Speech & Language Therapy
Speech language therapy can be provided in addition to your child's therapy at school or as a stand-alone service.
Oral Language Back to Top
Oral language is the cornerstone of all academics. Children with strong underlying oral language skills go on to become better readers, writers, students, and communicators.
Expressive Language Skills
This skill allows a person to verbally express himself or herself in a way that makes sense, is grammatically correct, and convey his or her true feelings and intentions. Difficulties may be in vocabulary use, word order, verb tense, or other areas.
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Speech- Sound Production Back to Top
Is your child hard to understand? Does he or she appear frustrated while communicating? Therapy for speech-sound production is provided to help your child speak as clearly as possible. Forgoing typical “drill-like” approaches, your child will learn speech-production skills based on the meaning of what he or she wants to say, which will facilitate carryover of skills outside of the therapy situation.
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Executive Function Back to Top
Is your upper elementary-school/middle school-aged child often described as lazy? Disorganized? Unmotivated? Unable to finish a task to completion? He or she may have executive dysfunction (which often goes hand-in-hand with ADHD). Often, these difficulties do not qualify him or her for Special Education services, but clearly the child is not having the academic success he or she enjoyed in earlier grades. Therapy in this area will teach the following: prioritizing and organizing tasks, setting goals, identifying the least distracting learning environment, properly estimating time needed to complete tasks, and other skills.
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Word Finding Back to Top
Word-finding skills are used to quickly and accurately retrieve words from your brain during talking or reading. People with word-finding difficulties may often seem to forget a word they want to say and instead describe the word or its function, use a synonym or related word, say, “uh,” “um,” etc, or say the first sound of the target word. This deficit can exist, even in people with good vocabularies. This disorder is often not treated in the school environment yet can make school work difficult.
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Accent Modification Back to Top
What is accent modification?
Accent modification is a systematic method for decreasing a foreign or regional accent.
Instruction encompasses several aspects of communication: pronunciation, rhythm, intonation, and phrasing.
Do I qualify for this class?
You qualify for this class if you:
• have a high level of English mastery in reading and writing
• want to communicate your personal and professional thoughts more clearly
• want to decrease laborious communication interactions
• need to make more effective presentations
• are willing to commit to at least one hour of practice daily
• want to quit having to repeat yourself so many times!
What kind of results can I expect?
• most clients decrease their English pronunciation errors by at least 50%
• intonation, rhythm, and phrasing become more fluent and native-like
• increased confidence in personal interactions and professional
presentations
• many clients consequently evidence improved English grammar as well!
What does the class include?
• 14 sessions, in a 1:1 format with the instructor
• a comprehensive evaluation of English (pronunciation, intonation, rhythm, and phrasing)
Based on your evaluation results, a customized program will be designed that best addresses your particular needs.
Where and when does the class meet?
Classes meet once per week at a location that is convenient for you.
Who is the instructor?
The instructor is Caroline Legor, M.S., C.C.C., Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist
What do former clients have to say about this class?
“The accent modification class improved my intonation in my conversation and presentation skills.”
- P.Y.L., Client, Native Mandarin speaker
“Overall, the accent class was very helpful. I was surprised when you showed me the before and after comparison (of my speech) for it’s a huge improvement!”
- K.N., Client, Native Korean speaker
Oral Language Speech Sound Production |
Executive Function Word Finding |
Oral Language Back to Top
Oral language is the cornerstone of all academics. Children with strong underlying oral language skills go on to become better readers, writers, students, and communicators.
Language Comprehension Skills
Also known as "receptive language," language comprehension helps people process incoming verbal information. Difficulties may exist in understanding grammar, understanding words or concepts, and/or comprehending general incoming information.
Also known as "receptive language," language comprehension helps people process incoming verbal information. Difficulties may exist in understanding grammar, understanding words or concepts, and/or comprehending general incoming information.
Expressive Language Skills
This skill allows a person to verbally express himself or herself in a way that makes sense, is grammatically correct, and convey his or her true feelings and intentions. Difficulties may be in vocabulary use, word order, verb tense, or other areas.
Testimonials
Speech- Sound Production Back to Top
Is your child hard to understand? Does he or she appear frustrated while communicating? Therapy for speech-sound production is provided to help your child speak as clearly as possible. Forgoing typical “drill-like” approaches, your child will learn speech-production skills based on the meaning of what he or she wants to say, which will facilitate carryover of skills outside of the therapy situation.
Testimonials
Executive Function Back to Top
Is your upper elementary-school/middle school-aged child often described as lazy? Disorganized? Unmotivated? Unable to finish a task to completion? He or she may have executive dysfunction (which often goes hand-in-hand with ADHD). Often, these difficulties do not qualify him or her for Special Education services, but clearly the child is not having the academic success he or she enjoyed in earlier grades. Therapy in this area will teach the following: prioritizing and organizing tasks, setting goals, identifying the least distracting learning environment, properly estimating time needed to complete tasks, and other skills.
Testimonials
Word Finding Back to Top
Word-finding skills are used to quickly and accurately retrieve words from your brain during talking or reading. People with word-finding difficulties may often seem to forget a word they want to say and instead describe the word or its function, use a synonym or related word, say, “uh,” “um,” etc, or say the first sound of the target word. This deficit can exist, even in people with good vocabularies. This disorder is often not treated in the school environment yet can make school work difficult.
Testimonials
Accent Modification Back to Top
What is accent modification?
Accent modification is a systematic method for decreasing a foreign or regional accent.
Instruction encompasses several aspects of communication: pronunciation, rhythm, intonation, and phrasing.
Do I qualify for this class?
You qualify for this class if you:
• have a high level of English mastery in reading and writing
• want to communicate your personal and professional thoughts more clearly
• want to decrease laborious communication interactions
• need to make more effective presentations
• are willing to commit to at least one hour of practice daily
• want to quit having to repeat yourself so many times!
What kind of results can I expect?
• most clients decrease their English pronunciation errors by at least 50%
• intonation, rhythm, and phrasing become more fluent and native-like
• increased confidence in personal interactions and professional
presentations
• many clients consequently evidence improved English grammar as well!
What does the class include?
• 14 sessions, in a 1:1 format with the instructor
• a comprehensive evaluation of English (pronunciation, intonation, rhythm, and phrasing)
Based on your evaluation results, a customized program will be designed that best addresses your particular needs.
Where and when does the class meet?
Classes meet once per week at a location that is convenient for you.
Who is the instructor?
The instructor is Caroline Legor, M.S., C.C.C., Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist
What do former clients have to say about this class?
“The accent modification class improved my intonation in my conversation and presentation skills.”
- P.Y.L., Client, Native Mandarin speaker
“Overall, the accent class was very helpful. I was surprised when you showed me the before and after comparison (of my speech) for it’s a huge improvement!”
- K.N., Client, Native Korean speaker