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What We Do
Looking for pediatric speech or occupational therapy services? You’re in the right spot! At Fluens, we specialize in working with children with speech and language disorders, including apraxia, speech sound problems, autism, picky eating concerns, sensory processing deficits, and language delays. We’d love to help you get more hope and peace in your family.
Here’s how we can partner together…
Speech and Language Therapy
Taking a play-based, family-centered approach, here at Fluens we encourage parents and caregivers to participate in therapy sessions. Our therapists enjoy getting on the floor to play with children, meeting them where they are, and setting up opportunities to practice their speech skills. On a weekly basis we check in with families to see how communication changes over time, in all environments, including home, daycare, and the clinic setting. Parent education and coaching is key for families to see lasting progress in their child’s communication skills.
Signs your child may benefit from speech therapy:
- ANY loss of speech or babbling or social skills at ANY age
- Rarely points, gestures or imitates
- Does not appear to understand speech, seems unable to hear
- No big smiles or other warm, joyful expressions by 6 months
- Does not imitate gross motor movements like clapping or stomping feet
- Has no meaningful words by 15 months
- Does not follow simple commands like “come here,” or “stop,” by 18 months
- Rarely plays close by other children
- Does not point to pictures of items in books when asked by 2 years of age
- Speech is less than 75% understandable by 3 years
- Child is leaving the beginnings or endings off of most words
- Cannot accurately answer "yes"/"no" questions by 3 years
- Is demonstrating stuttering behavior for more than 6 months
- Is not asking a variety of questions to gain information by 5 years old
- Is having difficulty with grammar or pronouns at 5 years of age
- Cannot follow simple two step directions by 5 years of age
If you know in your gut that something isn’t quite right with your little one, instead of taking the “wait and see” approach, call us today and get some peace of mind as to whether speech therapy would be beneficial for your child.
Online Speech Therapy
- live interaction with trained Speech-Language Pathologists
- ability to conduct evaluations and treatment online
- evidence-based strategies utilized
- sessions conducted from the comfort and convenience of your home
The speech therapists at Fluens enjoy working with school-age children, ages 18 months to 18 years, on a weekly basis in a 1:1 setting to address speech, language, and communication skills. We work with children who have a variety of needs, including:
- Speech sound production and articulation - how a child pronounces sounds and puts them together in words, sentences, and conversations. This includes childhood apraxia of speech and other motor speech disorders.
- Language skills - how a child understands and expresses ideas with others
- Social pragmatic skills - the ability to recognize and understand verbal and non-verbal cues in social settings, as well as how to adapt their speech and behavior to form meaningful relationships with peers and adults
Many of our clients receive speech therapy services through the school district and find that may not be enough to see the progress they desire. By supplementing school-based therapy with private therapy, children can often receive the extra boost of support that they need to take their communication skills to the next level. Working toward independence is always the goal at Fluens, so we constantly assess our clients’ skills and determine if therapy is still beneficial to help them improve.
To get started with private online speech therapy services, call us to schedule an evaluation so we can figure out where your child’s skills are currently and what we need to do to help them attain even more progress.
Occupational Therapy Services - Coming Soon!
Occupational therapy (OT) services can help kids play, improve their school performance, and support their daily activities. With OT, kids can:
- Develop fine motor skills for good handwriting
- Improve eye–hand coordination so they can play and succeed at school, such as catching a ball or copying words from a whiteboard
- Master life skills like bathing, getting dressed, brushing teeth, and feeding
- Learn positive behaviors and social skills by practicing how they manage frustration and anger
- Difficulty with dressing, grooming, or hygiene
- Avoids certain textures
- Strong reactions to noise, touch, or visual sensations
- Clumsy or poor coordination (frequently falls or trips)
- Craves movement, always fidgeting
- Impulsive, lacks safety awareness, or poor awareness of surroundings (frequently bumps into things)
- Avoids eye contact with others or is challenged within social settings
- Difficulty paying attention
- Difficulty with transitions, very rigid
- Difficulty with motor planning, takes longer than other children of the same age to learn a new skill
- Delays in motor milestones like sitting unsupported, crawling, walking
- Picky eater
- Difficulty with handwriting
- Has a hard time visually following moving objects (e.g. watching a ball to catch it)
- Trouble following verbal directions
- Poor strength and endurance for typical childhood tasks
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Testimonials
"April & Jessica are so nice and so very helpful. Both my kids seen Jessica and she is great with them. My daughter has since graduated out of speech but my son has been going and is doing so much better. He can now have a full blown conversation and you can understand him and he has gotten to the point he hears what he is doing wrong in his sounds and will fix it himself. Fluens is a great and friendly place I highly recommend."
- Christina