Pediatric to Adolescent Services

When a child is difficult to understand or has trouble producing certain sounds, therapy can help build clearer, more effective speech.

We support children with articulation and phonological disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, and other speech sound needs.

Some children need additional support learning to understand or use language.

Services may focus on first words, vocabulary, combining words, following directions, grammar, storytelling, conversation, and other skills needed to communicate, learn, and connect with others.

There are many ways to communicate.

AAC may include gestures, pictures, communication boards, tablets, or speech-generating devices. We help children and families develop communication systems that support greater participation and independence.

Finding the right communication system -- and helping families access it.

Our specialized AAC Diagnostic Clinic provides comprehensive evaluations for individuals who may benefit from a speech-generating device.

Our team supports clients and families throughout the process, including AAC evaluation, device selection and fitting, trials, and assistance navigating insurance and device funding.

Because obtaining a personal device can take time, the Ludden Clinic can also provide a loaner communication device during the waiting period, helping individuals begin communicating with their recommended system sooner.

Therapy may address conversation, social interaction, perspective-taking, self-advocacy, problem-solving, emotional understanding, and navigating communication across home, school, and community settings.

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For children who stutter or experience other differences in the flow of speech, therapy focuses on effective communication, confidence, self-advocacy, and reducing communication-related struggle.

Children may experience hoarseness, vocal fatigue, differences in pitch or loudness, or changes in resonance.

Therapy supports healthy, functional voice use in collaboration with the child's healthcare team when appropriate.

Feeding and swallowing skills affect nutrition, development, family routines, and participation.

Services may support children experiencing difficulty with chewing, swallowing, drinking, or other feeding-related skills, with goals individualized to the child's needs.

Hearing and auditory skills play an important role in speech and language development.

Services may address listening, communication strategies, auditory skills, and communication needs related to hearing differences in collaboration with audiologists and other professionals.

Injury, illness, developmental differences, and other conditions can affect attention, memory, organization, problem-solving, and communication.

Therapy helps children and adolescents develop strategies that support communication, learning, and everyday participation.