This sound is traditionally mastered by age 8. This sound is often produced as a /w/ when said by younger children. We work to decrease lip rounding and movement of the tongue to the back of the mouth during productions. If your student is working on this sound please use the cues:
*Is your jaw open? (You are looking to see there is a small opening in the front teeth.)
*Where is your tongue? (Your student should describe to you that their tongue is back and elevated touching their back molars.)
*You want to hear a true /r/ sound and not an /a, aw, ah/ sound.
Social Skill development affects a child ability to maintain and develop socially appropriate relationships with peers and adults. We are working with materials from SocialThinking.com along with supplemental training materials to target these goals.