Early Intervention Speech Therapy
Children develop at varying rates.—some children learn to speak sooner than others. We help parents and caregivers know what to expect in terms of speech and language development in young children.
Concerned about your child’s communication (or lack of)?
If your toddler is not communicating effectively, it can affect their ability to learn and play with others. For this reason, it’s essential to seek help as soon as the problem is discovered. If you are questioning if your child’s language skills are delayed, then you should talk about it with your child’s pediatrician and seek the assistance of a speech-language pathologist for an early intervention program.
Parents often think their toddler will outgrow their speech delay and believe it’s okay to have a late-talker.
In some instances, that is possible, but in most situations, that is not the case. Don’t wait to get valuable help for your toddler. The longer you wait to address the developmental delays, the more significant the impact on your child and the time commitment needed to improve your child’s skills.
Through early intervention speech therapy, we can show parents and caregivers what to do and say, how to talk and listen to their toddler.
You don’t need to put aside a particular time to teach new communication skills to your child. Your child can learn new skills from you during all the activities you do together during the week. Therefore, you may be much more likely to see an improvement in daily family functioning.
Traditional speech therapy provides approximately 30-60 minutes of treatment per week. With parent coaching, you will have an opportunity to practice the techniques we teach you 50 times that number per week!
How to know if your child can benefit from an early intervention program:
Some red flags for delayed speech or language skills in a child’s development include:
12 - 15 months:
Only making a few sounds
Not using gestures such as waving good-bye or pointing
Has not expressed first words
18 - 24 months:
Grunts and points rather than communicate when they want something
Not using two-word combinations frequently
Leaving ends off of words such as “ca” instead of “cat”
Says p, b, m, h, and w incorrectly in words
Does not follow or understand what you say
2 - 4 years:
Not putting two and three-word combinations together
Has a limited vocabulary
Produces unclear speech, even to familiar people
Says k, g, f, t, d, and n incorrectly in words
Does not follow or understand what you say
Online Evaluations & Treatment From the Comfort of Your Home
THOROUGH ASSESSMENT
After your free introductory call, your early intervention program begins with a comprehensive assessment by a skilled speech-language pathologist (SLP) who is highly trained to identify speech and communication issues in young children.
CUSTOMIZED GOAL & PLAN
At Connected Speech Pathology, we believe that goals should be centered around you and created in collaboration with family members. An individualized family service plan for addressing your child’s development will be created.
EFFECTIVE TREATMENT
Since each child is unique and will respond differently to therapy methods, your therapist will create an early intervention program tailor-made for your child’s needs and adapt their therapy as needed.
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Our early intervention providers have a variety of tools that we can use to identify your child’s specific areas of need. Speech-language evaluations may include reviewing educational and medical history, clinical observation, and interviews with caregivers. Your child can receive targeted early intervention services with a proper diagnosis to reduce or eliminate communication issues.
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Treatment goals for your early intervention program will be set by your speech-language pathologist to create meaningful outcomes that achieve real-life improvement. Several of the therapists on our early intervention team have teaching certificates. We understand the best, most engaging ways to work with children of all ages. Early intervention speech therapy activities are fun and engaging!
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Our speech-language pathologists at Connected Speech Pathology hold master’s degrees in communication sciences and have completed rigorous post-graduate training to provide the best therapy methods available. Our nationally certified early intervention team are experts in early childhood communication issues and have a strong understanding of the research on various effective therapy techniques.
Early invention program fees start at $75 per session, depending on each meeting’s length in 30, 45, or 60-minute increments. We are a private pay practice and do not accept insurance.
Parent Coaching Early Intervention Program
Step 1: Learn about your child’s communication needs.
We can explain your child's attempts to communicate in many different ways (e.g., facial expressions, hand movements, etc.) and how you can become more aware and responsive to their efforts. Understanding their communication can help your child communicate more effectively and help you better understand and respond to their actions.
We can help you identify your child’s stages of communication for understanding and expression. We will show you through parent-coaching what you can do to improve language skills right now — and what you can do to help your child learn next. We will help set achievable goals for your early intervention program and address your expectations.
Step 2: Learn how to interact, play, and read with your child to build language skills.
During your early intervention program, we will teach you how to integrate strategies into your day-to-day interactions with your child during play and while reading with your child. We can help you select both expressive and receptive language goals for your child that can easily be applied in different contexts.
We will show you how to incorporate these goals into your child’s favorite activities. We can help you pick age-appropriate books and toys to promote language skills. Finally, you will have the opportunity to practice the strategies with your child live during our sessions, or we can even record parent-child interactions, playing them back together. We can use the recordings as a tool in-between sessions to practice the strategies you have learned. The early intervention speech therapy activities that we design for your family are highly effective.
How do we meet?
Simple—we’ll meet online via our secure telehealth platform.
All that is needed to participate in online speech therapy for an early intervention program is a computer or tablet and an internet connection. Our private video conferencing platform is free and easy to download. You will see your speech-language pathologist on the screen. The materials used for parent coaching for early intervention services are web-based, and at the click of a button, shared electronically with you right on your computer screen.
Some of the benefits of using online speech therapy for early intervention services:
The proximity of the camera to the mouth for modeling techniques
Receiving early intervention services from home eliminates transportation concerns and travel time
It removes the hassle of going to in-person appointments and improves attendance
It helps those who live in rural areas get the communication treatment they need
Allows for straightforward generalization of goals into everyday life
How to Get Started in an Early Intervention Program:
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Free Consultation
A short conversation to clarify your child’s communication goals.
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Get Connected
We’ll match you with the right therapist for your treatment plan.
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Get Started
Begin working with your speech therapist in convenient online sessions.
