Speech Therapy

Signs your child may benefit from speech therapy 

• Difficulty forming or pronouncing sounds appropriate for their age group. (see developmental norms- link) 

• Struggles to understand or use basic words and concepts.

• Repeats sounds, syllables, or words frequently during speech.

• Demonstrates noticeable disfluencies or hesitations in speech.

• Struggles to comprehend and follow instructions or questions appropriately for their age.

• Has trouble understanding prepositions, pronouns, or verb tenses.

• Difficulty forming grammatically correct sentences such as problems with verb tense, plurals, or using appropriate pronouns.

• Difficulty engaging in conversations and understanding/responding to social cues or non-verbal communication.

• Struggles to organize thoughts and express ideas or needs clearly and coherently.

• Frustration or emotional distress due to communication challenges.

• Demonstrates a significant delay in reaching speech and language milestones for their age.

• Struggles with phonemic awareness, letter-sound relationships, or reading comprehension.