Who makes up the Speech Therapy team?
Who makes up the Speech Therapy team?
Pediatric speech-language therapy focuses on supporting the child’s ability to communicate and play with their parents, caregivers, and friends. It may vary from providing a non-verbal child with a way to communicate to developing oral motor skills to help explore new foods to navigating social skills during peer interactions.
The team of Speech-Language Pathologists at Eyas Landing utilize a comprehensive model of combining the most appropriate evidence-based practices based on each child’s needs to ensure success towards their goals. Eyas Landing speech therapists use sensory strategies and equipment to increase a child’s arousal, oral awareness, and verbalizations.
Kelly C
Specializes in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Autism, Expressive/Receptive Language Disorders, Apraxia of Speech, Developmental Language Delay, Feeding, Articulation, Fluency, PROMPT Certified, and Beckman Oral-Motor Certified.
Elizabeth M
Specializes in Autism, Developmental Language Delay, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Expressive and Receptive Language, Articulation, and Cognitive Communication.
Julia A
Specializes in Expressive and Receptive Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Social/Pragmatic Language.
Rebecca C
Specializes in Expressive and Receptive Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Social/Pragmatic Language, abd Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Nicole R
Specializes in Expressive and Receptive Language, Articulation, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
Brittney M
Specializes in Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders, Social/Pragmatic Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Articulation, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social/Emotional Disorders, and Diverse Populations.
Brianna H
Specializes in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Receptive and Expressive Language, Social Pragmatic Language, and Feeding.
Suzanne Z
Specializes in Dysphagia, DIR Floortime, Voice, and AAC.
Alexandra P
Specializes in Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Social Language/Pragmatics, Executive Functioning, and Receptive/Expressive Language Disorders.
Katie F
Specializes in Speech-Language Pathology.
Lauren S
Specializes in Autism Spectrum Disorder, AAC, Expressive and Receptive Communication, and Neurodiversity Affirming Practice.
Who benefits from Speech Therapy?
Any child under the age of 21 years experiencing difficulties with comprehension or expression of language, unintelligible verbal speech, navigating social interactions, and/or oral motor development would benefit from an evaluation with a speech-language pathologist. Additionally, Eyas Landing speech therapists collaborate with occupational therapists, physical therapists, behavior therapists, and school staff to ensure speech goals are targeted in all settings.
Speech Therapy Techniques
Speech-Language Pathologists use a variety of interventions and strategies to achieve results with their clients. Therapists at Eyas Landing are well-practiced in language facilitation strategies, theories of language development, oral-motor development, and progression of speech sounds.
They incorporate these strategies into fun and functional activities to ensure each child is generalizing their newly developed skills across multiple environments. When necessary, Augmented and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems can be introduced to facilitate communication, including the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) or speech-generating devices.
If a child’s food intake is a concern, our therapists utilize the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) approach to explore the look, smell, and taste of a variety of different foods.
Speech-Language Pathologist also use the following evidence-based techniques during their sessions:
Speech-Language Pathologist also use the following evidence-based techniques during their sessions:
Goal of Speech Therapy
Speech-Language Pathologists’ main goal is for all Eyas Landing clients to achieve effective, functional communication across a variety of environments and to be active members within their settings, effectively communicating with everyone around!
