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Referrals are indicated for:
- delays in acquiring appropriate language
- specific Language Impairment (SLI)
- aphasia, developmental or acquired (Example - 87KB)
- cognitive communication impairment
Adults
- may experience language difficulties as a result of a stroke, disease or brain injury
Children
- may have congenital impairment
- may suffer minimal brain injury at birth or due to illness
- may not have had sufficient opportunity or stimulation during "readiness" periods
- cannot focus and learn because of attention deficits / difficulty with auditory processing (sometimes called
CAPD – Central Auditory Processing Disorder)
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Services:
Evaluation
- Medical history
- Oral examination
- Administration of an appropriate standardized language function test
- Other testing as needed to rule out conflicting diagnoses
- Analysis of a digitally recorded language sample
Recommendations
- Speech therapy / home program
- Audiological evaluation
- Medical evaluation / intervention
- Special reading help
- Other therapies
Therapy
- Specific objective goals
- Individualized activities designed to give practice in the areas of difficulty
- Compensatory techniques
- Use of amplification
- Computer
games to improve attention, memory and auditory discrimination
- Direct /
indirect parent participation
Communication / coordination
with other professionals, family members / caregivers.
Diagnosis and treatment may include any or all of the above.
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