SPEECH THERAPY

CLINIC FOR KIDS IN BUCKS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES

Speech Therapy PLYMOUTH MEETING and Feasterville Families CHOOSE

A child's delayed fluency, language, or articulation is known as a pediatric speech or language disorder. A child can also have difficulty understanding and interpreting sounds or body language. Children can find it challenging to interact successfully because of speech difficulties. When they reach the cognitive stage, they may also experience a strained social life as a result of disengagement. Children may become frustrated if they consistently have trouble being understood by a non familiar listener.


Here at My Child's Therapy, pediatric speech language pathologists can help a child develop better language, fluency, and articulation. Due to their correlation with speech disorders, swallowing issues are also addressed by the pediatric speech therapist. In the event that you notice a delay in your child, there are two convenient locations in Bucks and Montgomery counties where you can seek help for your child.   

Are you concerned about your child's speech and language development? Contact us today at 215.344.2044 to schedule an evaluation with one of our experienced speech language pathologists Plymouth Meeting families know and trust.

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    Pediatric speech therapists provide an evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the issue. Our clinicians perform a thorough examination to find the underlying cause of the speech delay. There are circumstances, however, in which a child's linguistic delay is not indicative of a problem. Following the evaluation, our therapist will develop personalized measurable goals for your child and suggest the child's ideal therapy schedule. To help the child's speech and language develop, collaboration between therapists and families is encouraged.


    Speech therapy for children includes a lot more than producing sounds accurately. Speech therapists focus on helping children with needs in receptive and expressive language, feeding, fluency, and social language skills. Making progress in these areas can have extremely positive effects on the child's self-esteem and confidence as well. 

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How Do I Know If My Child Needs Speech Therapy?

How can I determine if my child needs speech therapy?

When should a child begin making sounds, answering to their name, or speaking? Parents often ask questions such as these when considering different milestones for their child. Despite the fact that every child develops differently, some children speak their first word before their first birthday while others may wait until they are about 15 months old.


However, you can speak with a speech and language pathologist if you have concerns about a possible delay in your child's speech and language development. With locations in Bucks and Montgomery county speech therapists will carry out the appropriate examination and determine what is causing the delayed speech.

pediatric Speech Therapy MONTGOMERY COUNTy and bucks county families recommend

  • Improves communication by teaching understanding and expression of language
  • Teaches placement and production of sounds to advance clarity and speech and sound production skills
  • Teaches proper swallowing patterns to reduce tongue thrust affecting feeding and clarity skills
  • Improves communication through implementation of augmentative communication systems (e.g. AAC) for communication
  • Improves grammar (e.g. pronouns, verbs etc..) for proper sentence structures
  • Improves oral motor skills for speech and feeding development
  • Myofunctional therapy to strengthen muscles around the airway, including the tongue, face and mouth
  • Promotes age appropriate play skills
  • Promotes and supports reading and auditory comprehension skills


Common Speech/Language Diagnoses

  • Expressive language delays or disorders
  • Receptive language disorders or delay
  • Articulation and phonological disorders
  • Social communication / pragmatic language skills
  • Swallowing / Feeding delays or disorders
  • Auditory processing disorders
  • Language-based learning disorders
  • Motor speech disorders (e.g., childhood apraxia of speech, dysarthria)
  • Autism
  • Aural rehabilitation (e.g. hearing deficits)
  • Voice
  • Stuttering


If you believe your child may benefit from a speech therapy screening or from speech therapy in Montgomery County or Bucks County please contact us at 215.344.2044 or click the button below to set up an appointment.


COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATIONS

The important start of our journey is to understand your child's strengths and weaknesses and come up with a plan to help him or her achieve his or her goals. We make sure to do a thorough and comprehensive assessment to ensure a high quality and personalized treatment plan. Our therapists competently assesses all areas of speech and language to include feeding difficulties and  augmentative and alternative communication in the pediatric population.


ARTICULATION

Articulation refers to the way we produce speech sounds and our ability to coordinate motor movements to speak. Someone with a speech disorder may have trouble with specific sounds, patterns of words, or intelligibility.

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    Motor speech disorders such as Dysarthria or Apraxia can cause articulation disorders or phonological disorders. Structural differences such as a cleft palate can also cause articulation disorders. In addition, speech sound perception and production may be impacted by hearing impairments. We use various treatment approaches according to each child's individual needs (e.g. Contrast Therapy, Cycles Approach, Distinctive Feature Therapy, etc.). We provide therapy in the areas of motor planning and execution, articulation and phonology.

LANGUAGE THERAPY

Early communication skills are the single best predictor of reading success. Our speech therapists Montgomery county will work with your child to improve expressive and receptive language skills. Many children with language challenges exhibit improper sentence construction and grammar, and difficulty interpreting complex sentences or thoughts.

Some areas we focus on in language therapy include phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, prelinguistic communication, paralinguistic communication and literacy.

PEDIATRIC

FEEDING THERAPY

We provide feeding therapy for children and infants who have impaired oral motor skills required for feeding/swallowing, difficulties with oral sensory input related to various food textures and behaviors that impact their ability to safely and effectively consume a nutritious diet. Our team has received training in specialized feeding programs and clinical experiences that address behavioral and medical feeding impairments in a methodical and thorough way, taking into account the individual skills and needs of each kid. 


We want your child and family to enjoy mealtimes together, so our overall goal is to expand your child’s food inventory, improve oral motor functioning and reduce negative behaviors associated with eating!

SOCIAL SKILLS

There are a variety of components to social skills that we address including: language use and social aspects of communication, joint attention, perspective taking, topic maintenance,  and self-calming..

AAC

Augmentative and alternative communication, or AAC, is a means of communication without the use of natural speech to help an individual express thoughts, wants and needs, feelings, and ideas. AAC can be as simple as using a piece of paper to write a message to a communicative partner, or as advanced as using a speech generating device simply by the shift of one’s eyes. We specialize in the assessment and treatment of children with complex communication needs who require an alternative form of communication in place of speech.


AAC candidates include both those with congenital and acquired disorders (e.g. Down Syndrome, Autism). Our speech therapists are trained in a variety of AAC technologies. Children who may benefit from AAC to supplement verbal speech may be those with difficulty initiating communication, producing intelligible speech or are echolalic.

Here at My Child’s Therapy we have a very skilled and diverse team of therapists.

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