Speech Therapy for Kids
Late Talkers • Echolalia • Gestalt Language • Articulation • Augmentative Alternative Communication • Feeding • Language Development • Autism • Parent Coaching
I’m ready to help with personalized speech therapy for your child. Keep scrolling for more information about my areas of specialty.
Evaluations
A comprehensive speech and language evaluation will take about an hour and we will:
Review your child's developmental and health history and your main concerns
Observe your child’s communication and interactions
Take a language sample as we play
Administer a formal assessment as needed.
At the end of the evaluation, we will talk about whether or not your child qualifies for speech therapy, what kind of goals we want to work on, and how to best support your child's communication. I will share the results of your child's evaluation in a written report.
Therapy Approach
Therapy will look a lot like play! My approach is to celebrate your child’s unique interests and explore them together as we target communication goals through play.
We will work together to create an individualized therapy plan for your child’s unique communication needs.
Kids are the most comfortable and able to be themselves when they are at home, daycare, or school, so our service model is to bring speech therapy into the natural environment. You and your child should have fun and feel supported in speech therapy!
Early Language Development
Is your child a late talker? We can work together to help them communicate successfully by:
Building connection and communication through child-led play
Learning strategies to model language effectively during daily routines and play
Providing supports to help them communicate!
Gestalt Language Processing
I am neurodiversity affirming and have specialized training to support the language development of gestalt language processors, children who used delayed echolalia to communicate. Language intervention for gestalt language processors looks like:
Supporting sensory and regulation needs
Building authentic connection by honoring and exploring your child's interests
Using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to support language
Acknowledging and honoring all form of communication (body proximity, gestures, facial expressions, words, scripts, etc.)
Assessing and working through the stages of Natural Language Acquisition (developed by Marge Blanc).
Speech & Language
In play-based, fun activities, I work with your child to:
Understand the difference between sounds
Produce sounds correctly and consistently
Develop awareness and correct themselves when they make an error
Use appropriate grammar
Speak more clearly!
I bring speech therapy to you and your child.
Nurturing Communication Speech Therapy offers speech, language, and feeding therapy services in natural environments in Vancouver, WA, including:
Home
Daycare
School
Community Locations
My goal is to make speech therapy convenient and fun, as well as support you as you nurture your child's communication. Contact me today to learn more!
How do I get started?
Nurturing Communication Speech Therapy provides therapy where your child is most comfortable, at home, school, or daycare in Clark County, WA.
Step 1
Contact me to set up a free 15-minute consultation call. I’ll listen to your concerns and explain my services.
Step 2
Schedule a speech and language evaluation to asses your child’s unique communication needs and abilities.
Step 3
Start weekly speech therapy sessions! I bring speech therapy to you in the Vancouver area and offer teletherapy to WA state residents.