What is Speech Therapy?
At Jackson Jade, a speech pathologist will conduct a comprehensive evaluation to assess the child's speech and language skills, including articulation (speech sounds), expressive and receptive language (verbal and nonverbal communication), pragmatics (social communication), feeding & swallowing, and any other areas of concerns.
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Based on the assessment results, the speech pathologist will develop individualized goals and a treatment plan tailored to your child's specific needs. Treatment activities in speech therapy are age appropriate and selected based on your child's interests to ensure your child succeeds.
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Parents also play a crucial role in the child's speech therapy journey at Jackson Jade. The speech pathologist will provide guidance, strategies, and resources to support the child's progress at home.
Types of Challenges we can help with:
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Articulation Disorders: Inability to properly form certain sounds
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Aphasia: Loss of the ability to understand or express language loss due to injury or illness
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Apraxia: The inability to perform familiar movements on command
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Autism: a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects individuals in various ways. It is characterized by challenges in social interaction, communication difficulties, and repetitive or restricted patterns of behavior, interests, or activities
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Dysarthria: Speech that is difficult to understand (usually slow and slurred) and caused by some form of injury such as a stroke, brain tumor, brain injury, neurological disease, etc.
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Dysphagia: Difficulties with certain foods or liquids such as chewing food, swallowing it, food feeling stuck, coughing or choking, food coming back up, etc.
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Expressive Language: The inability to communicate thoughts, ideas, feelings, and needs effectively through verbal or non-verbal means
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Fluency/Stuttering: A lack of smoothness, ease, and flow with which a person speaks/ involves speech with interruptions, hesitations, or disruptions
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Phonological Processing Disorder: A condition that affects an individual's ability to process and manipulate the sounds of language. It primarily impacts the phonological awareness skills necessary for effective reading, spelling, and speech production
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Receptive Language: An individual's ability to understand and comprehend spoken or written language. It involves the interpretation and processing of words, sentences, and other forms of communication. Strong receptive language skills are essential for effective communication and learning
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Social Language/Pragmatics: Refers to the way we use language in social interactions to communicate effectively and appropriately. It involves understanding and using verbal and nonverbal communication cues, adapting language based on the social context, and following social rules and norms
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Voice Disorder/Polyps/Nodules: These can have a significant impact on an individual's voice quality, pitch, loudness, and overall vocal function. Polyps and nodules are both noncancerous growths that can develop on the vocal cords