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
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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outpatient clinic in the Wesley Chapel area.
2032 Ashley Oaks Circle
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544
(813) 461-7432
Clinic Location:
Call today to schedule an appointment at our
outpatient clinic in the Wesley Chapel area.