Child and Family Development

In my experience as a speech-language pathologist, February has always been a busy month for speech-language evaluations and newcomers to therapy, particularly for school-age children and older preschoolers. At this point in the school year, first semester is over, report cards are handed out, parent conferences are held, and, for the older children, end-of-grade tests are looming. Recommendations for speech therapy are made to parents of children who have not made adequate academic progress due to possible speech and language concerns. 

The speech therapists here at Child and Family Development would be happy to evaluate your child in order to pinpoint the source of the academic or social concerns. Testing and subsequent therapy for receptive language (comprehension) skills, expressive language skills, and articulation (pronunciation) skills may be administered, as well as testing for a variety of language processing skills, including phonological skills (pre-reading and spelling skills), memory, and word retrieval skills. Difficulties in any of these areas can impact academic and social functioning in the classroom. Feel free to contact us!