How We Can Help
At Speech Method, we offer therapy that is tailored to your unique needs. Whether you are a parent looking for support for your child or an adult seeking help with communication or feeding, we’re here to help.
Feeding Therapy
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Oral Motor
Involves the strength, coordination, and movement of the lips, tongue, jaw, and cheeks. Difficulties in this area can impact feeding and chewing. Therapy focuses on improving coordination and control to support safer, more efficient eating.
Dysphagia
Difficulty with eating, drinking, or swallowing safely. This may include coughing or choking during meals, food refusal, prolonged mealtimes, or concerns with textures. Therapy is individualized and focuses on improving swallowing safety, efficiency, and confidence while supporting positive, stress-free mealtimes.
Who It's For
Children and adults with oral motor or sensory-based feeding challenges, picky eaters, or those with difficulty swallowing (dysphagia).
What to Look For
How We Can Help
Feeding therapy is about more than just food. It is about creating positive experiences, building confidence, and improving quality of life. We use evidence-based techniques to address oral motor skills, sensory sensitivities, and swallowing safety, tailoring every session to your needs.
For Children
Difficulty chewing or swallowing, gagging during meals, refusal to eat certain textures, or limited food variety.
For Adults
Coughing or choking while eating, difficulty swallowing, or mealtime fatigue.
Speech and Language Therapy
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Articulation/Phonology
Articulation and phonological disorders affect how sounds are produced and organized in speech. Children may substitute, omit, or distort sounds, making their speech difficult to understand. Therapy targets accurate sound production and speech patterns to improve overall intelligibility.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
AAC includes tools and strategies that support communication for individuals who are minimally verbal or non-verbal. This may involve picture systems, communication boards, or speech-generating devices. AAC therapy helps individuals express their needs, thoughts, and ideas while supporting overall language development.
Receptive/Expressive Language
Receptive language refers to understanding language, while expressive language involves using words, sentences, and gestures to communicate. Difficulties may include following directions, answering questions, or forming sentences. Therapy focuses on strengthening both understanding and expression to support effective communication across settings.
Social Communication
Involves using language appropriately in social situations, including turn-taking, understanding nonverbal cues, maintaining conversations, and perspective-taking. Therapy helps individuals build meaningful connections and navigate social interactions with greater confidence.
Fluency
Fluency disorders, such as stuttering, affect the flow and rhythm of speech. This may include repetitions, prolongations, or blocks when speaking. Therapy focuses on improving speech fluency while also addressing confidence, communication comfort, and self-advocacy.
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
A motor speech disorder where the brain has difficulty planning and coordinating the movements needed for speech. Individuals may know what they want to say but struggle to produce sounds and words consistently. Therapy is structured and evidence-based, focusing on motor planning, sequencing, and repetition to improve speech clarity.
Who It's For
Children and adults with articulation issues, language delays, or social communication challenges.
What to Look For
For children: Difficulty being understood, limited vocabulary, or trouble following directions.
For adults: Speech impairments due to injury, illness, or neurological conditions.
How We Can Help
We use engaging, evidence-based techniques to build communication skills. For children, therapy is often play-based and fun. For adults, therapy is goal-oriented and focused on practical solutions for everyday life.