What is Speech-Language Therapy?
Speech-Language Therapy includes evaluation and intervention of children and adults who have difficulty with speech and language.
Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) screen, diagnose, and treat Speech Disorders (Articulation, Phonology, Apraxia, Fluency, and Voice Problems), Language Disorders (Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Pragmatic / Social skills), and other Disorders (Hearing impairment, Oral-Motor Disorders, Swallowing/Feeding Disorders).
SLPs in The Therapy Room are also trained in PROMPT, a multidimensional approach to treating speech production disorders
Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) screen, diagnose, and treat Speech Disorders (Articulation, Phonology, Apraxia, Fluency, and Voice Problems), Language Disorders (Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Pragmatic / Social skills), and other Disorders (Hearing impairment, Oral-Motor Disorders, Swallowing/Feeding Disorders).
SLPs in The Therapy Room are also trained in PROMPT, a multidimensional approach to treating speech production disorders
What is PROMPT? |
PROMPT, an acronym for PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets, is a multidimensional approach to speech production disorders has come to embrace not only the well-known physical-sensory aspects of motor performance, but also its cognitive-linguistic and social-emotional aspects.
PROMPT is about integrating all domains and systems towards positive communication outcome. It may be used (with varying intensity and focus) with all speech production disorders from approximately 6 months of age onward. |