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The practice of speech-language pathology involves: Providing prevention, screening, consultation, assessment and diagnosis, treatment, intervention, management, counseling, and follow-up services for disorders of:
- speech (i.e., articulation, fluency, resonance, and voice including aeromechanical components of respiration);
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language (i.e., phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatic/social aspects of communication) including comprehension and expression in oral, written, graphic, and manual modalities; language processing; preliteracy and language-based literacy skills, including phonological awareness;
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Swallowing or other upper aerodigestive functions such as infant feeding and aeromechanical events (evaluation of esophogeal function is for the purpose of referral to medical professionals);
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Cognitive aspects of communication (e.g. attention, memory, problem solving, executive functions):
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Sensory awareness related to communication, swallowing or other upper aerodigestive functions.
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The field of Speech Language Pathology is awesome! It provides an opportunity to work with people of all ages, birth to geriatric, on a variety of disorders. Good communication skills are essential in life and facilitating them is challenging but rewarding. If it is determined that your child requires my services, please know that I will give my best! I look forward to being a partner with you in the therapy process. Working together we can find the key!
Please feel free to look around my site. There are two pages with key links, one is for parents. This links parents to web sites with resources, and is broken down into several disorders and diagnoses. The kid's links are fun, interactive game sites where kids learn as they play. "Kid's Links" "Parent's Links"
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me using the email link on the left, or post a message (posting a message, may appear in public), an email of course is confidential and not veiwable by the public. "Contact Form"
