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Manhasset
Speech & Language Therapy
Parent Resources
Speech and Language therapy addresses a variety of communication skills. Sometimes it can be confusing to understand how they all relate to speech and language. Below is a breakdown of various skills or disorders addressed in therapy, and how they relate to communication.
Language Comprehension
- Auditory comprehension
- Reading comprehension
- Following directions
- Vocabulary comprehension
- Inferencing
- Abstract language
- Phonemic Awareness/Literacy skills
- Executive Functioning
- Language-based Learning Disability
- Cognitive delay
- Language Disorder/Delay
Language Production
- Syntax
- Narratives/Story telling
- Vocabulary
- Complex sentences
- Language Disorder/Delay
- Cognitive delay
Pragmatic
Language
- Social pragmatic challenges
- Social skills
- Non-verbal language
- Conversations
- Play skills
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Asperger's Disorder
Intelligibility
- Articulation Disorder
- Phonological Disorder
- Lisp
- Dysarthria
- Fluency Disorders
- Apraxia
- Voice Disorders
Resources/Website Links
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