Has your child's teacher expressed concern that your child may have a problem with certain speech or language skills? Or perhaps while talking to your child, you noticed an occasional speech problem such as …

• Articulation disorders: difficulties producing sounds in syllables or saying words incorrectly to the point that other people can't understand what's being said.
  
  
• Fluency disorders: problems such as stuttering, the condition in which the flow of speech is interrupted by abnormal stoppages, repetitions (st-st-stuttering), or prolonging sounds and syllables (ssssstuttering).
  
  
• Resonance or voice disorders: problems with the pitch, volume, or quality of a child's voice that distract listeners from what's being said. These types of disorders may also cause discomfort for the child when speaking.

Whatever your particular circumstances, it's wise to intervene quickly.  Lynne Lane will conduct a speech-language evaluation to help you determine the nature of your child's difficulties.  A personalized treatment program will be developed based on your child’s strengths, communication patterns, and learning style.

When Is Speech Therapy Needed?

Children require speech-language therapy for a variety of reasons, including:

• stuttering
• hearing impairments
• cognitive (intellectual; thinking) or other developmental delays
• weak oral muscles
• birth defects such as cleft lip or cleft palate
• autism
• motor planning problems
• respiratory problems (breathing disorders)
• swallowing disorders
• traumatic brain injury

Therapy should begin as soon as possible. Children enrolled in therapy early in their development tend to have better outcomes than children who begin therapy later.  Contact Lynne Lane for a private consultation discuss your child’s unique situation.