Speech-Language Therapy

• Have difficulty with pre-language skills, including making eye contact or facial expressions, gesturing, babbling, or imitating sounds.
• Exhibit weakness or lack of coordination in facial and oral muscles necessary for speech and feeding by drooling, being unable to manipulate food while eating, or having unclear verbal language.
• Exhibit an aversion to specific textures or flavors of food/drink and may become frustrated when new foods are introduced.
• Have difficulty chewing, sucking from a straw/bottle, or frequently have food falling out of the mouth.
• Have difficulty producing understandable sounds, letters, words needed to communicate with others.
• Exhibit problems with receptive language such as understanding and following directions or expressive language such as putting words together or naming objects and family members.
• Have difficulty using appropriate behavior and language within social situations or understanding indirect requests and facial expression from others.
• Have difficulty with thinking skills such as remembering homework assignments, organization, and problem solving.
• Have difficulty with speech including articulation (clarity of speech) and stuttering.

Speech Therapy Team