Services Provided
Occupational Therapy:
Occupational therapists provide skilled treatment to help children achieve independence in all facets of their lives. They specialize in developing skills for the many “jobs” associated with life as a child. Occupational therapists have a master’s degree in occupational therapy, they have passed a national board examination, and are licensed to provide services in North Carolina. Their education includes the study of human growth and development with specific emphasis on the social, emotional, and physiological effects of illness and injury. Specialized evaluation and treatment is provided in the following areas:
Speech Therapy:
Speech-language pathologists work with the full range of human communication to evaluate, diagnose, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders. Speech-language pathologists are required to have either a master’s or doctoral level degree in speech-language pathology before taking a national board examination and completing a supervised Clinical Fellowship Year. Typical areas of study include anatomy and physiology, neurolinguistics, speech science, physical science, human development, psychology, phonetics, social/behavioral sciences, linguistics, and semantics. Our therapists are licensed to practice in North Carolina and maintain certification by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Specialized evaluation and treatment is provided in the following areas:
Occupational therapists provide skilled treatment to help children achieve independence in all facets of their lives. They specialize in developing skills for the many “jobs” associated with life as a child. Occupational therapists have a master’s degree in occupational therapy, they have passed a national board examination, and are licensed to provide services in North Carolina. Their education includes the study of human growth and development with specific emphasis on the social, emotional, and physiological effects of illness and injury. Specialized evaluation and treatment is provided in the following areas:
- Fine Motor Skills
- Handwriting
- Self-Help Skills
- Adaptive Equipment
- Environmental Adaptations
- Visual Motor Skills
- Sensory Integration
- Feeding Therapy
Speech Therapy:
Speech-language pathologists work with the full range of human communication to evaluate, diagnose, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders. Speech-language pathologists are required to have either a master’s or doctoral level degree in speech-language pathology before taking a national board examination and completing a supervised Clinical Fellowship Year. Typical areas of study include anatomy and physiology, neurolinguistics, speech science, physical science, human development, psychology, phonetics, social/behavioral sciences, linguistics, and semantics. Our therapists are licensed to practice in North Carolina and maintain certification by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Specialized evaluation and treatment is provided in the following areas:
- Apraxia of Speech
- Articulation
- Assistive Technology/Augmentative Communication
- Auditory Processing Disorders
- Autism
- Expressive/Receptive Language
- Fluency (stuttering, cluttering, etc.)
- Genetic syndromes
- Reading/Spelling/Literacy
- Pragmatic/Social Skills