Speech and Language Connections

Free Screenings: Call to make an appointment for a free 30-minute screening to determine if your child needs an evaluation. Please fill out the Case History Intake Form to help make our time together more efficient.

Speech/Language Evaluation: A comprehensive evaluation will include a detailed file-review, observation, parent interview, interview with the child’s daycare or classroom teachers, a speech/language sample and administration of standardized tests. Also included in the cost of the evaluation is a written report and an explanation of the testing results. Testing time varies between children and may take more than one session. There is no extra charge for additional evaluation sessions.

Speech/Language Therapy: Therapy sessions will be offered in 30 and 60-minute increments. Written goals will be provided to guide the individualized therapy based off of the evaluation results, or if your child has had a recent evaluation and has current IEP goals, those can be used. Sessions can be at the clinic or at the home of the child.

Additionally, Speech and Language Connections offers:

After-school appointments.
In-person and teletherapy sessions.
Free onsite parking.
Homework activities to support your child’s continued growth.

Frequently Asked Questions:

What are typical areas of service? Additional information for typical areas of service can be found by clicking on any of the speech bubbles below.

Area of Service	Delay or Disorder Might Sound Like…
Articulation Disorder	Your child’s speech is difficult to understand because he mispronounces sounds in words. It could be a deletion, substitutions, or distortion of a sound(s). For example, he might say “toof” for “tooth” or “wain” for “rain”.
Phonological Delay	Your child has difficulty with sound patterns and is using a non-age appropriate rule to simply speech. For example, all sounds that are made in the throat (g and k) might be made in the front of the mouth (d and t). So, “cat” becomes “tat” and “cake” becomes “take”.
Apraxia of Speech	Your child has difficulty saying sounds, syllables and words due to a motor planning issue, not a developmental delay or impairment with the muscles. Sound errors are inconsistent.
Stuttering	Your child has speech that is impacted by repetitions of sounds or words; blocks of silence while trying to produce speech and/or atypical physical movements that accompany a stuttered moment.

Click here to learn more about a speech disorder.

Area of Service	Delay or Disorder Might Sound Like…
Receptive Language	Your child has difficulty understanding age-appropriate vocabulary, grammar, question words or directions.
Expressive Language	Your child has difficulty producing language, such as, labeling objects/ pictures, composing a complete sentence, using appropriate grammar or forming questions.
Augmentative/Alternative Communication	Your child is non-verbal or has limited verbal abilities and needs an alternative form of communicating. This could be with pictures, sign-language, writing or some type of technology.

Click here to learn more about a language disorder.

Area of Service	Delay or Disorder Might Sound Like…
Use of Language	Your child has difficulty using language to socialize, request, inform, reject and question.
Adaptation	Your child has difficulty looking at nonverbal cues to understand how he should be talking to a certain listener or in a certain situation. He might use a loud voice in a quiet setting or use inappropriate language with a teacher.
Conversational Rules	Your child has difficulty with using eye contact during conversation, turn-taking or can’t stay on topic. He might have difficulty with telling a story in an organized manner or interpreting non-verbal cues when his listener is confused.

Click here to learn more about a social communication disorder.