ChildServe's Speech-Language Pathology department evaluates and treats infants through adolescents with communication and/or functional feeding impairments.

Speech-Language Pathology services may address:

• Speech Delays – Articulation, Fluency, Voice
• Language Delays
• Feeding/Swallowing Disorders
• Oral-motor Disorders
• Cognitive Therapy associated with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Aural Rehabilitation – Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants
• Augmentative / Alternative Communication Devices
• Play Therapy / Social Skills
• Picky Eaters / Feeding Therapy

Does my child need speech therapy?
Your child may be referred for speech/language therapy services if he/she exhibits any of the following:

• Multiple errors in speech and is not understood by age 3
• Inconsistent errors, unintelligible speech, extremely limited numbers of sounds
• Not making eye contact and turn-taking with actions or vocalizations by 6 months of age, or not recognizing objects or pictures by age 2
• Non-verbal or speaking only in single words at 2.5 years of age; or if unable to produce complete, complex sentences by age 4
• Trouble recalling and using new information because of problems with language, attention and memory
• No friends because he/she is unable to interact with others at an age-appropriate level, such as following rules of conversation
• Voice does not sound right. For example, hoarse, raspy, breathy or if the child likes to scream or talk loudly
• Stuttering
• Drools beyond the age of 4
• Cannot manage the transition to table foods