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| What Is Pediatric Speech and Language Therapy? |
| Pediatric speech and language therapy provides assessment and treatment for children with speech and/or language disorders. A speech disorder refers to a problem with the actual production of sounds. A language disorder refers to a difficulty understanding or putting words together to communicate ideas. |
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| When Is Therapy Needed? |
| Children may require speech-language therapy for a variety of reasons, and therapy should begin as soon as possible. Whatever your particular circumstances, a speech-language evaluation can help you determine the nature of your child's difficulties.
Our speech-language specialist will work with your child one-on-one using a variety of therapeutic strategies to overcome difficulties involved with his/her specific disorder. |
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| Helping Your Child |
| Parents are an extremely important part of their child's therapy program. We will provide you with strategies to help your child to communicate better at home and in the community. Ask our therapists for suggestions on how you can help your child, such as performing speech-language exercises with him/her at home. The process of overcoming a speech or language disorder may take some time and effort, so it's important that all family members be patient and understanding. |
