Common Areas Addressed
in Speech Therapy:

• Articulation – how a child produces speech sounds
   

• Fluency – this refers to the smoothness and rate for speech production. For example, addressing stuttering.
   

• Receptive Language – the ability to understand and comprehend spoken or written language. For example, a child’s ability to follow directions accurately.
   

• Expressive Language – the child’s ability to express what they want or need through verbal or nonverbal communication. This may include the child’s ability to label/name common objects, produce single words, and combine words together to produce phrases and/or sentences, ask and answer a variety of WH questions appropriately, etc.
   

• Pragmatics – social skills. For example, targeting a child’s ability to communicate to others and build/maintain relationships with like-aged peers.
   

• AAC – Augmentative and Alternative Communication (this includes no tech, low tech, and high-tech options) We are passionate about finding the best way for a child to communicate whether this is through picture cards, a device with a speech application, a combination of both, etc.

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Speech therapy addresses many different areas; this is not an all-inclusive list.