Individual Children’s Therapy

“Great things happen a little at a time.” – Mark Black

Your concerns over your child’s difficulty…

…to fully articulate his thoughts and needs are valid.

It’s worrisome and scary when you don’t see your child speaking as he should be. There’s a lot your child wants to tell you.

Imagine your child having a ton of thoughts and ideas in his head. No matter what he does to express them to you, he can’t say it clearly enough for you to understand. It’s discouraging for all involved.

When that happens… it is time to seek help.

If your child experiences more than his fair share of discouraging moments with you or other people, the motivation to talk with others diminishes over time. As does his self-confidence.

Even though you’re just trying to help…

Children can become more frustrated… or even shut down when you say something about their speaking skills.

Sometimes correcting them backfires when intentionally done in a loving and casual way.

Often, children with a speech impediment are fully aware that they have one. Therefore, being corrected by a parent or family member brings about more resistance from the child than anticipated by even the most patient and loving of parents. Being reminded of their mistakes on a regular basis is not conducive to them improving their speaking skills. In fact, it has the opposite effect.

Let’s put your child on the road to success.

Talking to a speech-language professional like myself will ease your worries and concerns.

I will make your child comfortable during our sessions. My goal is for your child to trust me and be okay during our time together. From the very first session, I want him to feel open to trying and learning new skills. Once that is established, the journey continues. New skills will be built upon previous lessons.

Your child will be in good hands when we work together. Our initial consultation will provide us the opportunity to see if we are all a good fit to work together.

At our first session, we will do a brief assessment of your child’s speaking skills. This will usually entail your child naming some pictures and using that word in a sentence or in a conversation. Those pictures involve a specific speech sound I am attending to. I am listening to hear whether your child is saying that sound with precision. Those sound errors help me determine a plan on how to work with your child.

Speech therapy does not cure things overnight.

It takes a lot of hard work, focus, and practice… but with determination and an excellent family support system, positive growth can and will happen.

My most successful kids practice often throughout the week. My sessions with your child are just a short amount of time in the big picture.

When we work on a specific skill and I see positive changes in our session, what matters outside of our therapy time together will determine the success rate of your child.

I try to make things as fun as possible.

Your child will see me greet them with a big smile on the other side of the screen. My secure, HIPAA-compliant platform is filled with speech games, a whiteboard for drawing, and other really engaging scenes for your child.

Our session will be a cool workout for your kid’s mouth muscles! Your child will learn about the different parts of his mouth and how all of them work together to form speech sounds.

Goofy faces and silly mouth movements are involved. Sometimes, we use a variety of foods and textures to wake up your child’s mouth. We also use tools like straws, whistles, and bubbles to get things moving and to have fun.

We’ll do work that’s disguised as play!

Trust your parent intuition.

It’s unsettling to see your child struggle with something that should be a natural thing.

If you witness your child feeling unhappy because of difficulties communicating effectively, reach out to me so we can chat about what you’re experiencing.

I offer a free 20-minute consultation tailored just for you. Call me today, (720) 808-0450, and we can brainstorm ideas and determine what your child needs to catch up or to treat his pronunciation struggles.