Speech Therapy
we adopt a child- and family-centered approach to address language and communiation issues in students
Speech Assessment
Students are required to undergo an informal speech assessment before starting the speech therapy sessions. This assesment helps the speech therapist establish targeted service goals and content.
who needs an assessment?
Children who have concern over: Articulation, voice and fluency, understanding, speaking, social communication, feeding, etc.
Step One
A meeting with you to talk about your concerns.
Step Two
An approximately 1-hour observation to assess the child’s speech ability via play.
Step Three
A debrief meeting to explain your child’s strengths, weaknesses, and focus for sessions.
Speech Therapy sessions
Our speech therapy sessions can be very playful, our therapists are professionally trained so that such play is structured and goal specific. Hence, children can learn in a fun, engaging, and personalized way.
Session Approach and Targets
Our speech therapists engage children in sessions with a play-based approach to help them improve their speech and language skills, including articulation (speech sound production), language understanding, language expression, use of voice, and social communication.
Articulation
High-trial practice with fun and increased level of motivation to correct their speech sound errors (e.g., pairing /s/ words with a snake board game)
Language
Learning vocabularies and sentence structures through common and versatile toys (e.g., toy food, toy vehicles, play dough)
Social communication
Putting therapy tasks into the context of social interactions (e.g., cooking toys to practice the scenario of having dinner with family)
Play-based sessions
Our sessions focus around play, making learning engaging and effective. Play fulfills many specific needs, helping children generalize skills across different settings and showing them how to complete tasks naturally.
fulfill many specific needs
Play can fulfill many specific needs, by using movement games or sensory play in sessions, children can stay regulated for learning.
help children generalize skills
Play can also help children generalize the skills they learn to different and everyday situations, e.g., using natural dialogues in play to practice following instruction
complete tasks by modelling
Therapists can show the child how to complete a task by modelling it in play, which is a visual and engaging way to learn.
Speech Therapy and ABA
Some children with speech and behavioral issues choose to receive both speech and ABA training.
Speech and ABA therapists frequently meet and discuss about the child’s progress. They aim to generalize skills beyond the therapy sessions and promote compliance. Improved compliance can enhance the speed of learning and overall progress.