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 Treatment
is developed for each child based upon his or her particular delays and
disabilities. Therapy may take the form of structured play activities or
more formal exercises. The clinician, through a process of ongoing assessment,
adapts her treatment methods to keep pace with the child's continuing progress.
Parent counseling and training also take place so that parents may be partners
in the treatment process. Children and parents will frequently be given
assignments for home practice in order to build upon and generalize improvements
that have been made in the therapy session.
Treatment for adults is also tailored to address areas of difficulty, which
are preventing the individual from reaching his or her full level of communicative
function. In order to improve speech intelligibility, structured exercises
are developed to increase strength and coordination of the articulators,
as well as to improve voice production. Other treatment methods are employed
to expand comprehension of spoken language and to maximize verbal expression.
Difficulties with reading and written expression may also be addressed.
Treatment is available for both English and Spanish speaking individuals.
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