Center for Speech and Language

Services include:

• Speech Language Therapy
• School Screenings
  • Provides hearing, speech, and language screenings upon request to many private schools in the Orlando area
  • Purpose is to identify children who may have difficulty with hearing, speech, language, voice or fluency that could negatively impact their academic performance or social interactions
  • Screenings do NOT diagnose speech/language disorders, only identify children who may need further diagnostic assessment.
  • To call for more information and/or schedule screening services, call 407-299-1533
• For Children:
  • Articulation/Phonological Processing
  • Language
  • Reading/Dyslexia
  • Spelling
  • Written Language
  • Voice
  • Fluency
  • Oral-Motor/Apraxia
  • Tongue Thrust
  • Auditory Processing
  • Autism
  • Down Syndrome
  • Cleft Palate
  • Hearing Impairment/Cochlear Implants
  • Selective Mutism
  • Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• For Adults:
  • Articulation
  • Speech Clarity
  • Tongue Thrust
  • Receptive/Expressive Language
  • Voice
  • Fluency (Stuttering)
  • Dyslexia/Reading
  • Accent Reduction (for American dialects and non-native English speakers)
  • Communication Style

Programs

• Fast ForWord (all programs)
• Reading Assistant
• Reading Assistant Plus
• HearBuilder
• Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) Program
• Seeing Stars
• Visualizing & Verbalizing for Language Comprehension
• Wilson Reading System
• Read Naturally
• Great Leaps
• Spell-Links
• Lively Letters
• Social/Pragmatic Language Groups
• Summer Programs
• Also offer workshops/presentations to parents, professionals, teachers in-services and college/university classes
  • Presentations can cover a variety of topics related to speech, language, and reading.

Process

• Phone Consultation
  • Free phone consultation with one of the directors
    • Addresses concerns and questions as well as gather information about your child so appropriate recommendations based on their needs.
    • Do collaborate with other professionals and make referrals as needed.
• Evaluations
  • Provide in-depth diagnostic evaluations if your child’s speech, language and/or reading performance is within expected range for age and grade
  • Evaluation consists of a battery of standardized diagnostic tests as well as non-standardized testing and observation to gain a complete assessment of the child’s abilities
  • Interpretation of testing is considered in conjunction with information about child supplied by the parents
  • After evaluation, a parent confederence is scheduled (without the child present) in order to give a complete explanation of testing and findings and make specific recommendations
  • If child’s performance is below expectation levels, speech/language therapy and/or reading intervention is recommended and goals/objectives for treatment are presented.
  • A formal reporting is written following the parent conference with a copy going to the parents and other professionals the parent requests.
• Treatment
  • Children are seen on individual basis for about 30-60 minute sessions depending on child’s age and specific needs, as determined from the evaluation
  • Goals and treatment activities are individuals for each child
  • Games are often used to make learning more fun and to provide reinforcement
  • Homework is assigned when your child is ready to practice a skill on their own but with parent available to help
  • Group treatment is occasionally recommended for children who need to practice their skills in a group setting.
  • Intensive reading camps and language groups are offered during the summer.
• Parent Involvement
  • Parents are encouraged to observe child’s evaluation either in the room (for very young children) or in an observation room where parents watch and listen through one-way mirror.
  • During therapy, parents are encouraged to observe sessions and sometimes participate in the therapy directly
  • After each session, parents are given about child’s progress during the session
  • Home practice is often assigned between session to help child make faster progress

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