PEDIATRIC SPEECH & LANGUAGE SERVICES

At New Frontier Speech Therapy, we combine evidence-based therapy approaches with your child's interests to engage every child in the therapeutic process.

SPEECH THERAPY

We specialize in comprehensive evaluations and evidence-based therapy to address speech disorders. Using a combination of games, hands-on activities, and fun, we will engage your child in the learning process to develop new speech skills. Home practice is always provided to support progress between our speech therapy sessions. Therapy will focuse on addressing skills such as:

Functional communication skills to express wants and needs

Overall speech intelligibility

Accurate production of speech sounds

Combining sounds into words and phrases

Building confidence and decreasing frustration

LANGUAGE DELAYS & DISORDERS

We work with toddlers, children, and teens to address receptive and expressive language skill development. Taking a play-based approach, we keep learning fun and natural so your child will be motivated to try new things.

Language therapy is highly personalized to each child's needs and will focus on developing skills such as:

Ability to use words to communicate wants, needs, and ideas

Understand what is being said

Asking and answering questions

Following directions

Learning new words and combing them into sentences

Ability to retell a story

Ask for clarification and help in the classroom

Interpreting and using humor and figurative language

Understanding non-verbal communication

Social communication skills

Developing self-advocacy skills such as asking for clarification or help in the classroom

Children also often need the confidence to know they CAN communicate in a way that will get their needs met and ideas across. We will also focus on building confidence and teaching parents how to support language at home.

FLUENCY / STUTTERING

Our approach to speech therapy for stuttering is based on many factors, including age, how long your child has been stuttering, your child's awareness of their speech, family goals and values, etc. Therapy will create an environment where your child feels confident and not embarrassed to stutter. We use evidence-based approaches to work with children who stutter that will focus on:

Teaching strategies for smooth speech

Addressing feelings about their speech

Build confidence for speaking at school, at home, and in social situations

Practicing strategies in conversation

Develop self-advocacy skills

New Frontier Speech Therapy in Saint Charles, MO, is accepting new speech therapy clients. We offer speech, language, and stuttering therapy in our clinic and online.

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