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AbiliKids Brunswick AbiliKids Cuyahoga Falls 839 Pearl Road 63 Graham Road Suite 2 Brunswick, Ohio 44212 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44223 Phone: 330-225-4182 Phone: 330-752-4370 Fax: 330-225-4879 Fax: 866-851-8273 |
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Pediatric Speech Therapy: Speech-language pathology encompasses a person's speech, language, cognition, voice and swallowing and the treatment of the physical and cognitive deficits that result in difficulty with communication and/or swallowing. Communication includes speech (pronunciation of words and phrases), language (use of words, phrases and sentences), receptive language (the ability to understand what is being said or read), expressive language (use of speech to express self), and non-verbal communication (facial expression and gestures). Depending on the nature of communication difficulties, treatments may include oral-motor exercises, practice and drilling, play-based modeling, and the use of audio-visual aids. Speech therapy may also include sign language and the use of picture symbols or augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Pediatric speech-language pathology may be appropriated for babies with feeding and swallowing difficulties and children with learning difficulty, developmental disabilities, language delay, sound production difficulty, hearing impairment, cleft lip and/or palate, stuttering, autism spectrum disorders, phonological awareness difficulty, and voice disorders.
Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP): A speech-language pathologist, or speech therapist, is a graduate of an accredited Speech Pathology program and is licensed by the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association. SLPs can provide evaluation and treatment of communication, language and swallowing disorders.
Speech Therapy Services: Augmentative and alternative communication assessment Articulation development Communication and language development Feeding/swallowing therapy Fluency development
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