Speech-Language Pathologists Occupational Therapists Learning Specialists
At Speech Plus, we offer a variety of services and programs highlighted by service excellence and quality of care.
Our mission is to build communication and learning skills using a multidisciplinary approach. Success begins with making the proper diagnosis. We provide a custom designed service to our clients that is positive, enriching, and most important - effective.
Speech-Language Evaluation and Therapy
A Speech-Language Evaluation can determine whether your child's speech is developing normally, and whether or not speech therapy is needed. Based on evaluation results, we develop and implement an individualized therapy plan to meet each child's needs. Therapy progress and techniques are continually updated and shared with the family to ensure communication and learning success. A treatment plan may also be developed from a recent evaluation and/or current IEP goals.
Occupational Therapy
A child's life is made up of "occupations," or daily activities. These occupations include playing, learning, and socializing. Occupational therapists work with children and their families to help them succeed in these activities throughout the day. They also help with basic challenges faced by most families, such as eating, dressing and writing. In addition to motor skills, Occupational Therapists also address sensory integration disorders. Sensory disorders often lead children to have extreme over reactions to what others consider mild stimuli, or to shut down completely.
Language-Literacy Evaluation
A Language-Literacy Evaluation will determine the basis of your child’s reading difficulties and lead to a remediation plan to move your child to become a successful reader and lifelong learner. Many students have “splintered skills” - gaps in the underlying skills necessary to be successful readers. Based on parent concerns, background records and thorough review of records, we customize an evaluation appropriate for the student.
Stuttering Therapy
Our Executive Director, Valerie Thompson, is a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders. Board Certified Specialists are individuals who hold their Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) awarded by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and have demonstrated a high level of knowledge and clinical expertise in diagnosing and treating individuals with fluency disorders.
Social Thinking® Groups
Based on the work of world-renowned expert Michelle Garcia Winner, we teach skills ranging from perspective taking (which is understanding that others have “thoughts” separate from our own) to interpreting and responding to the nuances of verbal and non-verbal communication.
At Speech Plus cutting-edge Social Thinking groups bring together students of similar ages and abilities for weekly establish and maintain friendships.
Wilson Reading® Program
The Wilson Reading System® is a nationally recognized and researched reading program based on the Orton-Gillingham philosophy and principles. It is a complete curriculum for teaching decoding and encoding (spelling). It has proven highly successful with students who have difficulty with traditional reading instruction.
Fast ForWord® Family of Programs
Based on over 30 years of scientific research on how the brain learns, the Fast ForWord® family of products are designed to help elementary, middle and high school students develop and strengthen memory and sequencing skills, attention, auditory processing, processing speed, and the language skills essential for academic success.
Yoga for Kids
These 30 minutes sessions are led by our Occupational Therapist and designed to develop core strength and flexibility. Yoga benefits kids in many ways including memory and cognitive function, strength and breath control, improved self regulation and reduced stress and anxiety.
“Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.” — Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Lady of the United States
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