Pediatric Speech & Language Services Summarized
Our multi-disciplinary therapy staff has extensive training and experience in treating children with communication disorders.
Pediatric Speech and Language Services Include
- Evaluation and/or treatment
- Family and caregiver education
- Collaboration with other providers
Who Uses Pediatric Speech and Language Services
Children with a diagnosis of:
- Traumatic brain injury
- Cerebral palsy
- Sensory dysfunction
- Feeding disorders
- Autism
- Birth-related conditions
- Neurological disorders
- Genetic conditions
- Post-concussion
- Speech/language delay due to medical diagnosis
Pediatric Speech and Language Services Explained
To be seen, a patient must first have his or her condition evaluated by a physician who writes a prescription for evaluation and/or treatment.
Download an Outpatient Referral/Prescription FAX Form.
Evaluation and/or Treatment of Childrens' Speech & Language Disorders
- Case history
- Auditory comprehension
- Behavior/cognition
- Expression - verbal and graphic
- Oral motor
- Feeding
- Articulation
- Hearing screen
- Voice/fluency
- Pragmatics
- Gestural communication
- Language
- Training for use of augmentative communication device
Family and Caregiver Education
We consider family involvement to be a key component of our speech and language program. We provide training and support to ensure that the child’s treatment is able to continue at home, at child care, and in other settings.
Also Available at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
We may recommend other specialists and programs available at Mary Free Bed. Psychology, videostroboscopy, and videofluoroscopic swallow study are among the other services available. The Rehab Technology Center can provide an augmentative communication evaluation.
Contact Pediatric Speech and Language Services
For more information about speech and language services for children, or to make a referral to Mary Free Bed's Pediatric Speech & Language Services department, please contact the Speech and Language Program:
PHONE
616.242.0366 - or - 800.668.6001
EMAIL
Peds.Outpatient@MaryFreeBed.com
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Outpatient Referral Form