Speech Therapy for Children & Adolescents
Childhood Apraxia of Speech •Articulation & Phonological Disorders • Stuttering • Speech Delay • Late Talkers • Expressive & Receptive Language • Social Communication
Evaluations
Before beginning therapy, it is important for us to truly understand your child. Evaluations include formal testing, clinical observation and parent interview. Using the information we gain from the evaluation, we will develop a personalized treatment plan based on parent input, standardized assessments, observation, and therapist-child interactions. Following the evaluation, we will review the results with the family, and together we will determine a plan of care and treatment goals based on the child’s strengths and challenges.
Our Approach to Therapy
At Grase Speak Life, Speech Therapy, our approach is rooted in the belief that every child holds unique strengths, gifts, and potential. We take the time to understand each child’s personality, communication style, and learning needs so that therapy feels encouraging, meaningful, and tailored just for them.
We combine evidence-based methods with creative, engaging activities that keep children motivated and confident. Whether we are building foundational speech sounds, strengthening language skills, or supporting social communication, we focus on aligning each session with your child’s natural strengths.
Collaboration is also at the heart of our work. We partner closely with families, caregivers, and teachers to ensure each child receives support across all the environments where they learn and grow. Together, we build strategies that create success not only during therapy, but in everyday life.
Our goal is simple: to create a warm, supportive space where children thrive, families feel empowered, and every victory is celebrated.
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy helps your child speak more clearly, feel more confident, and be better understood. During speech therapy we will focus on:
Teaching your child how to correctly produce speech sounds
Building self-awareness so your child can recognize and improve speech patterns
Improve motor planning and coordination for consistent and accurate sound production
Language Therapy
Language therapy helps your child understand others, express themselves clearly, and build stronger connections. During language therapy, we will focus on:
Expanding your child’s vocabulary for more effective communication
Improving their ability to follow directions, answer questions, and understand conversations
Strengthening social communication skills, turn-taking, and social language for increased confident interactions
Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)
For Non-speaking or minimally- speaking children
All forms of communication are honored and supported at Grase Speak Life, Speech Therapy. Our AAC therapy sessions will equip your child with ways to communicate beyond spoken words. Whether your child uses sign language, typing, gestures, or a speech generating device, we will give them the tools they need to communicate with the world!
Grase Speak Life, Speech Therapy we address:
· Clarity of speech due to concerns with articulation / phonological disorders
Executive functioning skills, such as problem-solving, attention, and memory
Language, including what is said (expressive language) and what is understood (receptive language)
Limited vocabulary, grammatical errors
Limited verbal speech (nonverbal)
Functional communication skills through alternative modes such as sign-language, PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), speech-generating communication devices, and other assistive technology devices
Social communication skills, such as conversation, turn-taking, initiation, non-verbal communication (eye-contact, facial expressions, etc.), and relationship-building
Speech delay
Stuttering/dysfluency
Common disorders requiring speech/language therapy include: childhood apraxia of speech, phonological processing disorders, speech delay (late talkers), developmental delay, dysarthria, autism, cerebral palsy, reduced speech intelligibilty, tongue thrust, speech sound disorders, tramautic brain injury, non-verbal, augmentative and alternative communication, a.d.h.d., central auditory processing, aphasia, bilingual language, swallowing and feeding difficulties “dysphagia”, fluency/stuttering, and many more.
