It is crucial that each child develop communication skills in order to participate in our social world. The Speech-language therapist’s goal is to find fun and interesting ways to help children communicate successfully and learn language independently. The therapist focuses on a variety of areas in order to achieve this goal:
Expressive language skills
Receptive language skills
Speech production/articulation skills
Social skills
Feeding and Swallowing
Oral motor skills
Disorders of voice
Disorders of fluency
Augmentative and alternative communication skills
Using and understanding gestures and facial expressions
Theratime, Inc. requires speech-language therapists to be certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. |
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In addition to serving children, Theratime also offers a foreign accent reduction program. Theratime is the only certified provider of the Compton Pronouncing English as a Second Language (P-ESL) program in the state of South Dakota. Clients that participate in this training can be any age. Employers from many companies use this program as a service to their employees and ultimately to their customers.
The program can be conducted as a 7 or 13 week program. Each client receives a comprehensive speech evaluation. From there the Speech language pathologist can develop a completely individualized learning program. |
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