SpeechKids
was founded in 1995 by Crisler
Lovehdahl, M.A., Speech Language
Pathologist and Child Development
Specialist to provide holistic
treatment to children ages
birth to twenty-one. Principles
and methods are selected to
match each child's individual
profile and drawn from: relationship-based
models; oral-sensory, oral-motor,
and apraxia therapies; auditory
processing and listening programs,
sensory integration principles,
metacognitive and metapragmatic
approaches, as well as traditional
speech and language methods.
Core issues
addressed include: feeding, praxis,
social-emotional development, sensory
processing, cognition and ideation,
as well as articulation, auditory
processing, language organization,
and expressive communication. At SpeechKids,
we specialize in treating children
with Sensory Processing Disorders
and/or PDD and Autism Spectrum by
encouraging a collaborative approach.
Family participation during therapy
sessions and home programming activities
become important pieces to the child’s
progress. SpeechKids works closely
with Play Partners, the Classroom
Connection, and other leading pediatric
practices. Recommendations from other
disciplines (e.g. occupational and
physical therapy, psychology and behavior
therapy, optometry and audiology,
developmental and play therapy) are
integrated into our treatment plans.
Collaboration among parents, the educational
team, and clinic based therapists
is a priority to creating a comprehensive
program supporting success.
