Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that first becomes apparent as a young child is learning speech.
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Articulation/Phonology Disorders
An articulation disorder is considered a motor speech disorder. A phonological disorder is characterized by atypical speech patterns that are present in a child’s conversational speech...
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Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory processing disorder refers to a neurological defect that affects how the brain processes spoken language. This makes it difficult for the child to process verbal instructions...
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Communication devices, systems and tools that replace or SUPPORT natural and functional speech.
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) covers a set of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication, and behavioral challenges.
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Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy is an umbrella term that refers to a group of disorders affecting a person’s ability to move.
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Down Syndrome
This additional genetic material alters the course of development and causes the characteristics associated with Down Syndrome.
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Dysphagia
If children have difficulty swallowing food or liquids, they may be suffering from a term known as dysphagia. This means they are struggling with the swallowing process; transitioning...
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Fluency/Stuttering Disorders
Fluency is the aspect of speech production that refers to continuity, smoothness, rate, and effort. Stuttering, the most common fluency disorder, is an interruption in the flow of speaking...
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Hearing Loss
Hearing is critical to speech and language development, communication, and learning. Children with listening difficulties due to hearing loss or auditory processing problems continue...
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Oral Motor Exercise
Here at Mount Pleasant Pediatric Therapy, we believe that each one of our clients benefits most from a customizable treatment plan based on their current abilities and future goals....
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Play
Don’t count play time as downtime, your child is developing the necessary skills needed to become a functional member in the community.
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Phonemic Awareness/Literacy
Phonological awareness is the awareness of sounds in a language; awareness of rhymes; awareness that sentences can be broken down into words, syllables, and sounds; ability to talk...
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PROMPT
PROMPT, otherwise known as Prompts for Restructing Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets, is a multidimensional approach to tackle speech production disorders, improve the oral-motor planning...
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Pragmatic-Social Language Deficits
Pragmatic language is the ability to efficiently use words/language and body actions when being social.
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Receptive/Expressive Language Deficits
Expressive language is a term that describes how a person communicates a message intentionally to others.
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