Our Philosophy

Our primary goal in therapy is to provide support for families in their efforts to communicate with their children. Since the home and community are where important communication occurs, we believe our role is to provide strategies that parents can incorporate into typical family activities. Bathtime, meal preparation, and grocery shopping can be the environment for improving speech and language skills. We not only teach children, we help families develop new skills and competencies as well. Our treatment builds on the skills already acquired by young children. As part of our on-going assessment process, we determine each child’s strengths and the kinds of activities that are most naturally motivating and fun. Each child’s own developmental progression is charted. While we make comparisons to typical expectations, we respect the fact that children follow their own unique growth charts.

We use play as the focus of our therapy, incorporating typical games, toys, and materials into each session. Once we find activities that are fun and motivating to each child, we infuse our speech and language treatment strategies into those games. Children have fun and improve their communication skills simultaneously. Is there any better way to learn?

We believe that communication and self-esteem develop together as a result of a child’s successful interactions with others. We know that our success in therapy depends upon the establishment of positive relationships with each child and family we serve. Our interactions with children depend upon mutual respect and trust; children come to view us as adult friends.

For families, our services extend beyond our therapy appointments; we offer parent conferences, in-office workshops, school visits, referrals for other services, community resources, a lending library, and phone consultations to ensure the success of our treatment.

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