Children on the Austistic Spectrum
Why Speech Therapy?
An experienced Speech Language Pathologistcan increase a child’s communication needswhile addressing their social, behavioraland sensory needs. Speech therapy involvesfacilitating all aspects of communicationacross settings and people. The SLP’sfocus of therapy differs depending on eachchild. Specifically, language, articu-lation, fluency, voice, social skills,oral motor and play skills are addressed.
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Play Skills and Social Skills
What are play skills?
Playing involves thinking and problem solving. Children plan, create, and strive for a goal. These strategies are essential life and work skills. In preschool, teachers routinely evaluate a child based on the child's ability to interact with others. The evaluation also monitors emotion control, expression of feelings, and self-help tasks.
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Autism & Speech Therapy
Autism is diagnosed in 1 out of every 166 children.  With this diagnosis, deficits can occur in communication, socialization, play and behavior.  Some possible indicators of Autism include: unusual mannerisms involving the child’s hands and/or fingers, difficulty responding to his or her name, lack of interest in other children, reduced ability to show joint attention, lack of a pointing response to replace communication, excessive mouthing of objects and a possible aversion to social touch. 
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Apraxia
Verbal Apraxia of speech is a speech disorder that interferes with the child’s ability to produce sounds, syllables and words.  The child has difficulty sequencing sounds to produce meaningful speech.  Generally, it is not considered a weakness of the muscles, but the difficulty with consistently positioning the tongue, lips and jaw to effectively make the desired sounds. 
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Sensory Integration Newsletter
Does your child have Sensory Integration Disorder?
If the answer is “yes” to at least 5 of these questions, please call Jodi Schechtman’s Communication Station at 856-810-2555 or visit us at www.communicationstation.ws to schedule an appointment.
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