 What is Speech/Language Therapy?
Speech/language therapy helps children develop the skills they need to be able to effectively interact and communicate with the world around them. Speech / language pathologists work with many areas of speech and language disorders, ranging from difficulties in expressing and/or processing information, thoughts and ideas, to stuttering. Related disorders may even affect swallowing and/or feeding skills.
 At Milestones, our speech therapy staff consists of therapists who are trained in current treatment methods, including Neuro-Developmental Treatment, oral-pharyngeal motor techniques, and the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) approach to feeding. Our staff also has expertise working with children with autism and sensory processing disorders. Milestones speech/language pathologists provide assessment and treatment for children ages birth to 18 years of age. We provide speech services in both individual and peer group settings, in the clinic, home, schools and community. We offer groups that are designed to help children engage in social interaction with peers in a playful setting that also incorporates structure and routine. Milestones groups are designed to help children develop skills needed to interact with peers verbally while utilizing their cognitive and motor skills.
 Speech/language pathologists commonly work with children who have a variety of diagnoses including difficulties with articulation and phonology, expressive language, receptive language, feeding/swallowing/respiratory function, oral motor, fluency (stuttering), voice, apraxia, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and communication disorders related to Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Fragile X, and sensory processing disorders.
The following are general indicators that a child may benefit from a Speech-Language evaluation:
- Does not babble and is over the age of 6 months
- Child is 1 year old or younger and is not making or responding to sounds
- Child is older than 1 year of age and has not produced any words
- Does not appear to speak as well as peers
- Does not seem to understand what is being said to them
- Appears to have an unusual voice
- Exhibits frustration when unable to communicate needs and wants
- Is not understood by unfamiliar people and at times familiar people
- Does not follow simple directions
- Does not respond when spoken to
- Is over the age of 3 and does not produce the sounds /m,n, ng, p, f, h, w/
- Is slow to respond or answer questions
- Has difficulty putting thoughts together to express ideas
- Has difficulty thinking of a particular word
- Has difficulty planning and sequencing actions or tasks
- Difficulty with social interactions (peers, family, community)
- Difficulty maintaining appropriate eye contact
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