SPEECH SERVICES
1. Childhood Apraxia of Speech - a motor speech disorder, when the child demonstrates difficulty correctly producing sounds, syllables, and words, due to motor planning and difficulty coordinating oral muscle movements (for example, making inconsistent sound errors and demonstrating difficulty imitating sounds and words).
2. Articulation Disorders - characterized by producing sounds incorrectly by substituting a sound, leaving off a sound, and/or adding or changing a sound, past a certain age (for example, saying "wabbit" for "rabbit").
3. Phonological Processes - characterized by children producing sounds incorrectly due to a pattern of errors (for example, substituting sounds made in the back of the mouth for sounds made in the front of the mouth; producing "tiss for kiss" and "dirl" for "girl").
4. Stuttering - characterized by interruptions in the production of speech, also known as dysfulent speech (for example, "w-w-w-what is your name?").
LANGUAGE SERVICES
1. Receptive Language Disorders - a language based disorder, when a child may demonstrate the following difficulties, but are not limited to: challenges in following directions, reading comprehension, and learning new vocabulary words.
2. Expressive Language Disorders - a language based disorder, when a child may demonstrate the following difficulties, but are not limited to: challenges in expressing ideas clearly, defining vocabulary words, and summarizing, sequencing, and retelling a story correctly.
3. Augmentative and Alternative Communication - includes all forms of communication to assist children with severe speech and language challenges. This may include but is not limited to facial expressions, gestures, pictures/symbols communication system, electronic devices, or writing.
EARLY LITERACY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT
A child may benefit from early literacy and development support if they demonstrate challenges in the following areas, but not limited to: learning the alphabet letter name and letter sounds, identifying and creating rhyming words, and the ability to manipulate letter and letter sounds to create words.