Other Common Issues

Depending on the specific nature of the articulation difficulty, programs may consist of phonological cycles, PROMPT ® methodology, and a wide variety of techniques designed to train proper tongue & jaw placement.

Depending upon the age of the client, we target various levels of verbal and non-verbal flexibility of thought, perspective-taking, social conversation skills, and executive function skills.

Children with apraxia of speech need work on developing patterns of sound production that result in meaningful, intelligible words.  This often starts with single word patterns and progresses to sentences.  We use a number of programs, including PROMPT ® and the treatment hierarchy and techniques developed by Nancy Kaufman.

The smooth, forward-moving flow of expressive language is the focus of therapy for dysfluency.  Depending on the client’s age, we may work on exploration of stuttering truths and myths, moving through a stuttering moment, establishing a smooth and easy speech patterns, and training of communication partners.