Frequently Asked Questions
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Possibly. Some clients are in need of individual therapy to establish readiness skills for group interaction, e.g. basic receptive/expressive language competence, turn-taking, and ability to process language efficiently in order to maintain conversational topics.
We look at each child as an individual, focusing on their strengths and abilities so that we can provide individualized treatment. You have to use what they give you and that changes constantly. We like to make therapy “fun” and have the child engage in what grabs their attention to expand their language. We believe that keeping children engaged and interested in therapy will often result in quicker progress and carryover. We also like to involve parents, whether it be during the session or providing feedback and information following the session, to encourage speech and language growth at home.
Yes! We offer free screenings at various preschools in our area we have agreements with, as well as in clinic screens. They last approximately 15-minute and leave with recommendations. These do NOT take the place of a full, comprehensive evaluation.
Children do show some variation in when they achieve gross motor and fine motor developmental milestones, however a skilled Occupational Therapist can usually identify children who are more at risk for persistent delays, or who are showing signs of more deviant developmental delays (sometimes associated with other developmental disorders, such as Autism). The earlier these children are identified, the sooner they can take advantage of intensive early intervention programs.
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Activities of Daily Living
Occupational Therapy (OT) encompasses all of our meaningful daily activities that we want or need to do on a daily basis. Some of these activities, or “Occupations,” are also commonly referred to as “self-care” and include bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and eating. OT also helps with other daily tasks such as walking, shopping, lifting, cooking, and many other daily activities of life.
Aphasia
Aphasia is the impairment or absence of comprehension and/or communication skills as a result of an injury to the brain’s language center. It can apply to spoken or written words and numbers and is most commonly associated with stroke and brain injury. It is characterized by a disturbance of the comprehension and formulation of language. It is loss of language, NOT cognition.
Apraxia
Apraxia is the difficulty and/or inability to execute purposeful and coordinated movements even though the person has the desire to speak and the mouth and tongue muscles are physically able to form words. This often results in rearranged sounds within words.
Attention
The ability to obtain and sustain appropriate attention to a task while filtering out irrelevant stimulation in order to focus on the information that is important in the moment. This can be influenced by motivation, self-esteem, sensory integration, practice, language difficulties and any existing diagnosis. This can result in difficulties learning new skills, successful social interactions, learning and broadening a repertoire of play skills, inability to follow instructions, receptive (understanding) language, and auditory processing (accurately understanding verbal information).
Cognition
Cognitive rehabilitation services address difficulties in areas such as attention, memory, organization, visuoperception, problem-solving, self-monitoring, and self-awareness in order to maximize an individual’s safety, daily functioning, independence, social participation, and quality of life. Treatment of this area includes increasing awareness of deficits, goal setting, compensation, internalization of strategies so they become more automatic and generalize to wider context.
Dysarthria
Dysarthria is difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the central nervous system often resulting in slow and slurred speech. Treatment involves intensive focus on oral-motor skill development.
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Our goal is to provide comprehensive speech and language assessments and develop individualized treatment programs for both children and adults with developmental with developmental or acquired brain injuries. Let’s get start this journey together.
