The word ‘evaluation’ can sound intimidating, especially for parents and children who have never before experienced a pediatric speech therapy evaluation. There can be apprehension in not knowing what to expect when something is new. In reality, an evaluation for therapy is not intimidating or scary. This article aims to explain what a typical speech …
Children with Autism Should Not Have to Wait
Why Are Children with Autism Having to Wait? In Utah, 1 in 54 children are diagnosed with autism that is approximately 5,700 children under the age of 18 in Salt Lake County alone. Experts recommend that children with autism receive up to 25 hours of structured intervention a week. The Daily Harold recently reported “There’s …
Does My Child Need Speech Therapy?
Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) are specialists trained in the many areas of communication. It may surprise most people how broad the field is and the many benefits of speech therapy for children. SLPs provide specialized therapy for speech articulation, language, voice, fluency, feeding, and social/pragmatic skills. What do each of these mean exactly? Articulation and Phonology …
Outpatient Speech Therapy Can Supplement What Your Child Gets at School
Many children receive speech therapy services at school 1-2 times per week. Also, it is becoming increasingly more common for children who receive speech therapy in schools to have those services provided mainly by a speech technician with supervision of a speech therapist. Parents may often think that their child does not need more therapy …
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Are Physicians Referring Children to Occupational Therapy?
I have worked in several different pediatric settings as an occupational therapist such as: acute mental health, long-term mental health, home health, and school systems. One thing has remained true across all of these settings; other health care professionals have very little idea what I, as an occupational therapist do and furthermore, why I do …
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Should My Child Receive Occupational Therapy in School and an Outpatient Clinic?
As an occupational therapist with experience in school-based therapy and now, my own private outpatient pediatric therapy clinic, I am uniquely qualified to explain the difference between the treatment in both settings. Therapeutic Approaches Used in Each Setting Occupational therapy (OT) in a school uses what we call a “top down” approach in which the …
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What Brought Me to FUNctionabilities
When I found out that I would be moving to Utah, I knew that I wanted to find a job similar to what I was doing in Illinois. I have always enjoyed the private practice setting, having 2.5 years of experience in a pediatric therapy clinic in Illinois. So when I first began the job …
Is My Child Spending Too Much Time With Technology?
Technology is constantly changing, making it difficult to keep up let alone to know how much exposure and what type of technology is good for your child. Luckily there are guidelines and this therapist’s professional opinion to assist. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been stressing for years the importance of limiting media for …
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