• Screenings
  A screening provides parents with information as to whether a full evaluation is necessary.
  Screenings generally last 15-20 minutes and are free.
  
• Evaluations
  Full evaluations provide detailed information on a multitude of communication parameters compared
  to peers the child’s age. Evaluations are generally scheduled for two hour sessions. Parents receive a
  written evaluation that includes recommendations and goals, if applicable.

  Parameters assessed include:

• Expressive language: Child’s ability to communicate self verbally.
  - Syntax: Ability to use correct grammar / parts of speech.
  - Semantics: Ability to organize message in order to make sense to listener.

• Receptive language: Ability to understand and follow simple and complex directions.

• Auditory Processing: Ability to process, remember, and manipulate message heard. Plays a critical role in reading (decoding) and spelling development.

• Pragmatics: Ability to recognize and use appropriate social skills such as eye contact, proximity to speaker, and greetings and closure of conversations.

• Articulation: Ability to produce sounds of speech.

• Oral Motor Skills: Strength, range of motion, and flexibility of the tongue, lips, jaw, and face in order to produce speech sounds.

• Voice: Clarity and pitch of speech.

• Fluency: Smoothness and flow of speech.

Therapy is available for the following areas:

• Expressive Language
• Receptive Language
• Auditory Processing
• Pragmatics
• Articulation
• Oral Motor Skills
• Voice
• Fluency

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