Evaluations

You may have concerns over your child’s development in some or all areas of speech, language, and literacy. Our evaluation will target all areas in which there is a potential concern. 

Speech skills refer to the physical production of sounds and language. Some areas of speech that we can target are:

• Articulation/Phonology – The pronunciation of sounds in words. A child will pronounce sounds unclearly and be difficult to understand.
• Fluency – A child who has hesitation or becomes physically stuck while speaking may have a condition called stuttering.
• Voice – The quality of a child’s voice can be limited by poor vocal habits or by injuries/medical conditions
• Apraxia – The ability to plan how words will be pronounced and monitor that the sounds are pronounced accurately and in the right sequence.

Language development can be evaluated in these areas:

• Receptive Language – Understanding language
• Expressive Language – Using language
• Vocabulary – Knowledge of word meaning
• Grammar, Syntax, Semantics – The structure and meaning of sentences
• Word Retrieval – Recalling the names of familiar words (word finding)
• Working Memory – Holding and working with information in mind
• Listening Comprehension
• Social Pragmatics – Understanding and using non-verbal communication
• Metacognition – Analysis of language; self-awareness and insight

Literacy can be targeted through these skills:

• Understanding of Sounds – Phonological processing
• Decoding – Sounding out words and word attack skills
• Automaticity – Automatic recall of familiar words
• Reading Fluency – The ability to read accurately with expression and phrasing
• Reading Comprehension – Understanding what is read
• Spelling
• Writing – The ability to write in a meaningful and accurate way

Call us for a consultation or click here to start the process.