Speech Therapy Services in Charleston, SC

Speech Therapy Services in Charleston, SC

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS WITH SPEECH LANGUAGE THERAPIST AT CHARLESTON PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION

The Speech-Language Pathologists at Charleston Pediatric Rehabilitation evaluate children with speech, language, cognitive, feeding/swallowing, and auditory impairments and provides specialized speech therapy to develop overall communication skills.

Our speech therapists provide quality, professional speech and language therapy in an individualized and family-centered manner. Emphasis is placed on the client's functional needs while utilizing innovative research-based therapy within the speech and feeding clinic. Consultation is offered in each of our three clinics and also various natural environments such as a child-care center and home settings.

Each clinic has qualified speech therapists and bi-lingual speech therapists who have experience in all areas of speech & language development.

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TREATING A VARIETY OF DIAGNOSES

Including but not limited to:

  • Apraxia of Speech
  • Feeding/ Swallowing Difficulties
  • Fluency/ Stuttering Disorders
  • Receptive/ Expressive Language Deficits
  • Articulation/Phonology Disorders
  • Auditory Processing Disorders
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Down Syndrome
  • Autism
  • Hearing Loss
  • Literacy

Please call 843-569-3033 with any questions regarding our speech therapy treatment or
referral process.

HEARING & UNDERSTANDING

1-2 Years

  • Points to a few body parts when asked.
  • Follows simple commands and understands simple questions: Listens to simple stories, songs, and rhymes.
  • Points to pictures in a book when named.

2-3 Years

  • Understands differences in meaning "go-stop, in-on, big-little, up-down".
  • Follows two requests "Get the book and put it on the table.".




3-4 Years

  • Hears you when call from another room.
  • Hears television or radio at the same loudness level as other family members.
  • Understands simple questions. "Who? What? Where?"


4-5 Years

  • Pays attention to a short story and answers simple questions about it.
  • Hears and understands most of what is said at home and in school.




TALKING

1-2 Years

  • Says more words every month.
  • Uses some 1-2 word questions. "Where kitty? Go -bye-bye?".
  • Puts 2 words together ("more cookie,""no juice").
  • Uses many different consonant sounds of the beginning of words.



2-3 Years

  • Has a word for almost everything.
  • Uses 2-3-word "sentences" to talk about and ask for things.
  • Speech is understood by familiar listeners most times.
  • Often asks for or directs attention to objects by naming them.


3-4 Years

  • Talks about activities at school or at friends' homes.
  • People outside family usually understand child's speech.
  • Uses a lot of sentences that have 4 or more words.
  • Usually talks easily without repeating syllables or words.

4-5 Years

  • Voice sounds clear.
  • Uses sentences that gives detail.
  • Tells stories that stick to topic.
  • Communicates easily with other children and adults.
  • Says most sounds correctly except a few like l, s, r, v, z, ch.
  • Uses the same grammar as the rest of the family.