SLT Disorders

Speech, Language and Communication Disorders can include:

• Articulation disorders (intelligibility of speech sounds)
• Language Disorders (vocabulary and concept building, grammar)
• Language Delays (“Late Bloomers”)
• Pragmatic difficulties (turn taking, how to start and stop a conversation, social rules)
• Phonological disorders (segmenting and blending sounds to form words – important for reading and spelling)
• Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
• Stuttering (fluency disorders)
• Auditory Processing Disorders
• Cognitive aspects of communicaton (attention, memory, problem solving)
• Developmental delays
• Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
• Dyslexia/Learning Difficulties
• Communication Difficulties
• Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)
• Apraxia of Speech/Dyspraxia (coordination of movements necessary for speech)
• Speech Muscle Weakness (Dysarthria)
• Feeding/Eating difficulties
• Cleft Lip/Palate
• Hearing Loss
• Autism/Aspergers Syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)
• Downs Syndrome
• Brain Injury
• Neurological Disorders (Stroke, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Dementia to name a few)
• Aphasia (language impairment affecting comprehension or production of speech and language)

Testimonials

To maintain privacy and confidentiality of patients, the names or identity are not disclosed.

A Wife

Your expertise work with my husband has increased his independence and confidence in activities of his daily life. Because of the intense speech and language therapy you have provided, he has now been able to go back to work. You’ll are really doing a fantastic job thank you for everything you’ll continue to do for him selflessly and patiently.

A teenager

I think your amazing, your really really fun to be with I think these sessions are not going to get boring for sure, I think they are really fun. The sessions teach you a lot and you are so very sweet to talk to and it’s amazing being here. Thank school for recommending you. If school had not done that I would have never got you – the person who is so fun and so loving and full of joy!