Speech Therapy

Jackson Jade's Speech Pathology team provides comprehensive evaluations and treatment to individuals with speech, language, cognitive, fluency & voice delays and disorders.

We approach therapy by targeting the patient’s underlying medical condition which can be related to developmental, cognitive &/or neurological impairment. This in-turn supports optimal progress, performance, and independence as we lay a solid foundation for more advanced skills to be learned. Jackson Jade therapy sessions are personally tailored to meet the needs of each client with programs updated as progress is made.

Our patients report rapid results that have dramatically improved their quality of life. Improvements in areas such as cognition, language comprehension and expression, social development and relationships, emotional well being, and parent and teacher recognized academic success have been a direct outcome of our intensive treatment programs.

The following is a list of the most common areas of speech pathology related challenges we treat. If there is an area of need that you have that isn't listed, please reach out and we will let you know if we can assist or provide you a referral to the right professional!

ADHD/ADD
ADHD and ADD are often recognized by an individual's above normal hyperactivity levels, impulsive behaviors, and/or lack of focus or attention. These symptoms are often first recognized as they cause disruption in home routines and academic settings, however what goes silently unrecognized are the underlying language challenges the individual is having such not understanding directions and unable to follow them; difficulty organizing, planning and executing tasks which makes it difficult to follow activities through to completion; disorganization resulting in lost homework, completed homework not turned-in, and incomplete assignments; social challenges due to impulsivity and often not "saying the right thing", etc. Individual's who present with ADHD/ADD are regularly mistaken as "not listening" or intentionally being defiant.

Articulation
Articulation impairments are characterized by an inability or difficulty producing certain sounds which makes speech hard to understand. For example, one of the most common errors in small children is the sound "f" (child will say"pish" when trying to say "fish"). Another very common error is the "r" ("wed" instead of "red"). Articulation disorders can affect children and adults alike.

Aphasia
Aphasia results in the loss of the ability to understand and/or express language due to injury or illness. It can have devastating affects on communication skills, memory, ability to read, write, tell time, complete mathematical calculations, etc.

Autism 

Autism is a developmental disorder that impairs an individual's ability to efficiently communicate and interact within their environment. There is a broad spectrum of severity including mild to severe and affects males and females. Our specialists have diverse experience working with individual's who have not yet been diagnosed, families who have recently had a child diagnosed and are new to therapy, and those who have previously had extensive treatment

Cognitive Communication Disorders

Individuals with cognitive communication disorders have challenges organizing thoughts; paying attention; recalling information; planning, organizing and executing a plan; problem solving; reasoning; judgment, etc. Cognitive communication disorders affect not only one's ability to effectively communicate, but presents challenges accessing daily living skills, academics, and social interactions
 

Dysarthria

Dysarthria impairs one's speech making it difficult to produce sounds and words, and in-turn, understand (usually sounds slow and slurred). It is caused by damage to specific areas of the brain as a result of a stroke, brain tumor, brain injury, or neurological disease

Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability which is characterized by difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and how they relate to letters and words. Individuals with dyslexia also often have cognitive communication impairments

Dysphagia

Dysphagia is a feeding and swallowing impairment that can cause dehydration, malnutrition, and in individuals who have other medical challenges can be life threatening. It occurs across the lifespan including in children and can range from mild to severe. Signs and symptoms include an inability to chew or swallow food, refusal to consume certain consistencies such as foods that are mushy, crunchy, or difficult to chew, coughing or feeling of choking after eating or drinking something, in children an inability to drink from an open cup, food left in the mouth after mealtime is over, sensation of food being "stuck", unexplained weight loss, recurring infections such as pneumonia and high fevers without the presence of other illness
 

Language Delays & Disorders

Individuals with language delays and disorders may not be able to understand others and/or verbally communicate their thoughts, ideas and feelings; are unable to organize the content of language making it difficult to maintain topic or organize logical processes; and present with challenges to use functional language in socially appropriate ways. These impairments can affect verbal and written language and can extend to challenges with reading and reading comprehension
 

Phonological Processing Disorder

There are 46 sounds in the English language which are categorized into groups of patterns according to how we produce them, parts of our mouth we use, and the use of our voice when producing. Phonological processing disorders occur when the brain is unable to organize these sound patterns, resulting in an inability to produce certain sounds and words

Social Communication Disorders

Stuttering

Voice Disorder

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