Assessment

If you have concerns about your child's speech and language development, it is important to start with an evaluation of your child's communication skills. This process helps to identify the presence or absence of a communication disorder and your child's areas of strength and need. Assessment is a key step in an effective therapy program.

We strive to make the assessment a comfortable and positive experience for your family. For young children, assessments are play-based. We provide lots of time to discuss our findings and recommendations with the parents.

Our assessment services include:

• Determine the presence or absence of a communication disorder.
• Determine your child's communication profile and areas of strength and need.
• Follow-up assessments to evaluate your child's progress.
• Brief or full reports to document progress and share with other professionals and schools (with parental consent).
• Consultation with other professionals and referrals as needed. We have a wide network of personal contacts in related fields.
• Areas of assessment include:
  • articulation delay/disorder
  • oral-motor speech disorders
  • apraxia
  • autism spectrum disorders
  • social communication disorders
  • language delay/disorder
  • language-based learning disabilities
  • reading and writing
  • fluency disorders (stuttering)
  • complex communication disorders.

Why Choose Us?

• Updated assessment tools and practices: Our speech-language pathologists monitor recent research and assessment practices to provide the most effective assessment for your child.
• A positive experience: We strive to make the assessment a comfortable and positive experience for your family. For young children, assessments are play-based. We provide lots of time to discuss our findings and recommendations with the parents.
• Written documentation: Following the assessment, parents are given a written summary of the findings and recommendations that can be shared with other professionals as needed.
• See "Preparing for Your Appointment"