Services

Isabella specializes in children ages 12 months - 8 years old.

Services:

• Initial intake, assessment, and plan of services: 45 minutes

• Individual direct treatment: 30 minutes

• Peer group direct treatment: 30 minutes

• Individual direct treatment and family coaching for feeding and oral motor skills: 30 minutes 

• SLP virtual support and coaching during an IEP meeting

• SLP AAC evaluation for children with Apraxia, ASD, or other communication delays or differences 

• FREE speech sound and language screenings at your local preschool

Type of services:

• Speech: How clearly someone can pronounce sounds and be understood. We can help children clearly pronounce sounds so they are understood by everyone, reduce tantrums and frustration, and are prepared for early literacy pre-k skills. 

• Language: How well a child can use words, put words together, use age-appropriate grammar, and understand what others say. We can help children communicate their wants and needs with language, connect with peers and caregivers, and follow directions.

• Feeding: How well a child can self-feed, safely bite, chew and swallow foods, drink from a variety of cups/straw, and eat from a variety of textures and food groups. We can assess and treat challenges with feeding, including oral motor skills, transitioning infants from the bottle to solid foods, tongue and lip tie interventions, safe chewing and swallowing, and reduced gagging during meals. 

• AAC: AAC stands for augmentative and alternative communication. It is an umbrella term for all visual and alternative ways to communicate instead of verbal speech, including high tech speech devices. We can help children acquire and utilize speech generating devices or visuals to support overall communication development, reduce frustration, and get their needs met.

• Literacy: early foundational reading skills, such as phonics, phonological awareness, and comprehension. Did you know reading in not a natural learned skill? We can help children develop foundational literacy skills with evidence-based instruction to be skilled readers and reduce frustration during reading time. 

CAS is a speech sound disorder due to difficulty with planning and programming movement sequences, resulting in speech prosody and sound production errors. This means that although a child with CAS may know what they want to say, their mouth may not move the way it needs to in order to say words clearly. Therefore, therapy should focus on the movement of the articulators in a variety of syllable shapes rather than individual sounds. Isabella implements evidence-based motor speech therapy for kiddos with CAS or suspected CAS.