Beyond Speech Therapy

For your child, speech therapy exercises and activities vary depending on your child’s disorder, age, and needs. Here are a few things an SLP may use to help your child: - Interact through talking and playing, and using books, pictures other objects as part of language intervention to help stimulate language development - Model correct sounds and syllables for a child during age-appropriate play to teach the child how to make certain sounds... - Provide strategies and homework for the child and parent or caregiver on how to do speech therapy at home See more

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Do you know what speech therapy is? Speech therapy is the assessment and treatment of communication problems and speech disorders. Speech therapy techniques are used to improve communication. These include articulation therapy, language intervention activities, and others depending on the type of speech or language disorder. Speech therapy may be needed for speech disorders that develop in childhood or speech impairments in adults caused by an injury or illness, such as ...stroke or brain injury. Give us a call today! 805-591-7189

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Speech therapy can help increase your confidence & reduce anxiety Many people who can’t speak well often suffer from anxiety and decreased confidence levels. An SLP can help decrease that anxiety by giving patients confidence in their speech naturally. When you speak with flair and without any faults, it is only natural that your self-esteem rises, allowing you to be more independent and lead a better quality of life.

Introducing our newest team member, Adriaana Olson, OTR/L. She is a compassionate and experienced Pediatric Occupational Therapist. We are accepting new patients and billing insurance for OT services. Currently, we only have morning appointments open as the afternoon slots are already full. Call 805.591.7188 more information. We will be starting a wait list for afternoon appointments.

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