Language therapy covers a large variety of intervention areas. In essence, I will evaluate your child’s ability to understand language (i.e., receptive language) and their ability to use language (i.e., expressive language). I will then help them move up the developmental continuum of language so that they can understand what they need to and communicate what they need to so that they can be safe, happy, and get their needs met.
This could be as simple as establishing some form of symbolic communication at the single word level to make requests and comments (e.g., words, signs, picture communication, high-tech AAC, etc. to say things like “eat,” “hurt,” and “mad”).
This could be more complex like understanding the different kinds of question words and how to answer those questions from simple versions (e.g., “Where is the ball?) to more complex versions (e.g., “Why are you crying?” “How did you get that cut on your leg?”).
This could be centered around something like story telling (e.g., “I had a bad day at school today. My teacher was really mean. They thought I was the one that hit Sammy, but it wasn’t. I was at my desk. She sent me to the hallway, and it was so unfair.”)
Language therapy will be targeted to whatever it is that your child is having trouble with and is impacting their ability to function in their daily lives.
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