THERAPY SERVICES
RECEPTIVE / EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE THERAPY
Language therapy supports children who may have difficulty understanding what others say or expressing their own thoughts, wants, and ideas. Therapy may focus on following directions, answering questions, learning new words, combining words into sentences, and using language more effectively during everyday conversations and interactions.
EARLY COMMUNICATORS & LATE TALKERS
Early communication therapy supports infants and toddlers who may not be using as many words, sounds, or gestures as expected, or who are having difficulty expressing their wants and needs. Through play and everyday interactions, therapy focuses on building foundational communication skills such as imitation, joint attention, gestures, first words, and early language. Parents and caregivers are also given practical strategies to encourage communication naturally throughout the day.
SPEECH SOUND DISORDER THERAPY
Speech sound therapy supports children who have difficulty producing certain sounds or using speech sounds correctly, which can make them difficult to understand. Through engaging, individualized activities, therapy helps children develop clearer and more accurate speech while building confidence in their everyday communication.
MOTOR SPEECH THERAPY
Motor speech therapy supports children who know what they want to say but have difficulty planning and coordinating the movements needed for clear speech. Therapy is individualized and may incorporate specialized techniques and cues to help children produce sounds and words more accurately and consistently, including children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Olivia is a PROMPT Trained therapist.
SOCIAL COMMUNICATION OR PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE THERAPY
Social communication therapy helps children build the skills they need to connect and communicate with others. Depending on your child’s individual needs, therapy may support initiating and maintaining interactions, understanding social cues, taking turns in conversation, considering another person’s perspective, and using language in ways that feel meaningful and authentic to them.
AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) provides children with additional ways to express themselves when speaking alone does not fully meet their communication needs. AAC may include gestures, pictures, communication boards, or speech-generating devices. Therapy focuses on helping children communicate more independently while supporting their overall speech and language development.
Olivia has additional training in PROMPT, a treatment approach that uses tactile and movement-based cues to support children with speech sound and motor speech difficulties, including childhood apraxia of speech.
She is also trained in Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) and has experience supporting children who communicate using echolalia, scripts, or gestalts. Therapy honors each child’s unique way of communicating while helping them develop more flexible and independent language.