Happy Little Services​
We provide speech therapy services for children from birth to 18 years old. Therapy is currently provided in-office, in your home (eligibility based on distance) and through teletherapy (appointments via virtual video call).
Specialized therapy methods and techniques are used within sessions. Some of these include:
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DIR Floortime
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The Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) approach to feeding
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Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC)
Areas Evaluated & Treated
(Please note this list is not all-encompassing)
Feeding & Swallowing
​Your child might:
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Arch their back or stiffen when feeding
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Cry or fuss when feeding
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Refuse to eat or drink
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Eat only certain textures, such as soft food or crunchy foods
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Have difficulty chewing adequately
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Cough or gag during meals
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Have a gurgly, hoarse, or breathy voice during or after meals
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Avoid entire food groups (Example: avoiding meats, vegetables, etc.)
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Not be gaining weight or growing
Speech
​Your child might:
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Not be understood by others due to poor pronunciation
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Be understandable but pronounce some sounds incorrectly or omit sounds from words (Example: “daw” for “dog” or “tar” for “car”)
Stuttering
​Your child might:
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Have difficulty saying what they want to say without constantly repeating or revising words or phrases
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Get “stuck” and cannot say what they want to say with ease
Voice Disorders
​Your child might:
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Have vocal fold damage (Example: nodules on vocal folds)
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Have difficulties with pitch, loudness, and overall vocal quality (Example: speaking with a raspy voice or becoming tired when talking)
Language
​Your child might:
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Have difficulty understanding you (Example: your child cannot follow directions you give them)
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Have difficulty expressing themselves
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Not be speaking at the expected age of verbal communication and not communicating effectively in other ways
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Use fewer words than expected for their age/have a reduced vocabulary
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Use inaccurate grammar or switch words around in their sentences
​Your child might:
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Have difficulty talking in different ways to suit the listener and setting
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Have difficulties with story-telling and/or engaging in conversation with others
Social Communication
​Your child might:
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Have difficulty organizing thoughts, paying attention, remembering, planning, and/or problem-solving.
Cognitive Communication
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