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Azalea Therapy Group's services encompass a wide range of specialized areas

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Areas of expertise

  • Receptive/Expressive Language 

  • Late talkers

  • Bilingual Language Development

  • Articulation/Phonological Disorders

  • Fluency -(stuttering)

  • ​Social skills

  • Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)

  • ​Literacy

  • Academic issues

  • Feeding 

  • Phonological Process

  • Executive Functioning

  • Autism

  • ADHD

  • ​Hearing Impaired

  • Other neurodegenerative and developmental disabilities

Bilingual therapy also available (English/Spanish)

Children can experience a variety of speech and/or language difficulties at various ages, from infancy into young adulthood. Below is more information on commonly treated communication disorders at Azalea Therapy Group.​​​

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 LANGUAGE

Receptive Language refers to a child's ability to understand what is said to them and Expressive Language refers to how a child uses language to communicate thoughts, ideas, and needs. Expressive language is using words, grammar, and sentence structure to communicate. ​Some signs and symptoms that may indicate a concern include: Difficulty following one-step or multi-step directions. Not answering simple yes/no or "wh" questions Understanding single word or short sentences but not longer age-appropriate sentences. Have difficulty naming items and objects. Not link together words or uses sentences that are shorter than others of the same age. Use ‘jargon’ (made up words) in speech. Produces sentences that are ‘muddled ’. To learn more call Azalea Therapy Group today!

articulation

Articulation refers to the way sounds are produced by the mouth. Children can have a mild speech delay that impacts their ability to say one or two sounds, or a more severe delay or disorder that effects many sounds. All children have sound errors in their speech as they are developing. However, it is expected that sounds will be mastered by a certain age. Some signs and symptoms that may indicate a concern include: Speech is unclear to others  Child frequently repeats themselves People have a hard time understanding them on the phone Child becomes frustrated with speaking because they are frequently not understood You are noticing none of their peers have the same sound errors Contact Azalea Therapy Group today!

FLUENCY

Fluency refers to the continuity, smoothness, rate, and effort in speech production. A disorder in this area presents as an interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by atypical rate, rhythm, and disfluencies (e.g., repetitions of sounds, syllables, words, and phrases; sound prolongations; and blocks), which may also be accompanied by excessive tension, speaking avoidance, struggle behaviors, and secondary mannerisms. Some signs and symptoms that may indicate a concern include: Repetitions of sounds, syllables, and monosyllabic words Blocks Prolongations of consonants Negative reactions to speaking Avoidance behaviors Atypical pauses within sentences that are not expected syntactically Deletion and/or collapsing of syllables Find out more at Azalea Therapy Group today!

pRAGMATICS

Pragmatic refers to the social use of language in everyday interactions. It encompasses a wide range of skills, including turn-taking, understanding nonverbal cues, maintaining appropriate personal space, using appropriate greetings, body language, tone of voice, conversational skills, social rules, and problem-solving skills. ​Some signs and symptoms that may indicate a concern include: Use of eye contact Turn-taking skills Understanding and using nonverbal cues Maintaining appropriate personal space Understanding and using appropriate greetings Understanding and using appropriate body language Understanding and using appropriate conversational skills Find out more at Azalea Therapy Group today!

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