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Specializes in
Early Intervention
Articulation and
Phonological Disorders
Early Intervention (EI) helps young children (birth to 3 years) who are not learning, playing, growing, talking or walking like other children their age. EI helps to develop receptive and expressive language for infants through age 3. We will work with your family to set meaningful goals for your child and create a service plan to help your child and your family meet those goals.
An articulation disorder occurs when a child does not make speech sounds correctly due to incorrect placement or movement of the lips, tongue, velum, and/or pharynx. Phonology refers to the speech sound system of language. A phonological process disorder is a form of speech disorder in which there is difficulty organizing the patterns of sounds in the brain which results in an inability to correctly form the sounds of words. Gold Star Speech treats both articulation and phonological disorders.
Language Based Learning Disorders
Individual with language-based learning disorders commonly refers to a spectrum of difficulties related to the understanding and use of written language. This often leads to difficulty in academics as weak language skill hinder comprehension and communication. Individual speech and language therapy will help a child develop their receptive and expressive language skills.
Stuttering
Stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by repetition of sounds, syllables, or words; prolongation of sounds; and interruptions in speech known as blocks. Speech therapy will be focused on the client’s goals, whether that is fluency enhancing strategies, self-advocating, acceptance, and working through the emotions one might have about their disfluencies.
Social Pragmatic Language
Language therapy will help your child in developing their social communication skills with direct and explicit instruction. The goals targeted include (but are not limited to) initiation and maintaining conversations, turn taking, problem solving, demonstrating flexibility in friendships.
Orton-Gillingham Tutoring
I am trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach through the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education. The OG approach uses explicit, direct, sequential, systematic, multi-sensory instruction to teach reading. This is not only effective for all students but essential for teaching students with dyslexia.
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