Effective communication is an essential skill for daily life, and is what makes speech and language therapy for kids so valuable. If you can’t express your needs and thoughts, it makes interacting with others difficult.
Is your child struggling with making friends, sharing, taking turns, blurting out, or being unaware of others emotions and feelings? Our social skills group provides a secure space for learning, growing, and connecting with others! Having the appropriate social skills is the key to thriving at school, work, and in relationships.
At PediaPlex with locations in Southlake, Fort Worth, and Frisco, our expert team offers a social skills group that improves the way your child interacts with adults and their peers.
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The team at PediaPlex works with children from infancy through age 18 on improving their speech, language and communication skills. Speech therapy for kids is about more than just speaking – it also encompasses feeding and swallowing issues, social skills, sensory processing disorders, expressive language disorders and more. PediaPlex offers pediatric speech therapy in Fort Worth, Frisco, and Southlake, Texas.
Whether your child is completely non-verbal, never stops talking or falls somewhere in between, they can benefit from speech therapy. It can be very frustrating for children when they are struggling with social skills, have trouble making the correct speech sounds, or have difficulty understanding and using language appropriately. Our speech-language pathologists provide intervention services for children with a wide range of diagnoses including:
Children may qualify for therapy if they have a definable problem in communication or swallowing and there is a reasonable expectation that improvement can be made.
Treatment plans for speech therapy for kids are based on a child’s individual needs and goals. There are several different types of speech therapy offered which address different aspects of communication. Comprehensive evaluations can be used to identify:
Once your child has been evaluated and their needs determined, our team works with you to understand their strengths and areas of improvement and create an individualized treatment plan.
Feeding therapy can be beneficial not only for picky eaters or children with an aversion to certain textures, but also those children who have food allergies or gastro esophageal reflux (GERD) or who have difficulty feeding themselves. Refusal to eat can also be addressed. Parents become an integral part of the process so that they can keep practicing skills at home and promoting progress.
Stuttering can make children self-conscious about talking or interacting with others. They may repeat the first sound of a word, draw out certain sounds or break in usual places. Stuttering therapy can help determine what is causing these issues, and work with children to overcome them and speak with greater fluency and confidence. Around 5 percent of children struggle with stuttering at some point during childhood, making it a viable starting point for speech therapy for kids.
Does your child replace R sounds with Ws or K sounds with Ts? If so, they may have an articulation or phonological disorder. Though some errors are normal, when sounds are continually substituted, left off, added or changed, it can become problematic and interfere with understanding. Speech therapy can support correct formation and pronunciation of sounds so children can be understood more clearly.
Language disorders can make it challenging for children not only when speaking or reading, but also in listening and understanding what others say. They often have average or superior intelligence but have trouble making connections between written and spoken language. Language comprehension testing can identify receptive or expression language disorders as well as language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia.
When kids have pragmatic and social skills problems, they often make inappropriate statements while talking or say something unrelated, tell stories in a way that doesn’t flow in a logical order or make sense, or have little regard for facial expressions or nonverbal cues. This can make it harder to make friends, hold a conversation or fit in during social situations. Speech therapy for kids can help them to develop these skills and adjust how they communicate more effectively.
Speech and language problems should not hold your child back from learning, making friends or expressing themselves. Speech therapy for kids can equip them with the skills they need to succeed and feel more confident. We are glad to provide a tour of our Southlake, Fort Worth, and Frisco clinics! Contact PediaPlex today to learn more about our wide range of speech therapy services.
No more juggling multiple clinics. PediaPlex offers ABA therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and more—all in one place. Plus, with three convenient locations across Texas, help is always close by.
Our staff are employees, not contractors. This means you’ll have a consistent team committed to your child’s progress for the long term, fostering stability and trust.
Every child is unique, and so is our approach. At PediaPlex, we tailor treatments to your child’s specific needs, providing compassionate, individualized care that makes a difference.
Discover how PediaPlex’s expert care can support your child’s growth and development. Fill out the Patient Intake Form or contact us today to schedule an evaluation and start your journey toward success!
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