SLP Services

• Articulation: r-sounds, lisps, etc.
• Phonological speech sound disorders
• Apraxia 

• Increasing the number of words a child uses
• Improving functional communication through total communication (sign, pictures, AAC)
• Nonverbal communication skills

Reading and Writing are the written forms of oral language.  SLPs work on many foundational skills that improve academic skills:

sentence structure

narrative language

inferencing & figurative language

vocabulary

Reading relies on the phonological processing for sound-to-letter mapping.  SLPs will used evidence-based strategies for:

decoding (reading)

spelling

fluency / phonological retrieval

morphological awareness (building words with prefixes and suffixes)

auditory processing

phonological retrieval

orthographic mapping

A child might have the skills for a task but difficulty knowing WHEN to apply them.  This can affect so many areas! Executive functioning skills include:

Attention & Perception

Memory

Self-Regulation

Self-monitoring

Time Sense

Cognitive Flexibility

Planning & Organizing

Analyzing & Prioritizing

ADHD

Autism

Dyslexia

Learning Disability

Apraxia

Developmental Language Disorder

Down Syndrome

Global Developmental Delay