How does the Speech and Language Therapist help my child?
After the initial evaluation and assessment, the Speech/Language Pathologist develops a plan of care or a treatment plan to address the child’s communication skills. The plan of care is often stated as long and short-term goals, but in fact can change from treatment to treatment as the child progresses. Some therapy techniques include teaching and skill building with table top activities, floor play and play-based therapy, fine motor and gross motor games and computer activities, natural speech and language opportunities, and reading and writing for older students. Articulation and oral motor function may also be addressed with the use of activities to improve oral motor strength, range of motion and coordination of the oral musculature. All sessions involve a period of time with the family or caregiver to discuss home programs so that activities and goals can be carried out on a daily basis in a more natural environment. What will happen at my child’s first visit? During the first app
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