Speech Therapy
Speech-language Pathologist (SLP) or Speech-Language Therapist (SLT) assesses and treats individuals with social-communication and swallowing difficulties. Our services includes:
- Speech Therapy
- Fluency Therapy
- Language Therapy
- Social-Communication Therapy
- Swallowing Therapy
- Voice Therapy
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Speech Therapy : Our SLP/SLT work with individuals with unclear speech, articulation, phonological disorders, or motor speech disorders, such as dysarthria or apraxia.
Fluency Therapy : We use a combination of fluency shaping (i.e., Lidcombe) and stuttering modification techniques to work with individuals with stuttering , or cluttering issues.
Language Therapy: Our SLP is highly trained in language development milestone. We will be able to assess and treat your child with various language needs, including comprehension, grammar, sentence structure, expressive language, literacy (reading/writing) and social-pragmatic issues. We provide evidence-based strategies to help your child reach his/her full potential to communicate his/her spoken and written ideas. Our SLP uses Lively Letter fonts and is an Associate MSL trainee, an Orton Gillingham approach to treat reading/spelling difficulties.
Social-Communication Therapy: Provided to individuals with difficulty understanding social rules, adjusting their behaviors to match their listeners’ or social contexts, or guessing the intentions of their communication partners or story-characters. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder or traumatic brain injury may have social communication difficulty. Our SLP is trained in Natural Language Acquisition (NLA), Social-Thinking, and is certified in Hanen: More Than Words approach to work with individuals with social-communication challenges.
Swallowing Therapy : Given to individuals with feeding or swallowing disorders which may affect the oral stage (chewing, moving foods from mouth to throat) and pharyngeal phase (squeezing foods down from pharynx to esophagus, closing airway & nasal passages). Swallowing difficulty can occur as a result of damage to the nervous system, such as brain injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, or as a result of cancer in the neck/head area. If left untreated, individuals may suffer from weight loss, dehydration or aspiration (liquids/foods entering airway, which may lead to respiratory issues such as aspiration pneumonia)
Voice Therapy : We provide voice therapy to individuals having difficulty with their vocal loudness (e.g., individuals with Parkinson’s, Cerebral Palsy), resonance (e.g., sounds too nasal) and pitch
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) : We strongly advocate for individuals who are non-verbal or minimally verbal to communicate their needs. Our SLP uses a combination of low & high-tech communication boards/devices, sign language (ASL) and visuals to enable individuals to express their preferences and needs.
Patient Population & Approach:
We provide assessment and treatment services in English, Mandarin Chinese (conversational) & Bahasa (Conversational) to pediatrics. Our SLP actively collaborates with other allied healthcare & medical professionals to ensure safe and efficient services for our patients.
Benefits of Speech Therapy:
- Improved Speech Clarity
- Improved comprehension and expression of thoughts and ideas
- Improved reading/writing skills
- Better chewing and swallowing skills
- Improved social-interaction skills
Our Services
- INTENSIVE PEDIASUIT THERAPY
- AQUATHERAPY
- CRANIO-SACRAL THERAPY
- DYNAMIC MOVEMENT INTERVENTION (DMI) & CUEVAS MEDEK EXERCISE (CME)
- PEDIATRIC INSTRUMENT-ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION (PIASTM)
- MOVEMENT ANALYSIS EDUCATION STRATEGIES (MAES)
- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (OT)
- WHOLE BODY VIBRATION (WBV)
- SPEECH THERAPY
- CUSTOM KARE ORTHOSIS