



Speech and Language Therapy
What is it and how does it help?
Speech and language therapy assists in improving a child’s ability to learn and communicate. Sensational Kids has several speech-language pathologists on staff that are highly trained in evaluating and treating children who have difficulty with speech and/or language skills.
Speech disorders treated include:
- articulation (the way we pronounce sounds)
- apraxia of speech (difficulty planning and coordinating the movements needed to produce speech)
- fluency (the ease at which speech occurs)
- voice (pitch, intensity and resonance balance such as hoarseness)
Language disorders treated include:
- receptive language or auditory processing (difficulty understanding language)
- expressive language (difficulty using words in a meaningful way to convey a message or participate in a conversation)
- pragmatic language or social communication (difficulty using language appropriately in social settings)
Other disorders treated include weak oral-motor skills, dysarthria and difficulties with feeding and swallowing. With individualized speech and language treatment, a child improves their communication skills often leading to decreased frustration and negative behaviors and improved social development and peer relationships.