Services Offered 2012
THERAPY
Speech Language Therapy:
in office or at select schools
We offer two 30 minute sessions weekly OR one 45 minute to an hour session weekly.
Individual Social Thinking Therapy:
in office or at select schools
Administered by Speech Pathologist or by Social Thinking Mentor
Social Skills Groups:
Direct teaching by Amber Cloy, MS CCC/SLP; both verbal and non-verbal social skills followed by application learning with Cherie Bennett Social Thinking Mentor. When school in is session, these small group classes are offered after school-60 minutes per weekly meeting. Sessions are 10 weeks in length, and do not meet during school breaks. In the summer, the classes are offered at various times and dates.
ASSESSMENTS
All assessment fees include: parent phone interview, testing, written report, and parent conference.
Placement Assessment:
(Required for participation in group if a recent applicable report is not available)
Articulation Assessments:
Includes oral-motor evaluation
Please contact our office for pricing on these other assessments we offer:
Comprehensive Speech and Language Assessments:
Strengths and weaknesses are identified in both receptive (what your child hears and understands) and expressive (what your child is saying) language realms.
Auditory Processing Battery:
Following, or in conjunction with, an evaluation conducted by a certified audiologist.
Referrals upon request.
Social Cognition Assessments
Social Cognition/Social Communication Assessment WITH Observation:
Abilities or deficits are identified and described utilizing The Social Language Development Test or Michelle Garcia Winner’s “I LAUGH” model of social communication components, along with other proven assessment tools. Observation in school setting, if applicable, with report included.
Standardized testing given as appropriate.
Social Cognition/Social Communication Assessment WITHOUT Observation:
Abilities or deficits are identified and described utilizing The Social Language Development Test or adaptations from Michelle Garcia Winner’s “I LAUGH” model of social communication components, along with other proven assessment tools. This form of assessment does not include an observation outside of our clinic. Written report included.
Social Cognition/Communication Observation ONLY :
An observation of your child in a social setting (i.e. school, mother’s day out program, etc.) to assess implementation of social skills in their everyday environment. A written report is included. The purpose of this observation is to set individual goals and recommend the appropriate program for your child.
Diagnostic Therapy:
An assessment conducted in an individual therapy setting at the discretion of your child’s therapist. This assessment may be administered over a series of sessions.
Standardized testing is utilized during the session to assist in setting baseline goals and to reveal strengths and weaknesses. A verbal report is included.
Diagnostic Therapy Report:
For a fee, a formal written report on the findings of diagnostic therapy can be written. Request should be made within four weeks of evaluation. Later requests will be honored for an additional fee.
Outings:
Therapeutic Outing:
The therapist structures an outing in a local, age-appropriate social setting with a 1:2 therapist/student ratio. The goal of the outing is to increase social awareness and use of social skills in a “real life” setting. The therapist includes instruction time as well as review time in the outing. These outings are open to children who have attended social skills therapy and are deemed suitably proficient by the therapist.