Evaluation & Treatment

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Speak Through Play, Inc. is committed in supporting monolingual and bilingual children with a wide range of speech and language challenges.  We offer parent/ caregiver classes, evaluations, diagnosis and therapy that address speech, language and social communication. Please read below to learn more. Services are available for children approximately 12 months and older, and therapy is always individualized to meet your child’s unique needs.

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Pediatric Myofunctional Therapy

Myofunctional therapy addresses oral‑muscle patterns that can impact speech, breathing, chewing, swallowing, and overall oral posture. Because this work often involves volitional control and active participation, it’s most appropriate for children around age 4 and older, when they are developmentally ready to understand and follow therapeutic exercises. Younger children may benefit from early oral motor support and parent-guided strategies as needed.

This may include support for:

• Open‑mouth posture

• Tongue thrust or low tongue resting posture

• Mouth breathing

• Swallowing patterns

• Oral motor coordination related to speech

Therapy is collaborative and may include coordination with other professionals when appropriate.

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Speech Therapy

Speech therapy focuses on helping children communicate clearly and effectively. Therapy targets how speech sounds are produced. Children who struggle with articulation may be difficult to understand or substitute, omit, or distort sounds.

Areas addressed may include:

• Speech sound production

• Speech clarity and intelligibility

• Early speech development

• Functional communication skills

• Correct sound placement

• Clear and consistent production

• Carryover from structured practice into conversation

• Building confidence when speaking

 

Language & Communication

Language therapy supports children with understanding and using language to communicate their thoughts, needs, and ideas.

Areas may include:

• Expressive language (words, sentences, storytelling)

• Receptive language (understanding directions and questions)

• Vocabulary development

• Functional language for daily routines

 

We provide speech and language assessments and treatments for the following areas:

• Orofacial Myofunctional 

• Bilingual Spanish/ English language

• Receptive and Expressive Language

• Social Communication

• Speech sound disorders, Phonology & Articulation

• Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)