Speech-Language Pathology Addresses:

  • Articulation of speech sounds

  • Language development

  • Executive functioning skills

  • Drinking, chewing, and swallowing patterns

  • Lip and tongue resting posture

  • Literacy

  • Pragmatic (social) language skills

  • Developmentally appropriate play skills

  • Respiratory patterns

  • Alternative and augmentative communication (high- and low-tech devices, sign language, and picture exchange systems)

Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist often see children with the following:

  • Autism spectrum disorder

  • Childhood apraxia of speech

  • Cerebral palsy

  • Craniofacial disorders (including cleft lip and palate)

  • Down Syndrome

  • Dysarthria

  • Dyslexia and other language-based literacy concerns

  • Dysphagia

  • Failure to thrive

  • Feeding tube dependence

  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease

  • Genetic conditions

  • Hearing and vision impairments

  • Language-based learning disorders

  • Language delay

  • Orofacial myofunctional disorders

  • Premature birth

  • Selective eating

  • Speech delay

  • Stuttering

  • Traumatic brain injury

  • Voice disorders