Intervention Services
Individual & Group Therapy
Intervention is designed to meet a child's specific needs. It is offered in a 1:1 setting. The frequency of therapy will be determined based on your child’s needs.
Group therapy programs are also offered including, but not limited to: articulation groups, language groups, pragmatic language groups, stuttering groups, and oral-motor/sensory feeding groups.
Teletherapy
Teletherapy is available for clients within the State of Connecticut. Clients and therapists interact via live video conferencing.
School Meetings & School Observations
A clinician may participate in meetings with parents or school staff (including PPT meetings) or make observations within the school setting.
Structured Intervention
Articulation & Phonological Skills
Identify and address sound errors (e.g., substituting “w” for “r”)
Provide personalized, engaging activities to target specific sounds or patterns and reinforce correct speech sounds in natural settings
Teach families techniques to support the carryover of correct sounds in conversation
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
Implement motor-based therapy focused on improving speech sequencing and coordination.
Provide intensive, multisensory approaches to help children produce sounds and syllables accurately.
Use visual, tactile, and auditory cues to enhance motor planning skills for speech.
Late Talkers/Late Language Emergence
Engage in play-based therapy to increase expressive communication skills
Use early intervention strategies to stimulate language development and build foundational language skills (vocabulary, sentence length, answering questions)
Support parents with strategies to enhance language development at home in everyday routines.
Stuttering / Fluency Skills
Teach techniques and fluency-shaping strategies to increase smooth speech and reduce stuttering episodes.
Provide education and support for managing speaking anxiety and social communication.
Use family-based approaches to support fluency in various environments
Receptive & Expressive Language Skills
Enhance understanding of language concepts, vocabulary, and following directions
Build expressive language, from formulating simple sentences to complex ideas
Use customized strategies to support vocabulary development, grammar, and sentence structure.
Use engaging activities to support both comprehension and expression in conversation
Pragmatic Language / Social Communication Skills
Develop skills for social interactions and training to support conversational skills, body language, eye contact, turn-taking, and topic maintenance
Work on understanding and responding to social cues and nonverbal communication
Role-play and use social scenarios to practice turn-taking, topic maintenance, and conflict resolution.
Provide strategies for enhancing friendship skills and effective communication in various social settings
Structured Literacy Instruction
Provide explicit instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, and decoding for literacy development
Use multi-sensory techniques to teach reading, spelling, and writing skills
Implement strategies for vocabulary building, reading comprehension, and language for literacy
Augmentative-Alternative Communication (AAC)
Provide assessment and support for AAC devices (low-tech to high-tech) to enhance communication that best supports the child’s needs
Implement individualized AAC therapy to improve device use, symbol recognition, and communication intent.
Teach families how to integrate AAC systems into daily routines and interactions
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Therapy is tailored to address social communication, play skills, and language delays.
Structured activities that support language development, social engagement, and sensory needs.
Evidence-based approaches such as visual supports, social stories, video modeling, and peer play groups.
Executive Function Skills
Executive functioning encompasses a range of cognitive skills, including working memory, planning, organization, self-monitoring, impulse control, and flexible thinking.
Goals are individualized to each child’s needs, developmental level, and specific challenges.
Therapy focuses on teaching strategies and the use of visual tools (e.g. graphic organizers, breaking down steps of a project into manageable chunks of time, etc.)
Feeding & Swallowing Skills
Strengthening the muscles of the mouth to support chewing and swallowing.
Enhancing tongue movement for improved food manipulation and safe swallowing.
Assisting with chewing food effectively and progressing to age-appropriate textures.
Gradual desensitization to textures, temperatures, and tastes for children with sensory aversions.
Parent/caregiver education on proper feeding techniques, positioning, and strategies to manage mealtime behaviors effectively, and support the child’s progress
Provide guidance on safe swallowing and addressing sensory feeding challenges.
