Our Services
Sessions
Programs
Screenings
Evaluations
ConsultationsOur services are customized to each individual’s needs and take into account numerous factors, such as areas and severity of weakness, as well as attentional abilities.
Sessions
Our sessions, including frequency and session length, vary depending on each individual’s needs. A speech-language therapy or tutoring session may be conducted individually or in groups. Typically sessions involve multiple activities developed to methodically teach, reinforce, and generalize the skills and strategies selected based on the client’s specific areas of need. Our team uses interactive, multimodal activities, with strategic utilization of approaches, support, and data to guide progression through goals. We do this to ensure that our clients remain engaged, and are able to learn and apply the information quickly and effectively.
We offer an array of services to meet various types of communicative and learning needs. Click on a section below to learn more about the area of need and how it is approached.
Language Skills
Language & Learning offers services that focus on linguistic skills such as: literacy (reading, writing, spelling), auditory processing, social skills/pragmatics, executive functioning and other cognitive-linguistic skills (memory, problem solving), and expressive/receptive language (morphology, syntax, semantics).
Language Disorders
Children or adults with language disorders have difficulty with either understanding or using language. Language disorders that occur developmentally (often being diagnosed in childhood and persisting into adulthood), necessarily impact a child’s ability to learn and function academically and/or socially; therefore, these language disorders may be referred to as language-based learning disabilities. Language disorders beginning in adulthood that are secondary to neurological damage are typically known as aphasia.
Speech Sound Production Disorders
Articulation and phonological disorders occur when a child consistently incorrectly produces certain speech sounds beyond the age at which it is developmentally appropriate. Motor speech disorders involve the inability to plan and coordinate the motor movements required for speech due to disrupted neurological signals.
Voice Disorders
Your voice is the sound made by vibration of your vocal folds. This requires coordinating functions of the different parts of the vocal mechanism within the systems responsible for respiration, phonation, and resonation. A change in the structure or function of any aspect of the vocal mechanism may lead to voice problems or a voice disorder.
Fluency
Fluency disorders include stuttering and cluttering. They impact the ability to produce continual, even speech with minimal effort at an appropriate rate.
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Academic Tutoring
At Language & Learning, we take a different approach to academic tutoring than many other tutoring enterprises. Our tutors are experienced not only with reinforcing curriculums, but also with implementing various learning principles, innovative strategies, and interactive teaching methods to help students learn more effectively and apply the skills gained in tutoring beyond the tutoring session.
Programs
Intensive programs are offered to provide condensed “bursts” of therapy, so that skills may be built more quickly with greater carryover between sessions. These programs involve higher therapy frequency for a designated period of time rather than increasing session length. This allows for more exposure to discrete skills and strategies, while still remaining manageable for the client’s level of attention and engagement with the material.
Screenings
Individuals with communicative and/or academic concerns and their families are often unsure of the nature, extent, and severity of the issues they are experiencing. One of our primary goals at Language & Learning is to provide a knowledgeable, trustworthy resource for anyone who is dealing with these concerns, so that they can consult with a professional and determine the next step. At times, a screening is a beneficial initial step to identify whether concerns warrant a full evaluation.
Evaluations
Language & Learning offers speech-language evaluations to provide communication diagnoses and identify the specific nature of communicative difficulties. Depending on whether your concerns are more general or specified, we will recommend the level of testing necessary to provide adequate information for understanding areas of weakness as a basis for the development of a treatment approach, if warranted.
Consultations
Our skilled speech-language pathologists and academic tutors are knowledgeable and practiced resources to help advocate for our client’s needs. We are available to:
- Attend Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings
- Meet with other professionals regarding our clients’ profiles and needs as well as goals and progress at Language & Learning
- Advocate for our clients regarding their communicative and academic needs