How Speech Therapy Can Help Your Child

Teaches children to speak more clearly, allowing them to be understood. 

Improves communication skills by nurturing an understanding of vocabulary & concepts.

Improves understanding direction.

Improves pre-literacy skills.

Encourages the practice of meaningful sentence structure.

Assists with emotional expression & helps children communicate their needs.

Decreases frustration & negative behavior associated with poor communication.

Teaches correct pronunciation of sounds & words.

Improves self-esteem, confidence quality of life.

Improves executive functioning skills, such as problem-solving.

Improves abilities on an academic level.

Teaches strategies to decrease stuttering and/or dysfluencies. 

Increases oral motor capabilities. 

Signs That Your Child May Need Speech Therapy:

  • Difficulty with functional play
  • Difficulty with verbal and/or non-verbal communication
  • Difficulty reading and/or writing
  • Difficulty speaking clearly
  • Difficulty with peer interaction
  • Not meeting developmental milestones
  • Not babbling
  • Not playing functionally (independently or with peers)
  • Screaming and pointing in order to have needs met
  • Not following directions
  • Not pronouncing words correctly
  • Not saying ‘Mama’ and ‘Dada’ meaningfully

Speech Therapy Services Offered at AAK Therapy

Speech & Language Evaluations & Reassessments

Early Language Intervention

Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC) Evaluations

Speech and/or Language Development

Articulation Intervention

Fluency and/or Stuttering Intervention

Reading and/or Writing Intervention

Picture Exchange Communication (PECS)

Feeding and Oral Motor Development

Diagnoses We Treat

Apraxia of Speech

Auditory Processing Disorder

Language Delay

Articulation and Phonological Disorders

Fluency/Stuttering Disorders

Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders

Language Based Learning Disability

Pragmatic Language Disorder

Selective Mutism

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Down Syndrome

Cerebral Palsy

Traumatic Brain Injury

Oral Motor Difficulties

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Clinic Location:

2032 Ashley Oaks Circle 
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544

Call today to schedule an appointment at our 
outpatient clinic in the Wesley Chapel area.

(813) 461-7432

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Clinic Location:

2032 Ashley Oaks Circle 
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544

Call today to schedule an appointment at our 
outpatient clinic in the Wesley Chapel area.

(813) 461-7432

Like Us on Facebook!