Pediatric Services

Speech

Functional, structural, or motor difficulties affecting speech production

• Articulation: production of individual speech sounds
• Phonological: predictable, rule based errors that affect more than 1 speech sound
• Fluency: stuttering or cluttering affecting speech fluency- currently, I am working on obtaining a specialty license in this area
• Dysarthria or Apraxia : execution or planning of speech sounds
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Language

Understanding and use of language

• Understanding language we hear or read
• Using and writing using language in a clear, intended way
• Navigating norms and use of social-pragmatic language
• Literacy
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Voice

Treatment of vocal volume, phonation, and/or resonance changes to meet daily needs

• Challenges related to physiological, organic, structural, or functional differences or changes

Feeding and Swallowing

• Feeding: motor-based, sensory-based, and/or psychosocial based therapy
• Dysphagia: structural, muscular, and/or neurological differences or changes affecting physiological swallow