Speech Therapy Services
Developmental Delays • Apraxia of Speech• Phonological Disorders • Speech Disorders • Language Delays and Disorders • Oral and Pharyngeal Dysphagia • Hearing Impairments• Alternative and Augmentative Communication • Stuttering
Evaluations
If you’d like to chat with a speech therapist or tour the facility prior to scheduling an evaluation, contact us by clicking the “Let’s Get Started” button. We will address your questions regarding the evaluation and therapy process.
A Speech and Language Evaluation is a 60 minute appointment. We will assess your child's talking, understanding, and play skills. The speech therapist will work with you to create goals and schedule ongoing speech therapy to support your child if needed.
A Feeding Evaluation is a 60 minute appointment. We will assess your child’s ability to drink, eat, chew and swallow. The speech therapist will recommend feeding therapy if needed and help you create a home program to support your child.
Our Approach to Therapy
“It’s a good day to play!” We want our clinic to be full of laughs and giggles. The first step of therapy is to build rapport with your child through fun and exciting activities. If your child is enjoying sessions, they will be motivated to work when it is hard.
Speech therapy sessions are designed to use your child’s strengths to enhance their understanding and use of communication. Therapy sessions, no matter the age, will incorporate motivating activities to build your child’s skill set and build confidence.
Communication happens all day long. Nurture’s speech therapists incorporate sensorimotor and movement in each session. This may include obstacle courses, jumping, crashing and swinging, in addition to table top play. You will often see the speech therapist on the floor utilizing therapeutic activities to play and connect with your child.
speech specialties
Expressive Language
Expressive language is what the child communicates. This includes the number of words a child says and if they are putting those words together yet. This also includes non-verbal communication, pointing at items to indicate want, using sign language, or using eye contact to communicate.
receptive Language
Receptive language is what the child can understand. This includes the child showing us that they understand the names of things, that they understand their own name, following directions, and answering questions.
Speech Production
Speech production is the complicated process of translating thoughts into speech. Word selection, grammar forms, respiration, phonation, and articulation of sounds by the motor system are all aspects of speech production.
Pragmatic Language/social skills
Pragmatic Language is how the child plays. This includes: playing with others, playing with toys, interacting with others in an age appropriate manner, and playing with multiple objects at one time. Pragmatics includes how your child communicates socially with peers, family and friends. This includes pointing to show something to someone, understanding other people when they point, using eye contact to ask for desired items, asking for help, enjoying social interactions, and social gestures such as waving.
“sometimes real heros live in the hearts of small children fighting big battles.”
— Anonymous
occupational Therapy Services
Sensory Processing Disorder • Developmental Delay • Fine Motor • Visual Motor Integration • Neurological Conditions • Activities of Daily Living (ADLS) • Executive Functioning • Handwriting • Upper Extremity Orthopedic Injury
Evaluations
If you’d like to chat with an occupational therapist or tour the facility prior to scheduling an evaluation, contact us by clicking the “Let’s Get Started!” button. We will address your questions regarding the evaluation and therapy process.
An occupational therapy evaluation is a 60 minute appointment. We will discuss your concerns, get to know your child, and complete an assessment so that we are able to best understand the areas of strength and areas of struggle within your child. We will then determine whether occupational therapy is warranted, create goals to address in therapy, and determine an appropriate schedule that works well for your family, the therapy team, and your child’s specific needs.
Our Approach to Therapy
We happen to know that children learn best through play. This is why we believe that “It is a good day to play”. We utilize developmentally appropriate activities to facilitate the strength, coordination, and sensory processing skills necessary for your child to meet their goals.
All occupational therapy sessions are designed with your child’s specific needs in mind. We modify the task when needed and also challenge your child to level up. It is important for children to learn how to win and how to lose with grace. Every opportunity is a chance to improve and we notice the little moments that your child offers and parlay these moments into successful learning opportunities.
You will find us climbing, swinging, and creating with your child!
OT specialties
Sensory processing Disorders
Sensory processing involves the integration of all senses: Sight, Smell, Taste, Hearing, Touch, Vestibular, Proprioception, and Interoception. If a child’s senses are not integrating properly they might have issues with eating certain textures, wearing a specific kind of clothing, becoming overwhelmed in specific environments, walking on their tippy toes, and/or struggling with areas of play that children typically enjoy.
Children with difficulties in sensory processing might seek out or avoid specific activities as a method to cope. These children might appear to struggle more and demonstrate maladaptive behaviors. We assess these areas of sensory processing, determine the breakdown, and work to integrate the senses and provide strategies to improve the child’s ability to adapt.
activities of daily living (ADLs)
ADLs are those tasks that we need to do every single day. Examples include: dressing ourselves, eating and feeding, toileting, etc. This comes naturally to some children as their parents teach them and other children continue to struggle with these seemingly basic tasks.
Playology’s occupational therapist’s have a specific knowledge in this area and are experienced in analyzing the issue with completing the task and then providing habilitative, rehabilitative, and modification strategies to address these issues and improve the child’s independence level.
neurodevelopmental and neurological conditions
Playology’s occupational therapists are experienced in working with children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, spinal cord injuries, and many more disorders impacting the nervous system. This may include the assessment and management of muscle tone, the fabrication of upper extremity orthotics, and positioning to improve the child’s ability to play and engage in their uniquely meaningful roles and routines to the best of their ability.
We utilize holistic strategies to treat children with various conditions including ADHD, Autism, executive functioning impairments, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and dysgraphia. Playology is well versed in implementing appropriate accommodations and tools to improve function in these areas.
coordination
Fine motor coordination, visual motor integration, gross motor coordination….we work in all of these areas!
It is important for children to develop body awareness and coordination skills so that they are able to color, write, use scissors, throw a ball, climb a play set, swing on a swing, ride a bike, put together puzzles, and PLAY! We happen to know a thing or 100 about age appropriate coordination skills and how to promote success in these areas!
We Are Accepting New patients!
Nurture and Playology have intentionally created a team with a vision, a story, and a dream. Each member of our team, from our therapists to our administrative staff, have a heart for children with special abilities. We welcome you and your child to join us!