Therapy

All therapy is one-on-one so the child’s individualized needs can be met better. Liz’s approach capitalizes on active involvement of the parents; she provides parents with specific instruction and materials for home practice so the child can progress faster. In therapy, she uses game activities incorporating teaching and practice of specific skills. Liz uses a “phonological” approach for more severe cases of articulation disorders, where several sounds sharing common characteristics may be treated at one time. For children who display articulation and/or tongue-thrust problems, fun oral-motor exercises are often incorporated into treatment. Language therapy at this site is usually patterned after normal developmental milestones, Games for skill practice

using techniques such as self-talk, modeling, and response expansion. Treatment with the very young child often consists of “play” for general language stimulation. Preschoolers who stutter are taught “easy talk” to increase fluency. With school-aged children, schoolwork is incorporated, as it relates to therapy goals (e.g., written expression, note-taking, vocabulary building, etc.). When children are also receiving therapy at school, Liz coordinates goals and methods with the school therapists; this coordinated approach helps the child progress more rapidly in the speech and language skills necessary for social and educational development.

Therapy approach:

One-on-one
Active involvement of parents
Home practice
Games for skill practice
Incorporation of schoolwork, as appropriate
Coordination with school therapists

Techniques:

Phonological approach for severe articulation problems
Oral-motor exercises for tongue thrust & articulation
Self-talk, modeling, response expansion for language
“Easy talk” for stuttering

If you would like to schedule an evaluation for your child, the forms you will need are listed below. Each may be downloaded in pdf format for printing.