Pediatric Speech Therapy.
What is Pediatric Speech Therapy?
Prima Home Health Care’s Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) address communication and swallowing disorders in patients. If a child has trouble comprehending or expressing spoken or written language, our speech-language pathologists can help. At Prima Home Health Care, SLPs work with children to build vocabulary, improve grammar, strengthen social aspects of language, and develop metalinguistic skills. Some children respond best to traditional therapy interventions, while others may benefit from alternative or augmentative communication systems.
Our SLPs also assist children with articulation, voice, and fluency disorders. While all children develop speech sounds at different rates, an articulation disorder may be suspected when development falls below age expectations or impacts a child’s ability to be understood.
Finally, for children who experience difficulty with swallowing, Prima Home Health Care’s SLPs provide support in developing or rehabilitating the oral and pharyngeal stages of swallowing.
Prima Home Health Care’s pediatric speech-language pathologists specialize in speech and communication disorders, as well as swallowing disorders. Our SLPs work with patients on components of speech production and language, as well as oral motor and feeding.
Components of speech production include phonation (the process of sound production), resonance (opening and closing of the vocal folds), intonation (the variation of pitch), and voice (including the aeromechanical components of respiration).
Components of language include phonology (the manipulation of sound according to the rules of the language), morphology (the understanding and use of the minimal units of meaning), syntax (the grammar or principles and rules for constructing sentences in language), semantics (the interpretation of meaning from the signs or symbols of communication), and pragmatics (the social aspects of communication).
Our Approach
Prima Home Health Care’s pediatric speech-language pathologists specialize in speech and communication disorders, as well as swallowing disorders. Our SLPs work with patients on components of speech production and language, as well as oral motor and feeding.
Components of speech production include phonation (the process of sound production), resonance (opening and closing of the vocal folds), intonation (the variation of pitch), and voice (including the aeromechanical components of respiration).
Components of language include phonology (the manipulation of sound according to the rules of the language), morphology (the understanding and use of the minimal units of meaning), syntax (the grammar or principles and rules for constructing sentences in language), semantics (the interpretation of meaning from the signs or symbols of communication), and pragmatics (the social aspects of communication).