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What is Speech and Language Pathology (ST)?

Speech and Language Pathology, also known as Speech Therapy, is a specialized therapy performed by speech therapists who treat patients with communication delays, communication deficits and/or communication disorders.

How Head to Toe Therapy can help your child

Our licensed Speech Pathologists evaluate, diagnose, and treat children for a variety of developmental and disorders delays such as, but not limited to;

●	ADHD/ADA (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/Attention Deficit Disorder)
●	Apraxia of Speech/Developmental Disorder
●	Asperger's Syndrome
●	Austism Spectrum Disorder
●	Cerebral Palsy
●	Chromosonal anamolies
●	Developmental delay
●	Down's Syndrome
●	FAS/FAE (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects)
●	Gastro esophageal Reflux (GER)
●	Non-verbal learning disability
●	Oral/Pharyngeal Dysphagia
●	Prematurity
●	Traumatic Brain Injury
●	Articulation and phonological disorders
●	Developmental speech delay
●	Oral motor skills
●	Swallowing and feeding deficits
●	Fluency (stuttering disorders)
●	Hearing disorders
●	Language disorders
●	Cognitive deficits
●	Voice deficits
●	Auditory Processing Disorders

What are the benefits from Speech Therapy?

Speech Therapists engage children in activities to improve:

●	Speech and articulation
●	Feeding and swallowing
●	Voice
●	Fluency
●	Language development
●	Oral motor control
●	Cognitive skills such as problem solving and memory deficits
●	Expressive language
●	Receptive language
●	Articulation/speech
●	Social language
●	APD (Auditory Processing Disorder)
●	Augmentative