Learning to communicate is one of the key elements of creating and sustaining meaningful relationships. For children with limited or delayed language, it is critical to provide strategies and support designed to help them become successful communicators and independent language learners. Kindering’s Speech-Language Pathologists work with children and their families to facilitate and enhance communication skills that are already in development. After evaluating your child’s current communication skills through a formal assessment, clinical observation, and parent report, your therapist will develop a comprehensive therapy plan and provide direct support services that use relationship based therapies including DIR and Floortime approach and include parent collaboration.  The focus of therapy is on total communication, which includes being able to understand and use language. Therapists may also use non-verbal strategies including signing, pictures, and augmentative devices to support overall communication development.

Speech and Language therapy treats disorders and concerns in the areas of:

• Speech sound delay
  • Articulation disorder/delay
  • Phonological disorders
  • Apraxia and oral/motor speech disorders
• Receptive and Expressive Language delay
• Foundational communication skills
• Pragmatics/Social communication and play skills
• Gestalt language processing
• Stuttering and fluency
• Alternative & Augmentative Communication
• Feeding therapy
  • Oral motor skills
  • Expanding diets through sensory exploration of food
  • Swallowing safety (dysphagia)
• Reading/writing
• Executive functioning (ADD/ADHD)

For more information regarding speech and language therapy services or to make a referral , please call (425) 289-7526, email us at kidsclinicreferral@kindering.org,  or visit KidsClinic Pediatric Therapy Referral online at kindering.org/referrals.