Speech-Language Pathology Services
Clinical Services
Speech pathology services at the Child Development Center include comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, consultations, parent counseling and treatment for patients with communication disorders. Services are also provided for patients with feeding or swallowing dysfunction.
Because every child's needs are unique, treatment programs include a wide range of specially designed services. Following an evaluation and diagnosis, our speech-language pathologists recommend an individualized plan of care for patients that may include individual or group therapy sessions.
Conditions Treated
Conditions treated include disorders of the following:
- Articulation and phonology
- Apraxia
- Receptive and expressive language disorders
- Language/learning disabilities
- Voice
- Resonance (including those associated with velopharyngeal dysfunction or cleft palate)
- Fluency (stuttering)
- Central auditory processing
- Oro-Myofunctional Disorder
- Oral-motor/feeding and swallowing disorders
Other specialized programs include:
Contact Us
For more information about Speech Pathology services at the Child Development Center, please call (314) 872-3345.
Voice Disorders/ Vocal Cord Dysfunction
Children as young as five years of age can be seen for evaluation and treatment of voice disorders diagnosed by their ENT.
Speech Language Pathology (SLP) staff works together with pediatric pulmonologists at St. John's Mercy Medical Center to treat children and adolescents diagnosed with vocal cord dysfunction. The SLP works on identifying triggers, educating the patient and family on symptoms and teach strategies to avoid breathing difficulty related to Vocal Cord Dysfunction. Click here if you have been scheduled for a Vocal Cord Dysfunction evaluation.
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