1760 E River Road Suite 115, Tucson AZ 85718
phone 520.721.4544 / fax 520.829.7743
office@speechcenteraz.com
SERVICES WE PROVIDE
- Speech and Language Evaluations - Evaluations are approximately 60 minutes long and include parents in the room and/or observing from our one-way window as desired. One on one conversation with parents prior to starting may occur. Report of observations, impressions, scores, and plan of care will be provided to you, your referring physician, and other health care specialists as needed. If you are unsure if your child needs a Speech Evaluation please do not hesitate to call and speak to Diane Hansen.
Individual Speech, Language, Voice Therapy - Sessions are 45 minutes and include parent observation and Home Care suggestions and activities.
- Prevention and Early Intervention - We strongly support seeking help early when it comes to any suspected childhood communication, feeding or swallowing concerns. If your child is overly frustrated while attempting to make wants and needs known, they may need help. No age is too early! Early intervention works! If you are unsure if your child needs care, look at this link for Indicators, or visit our "Early Intervention" and "Does my child need speech therapy?," links below.
- Other Disorders We Treat - Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) or Paradoxical Vocal Cord Motion (PVCM) is a condition in which the vocal cords close together or constrict during inhalation resulting in inspiratory stridor, asthma-like symptoms, habit cough or vocal ticks. We effectively treat many young people with Vocal Cord Nodules, chronic hoarse voice, and force and strain habits. Cleft palate dysfunctions such as velo-pharyngeal disorders and hyper-nasal voice require specific speech therapy techniques and coordination with specialists such as ENT . Other reasons to seek speech therapy may include difficulty with just one speech sound such as "R" or lisp for "S" and "Z." Therapy for awareness and movement of speech muscles and work with a mirror is often required. Since children on the Autism Spectrum struggle primarily with language development, we are often the first to identify the need for further evaluation.
- Home Care Programs - Parent involvement in the therapy process is enriching, fun, expedites results, and improves family communication. It is important that goals established in the office are reinforced at home.
- Family Communication Coaching - As experienced therapists, we are passionate about educating and helping parents during each visit. We provide a wide variety of demonstrations, take-home materials, articles, and book titles.
- Pragmatic Language Groups - These specialized groups led by our therapists provide a unique experience for children needing social skills and/or social cognition therapy. Please contact our office to get more information on group times, start dates, and age groups.
Spanish/English Bilingual Speech and Language Evaluations and Therapy - We have two bilingual SLPs at Speech Center; Laura Mosier and Jeannine Miller (see the ABOUT US page for their bios), who have been serving the Tucson community in both English and Spanish for 35 years. For bilingual children, it is important to be treated by a SLP who understands and has experienced practicing in both languages whenever possible.
We provide therapy for these conditions:
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Asperger’s Syndrome Childhood Apraxia of Speech Chronic Cough Cleft lip/palate Dysarthria Dysphagia Feeding and Swallowing difficulties Fluency disorders Hoarse voice Late talker/Late walker Lisp Language disorders |
Language delay Language disorder secondary to Traumatic Brain Injury Paradoxical Vocal Cord Motion Pragmatic language Social language difficulties Speech Delay Speech and language delays due to hearing loss Speech Articulation disorders such as trouble with “R” Stuttering Vocal Cord Dysfunction Voice Disorders Vocal Cord Nodules Vocal hypernasality |
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