ChildServe provides a wide variety of therapy services to children on a one-to-one basis at the ChildServe Centers in Johnston and Ames, as well as in children's homes and the community.

Speech Language Pathology

• Speech disorders: articulation, fluency, voice
• Language disorders
• 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

Physical Therapy

Physical therapists work with children to improve:

• Balance
• Strength
• Coordination
• Gross motor skills
• Abnormal tone
• Motor planning
• Learning problems
• Range of motion
• Aquatic therapy
• Hippotherapy (horse therapy)
• Serial casting

Occupational Therapy

• Fine motor skills
• Visual - motor skills
• Activities of daily living: self feeding, dressing, bathing
• Sensory integration
• Motor planning/coordination
• Range of motion
• Splinting
• Aquatic therapy
• Hippotherapy (horse therapy)
• Serial casting
• SIPT ­ certified therapists
• Therapeutic listening

Audiology

• Detection and intervention of hearing disorders
• Comprehensive diagnostic hearing evaluations
• Auditory processing evaluations
• Advanced hearing aid fittings for children
• Children's hearing aid assistance program
• Assistive communication devices (amplified telephones, alarms, FM systems)
• Aural Rehabilitation (hearing therapy)