We help individuals develop motor speech, communication, feeding and social skills.
Children need communication, play and social skills to be a successful part of their community and families. At Family Tree, speech therapy is focused on helping children improve relationships and enhance academic success by developing their communication, language, social and reading skills. Speech therapy also understands that behavior is communication and seeks to help families and children understand what their behavior is communicating during difficult situations. We understand the mistaken goals of their behavior and provide communication strategies and parent coaching suggestions that heal and foster improvements in relationships. Check out our podcast on our Speech, Language and Communication to learn more!
We'll work on these skills:
- Improving engagement and ability to relate with peers and family members
- Improving attention, engagement and reciprocity in play
- Feeding challenges
- Eliminating tongue thrust, thumb and pacifier dependence
- Enhancing expressive and receptive language skills
- Improving relationships with family and peers
- Speech clarity/intelligibility
- Memory and comprehension strategies
- Organizational/planning skills
- Reading skills of decoding, orthographic processing and comprehension
- Vocabulary development
- Pragmatic and social skills
Therapy can benefit kids with:
- ADD/ADHD
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders (including those that are non-verbal)
- Auditory Processing Disorders
- Dysarthria
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia/Apraxia/Articulation Disorders
- Down Syndrome
- Language Processing Disorders
- Dysphagia/Feeding/Myofunctional Disorders
- Voice Disorders
We use a developmental play based approach as our framework while utilizing the following therapy protocols to assist us in making a positive change for your family:
Some of these programs include:
PROMPT
PROMPT works to stimulate the tactual sensory systems to enhance the development/rehabilitation of speech, language, cognition and interaction.
Learn MoreLindamood Bell programs
LMB programs develop the sensory-cognitive processes that underlie reading and comprehension.
Learn MoreMichelle Garcia Winner's Social Thinking
Social thinking skills help kids develop their social competencies to better connect with others and enhance relationships.
Learn MoreTalk Tools
Talk Tools adds enhancement of the tactile component to feeding and speech therapy, enabling clients to “feel” the movements necessary for the development of speech clarity and safer eating/feeding.
Learn MoreFloortime/DIR
The Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based Model of Intervention (DIR) provides a developmental framework for autism spectrum and related disorders.
Learn MorePositive Behavior Management
Our behavior management is based on positive communication principles. You can find our in-house parenting training here.
Learn MoreOrofacial Myofunctional Disorders & Tongue Thrusting
We identify atypical, adaptive patterns that emerge in the absence of normalized patterns within the orofacial complex.
Learn MoreReflex Integration
Reflex integration uses a variety of specific exercises to address the neurosensorimotor system; establishing a sense of safety which promotes foundational motor and cognitive skills.
Learn MoreButeyko Breathing Method
Buteyko Breating Method is a form of complementary therapy that proposes the use of breathing exercises primarily as a treatment for asthma and other respiratory conditions. It serves to to optimize oxygenation and initiate a stress reduction response.
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Occupational TherapyDo you have questions regarding your child’s development? Have you shared your concerns with your doctor and not sure of your next steps? We get it.
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Do you have questions or concerns regarding your child?
Are you not sure where to start or what to do?
My baby is very difficult to soothe and hates tummy time. Should I think about therapy for her?
My daughter is anxious and has a really hard time joining in social situations or playing with kids her own age. She doesn’t have a diagnosis, but I’m worried. Should I think about therapy for her?
My child has sensory processing challenges. His clothes have to be just right. He can’t stand certain types of movement, puts everything in his mouth, and he’s always crashing into things. Can you help?
I have general concerns regarding my child’s development, my doctor say he will grow out of it, is there something I can do now?
My son has a very difficult time paying attention, following directions, and reading. Could you help me figure out why he has these challenges and give us tools to help him?
My child doesn’t like certain foods and seems to be very selective when it comes to eating. He has a hard time chewing things. Would therapy help?
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