THE PROCESS
First Step is a Consultation
If you are concerned about your loved one’s speech, language, social or academic skills, call today for a free phone consultation. We will determine the areas of need, if a complete evaluation is recommended, and the best approach for treatment.
Then a Comprehensive Evaluation
A Comprehensive evaluation may be conducted if your child has not yet been diagnosed with a speech or language disorder. Evaluations may include a complete case history, family history, formal and informal assessment tools, observation, and oral-motor examination. A full report will be provided within two weeks of the evaluation.
THE PLAN
Once we have diagnosed the disorder, we build a coherent and achievable set of goals. We then begin providing therapy, and provide detailed weekly summaries of strategies that can be carried over in the home to foster success. We specialize in Speech and Language Therapy, Social Skills Treatment, Play-Based Therapy, and Reading and Writing Treatment. We also work with adults with aphasia following stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other neurological disorders. Our therapists may also travel to your home in Manhattan, Hoboken, and Essex County, New Jersey and provide in-home, family-oriented therapy. Clients may also be seen in our newly opened office at 356 Millburn Ave, Ste 9, Millburn NJ.
SOCIAL Thinking Groups
Deficits in social cognition or social pragmatic language impact a child's ability to form friendships, maintain conversations, play, and interact with peers and adults inside and outside of school. These deficits also impact a child's reading comprehension, writing, attention in the classroom, participation in group projects, and many other academic skills. Using the Social Thinking curriculum, LG Speech therapists help clients develop a variety of pragmatic language skills, including, but not limited to: problem solving, perspective taking, pretend play, conversation strategies, whole-body listening, social inference making, and more.
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY
Individual speech-language therapy sessions allow LG Speech Therapists to target a variety of skills to help your child communicate more effectively. They will come to your home or any setting that is most comfortable for your child to learn, or they can be seen in our newly opened office in Hoboken, NJ. Sessions are offered in 30, 45, or 60 minute increments depending on your child's level of need. Skills targeted include: expressive language, receptive language, vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure; articulation/phonology, fluency/stuttering, and more.
READING AND WRITING TREATMENT:
Self Regulated Strategy Development program
Speech and language disorders may significantly impact a child's literacy skills. Reading skills targeted in therapy include: phonological awareness; decoding, or "sounding out words;" reading comprehension; story grammar; main idea and details; making inferences; vocabulary and more. Writing skills targeted in therapy may include: spelling; syntax/grammar; paragraph writing, and more. LG Speech Therapists utilize the Self Regulation Strategy Development model to teach students 6 steps they need to improve their writing skills.
SPELL-Links
Speech and language disorders can significantly impact a child's literacy skills. At LG Speech Therapy, we use the evidence-based SPELL-Links program to build strong reading and writing foundations through targeted work on phonological awareness, decoding, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and written expression.
Unlike traditional Orton-Gillingham approaches, SPELL-Links follows a speech-to-print model—starting with sounds and linking them to letters. Research shows this approach better mirrors how the brain learns language and leads to stronger, more efficient literacy gains.
We also incorporate the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) model to help students learn the steps needed to organize and improve their writing.
PLAY-BASED THERAPY
Play-based therapy is ideal for children 5 and under with speech and language delays. Pretend play skills are critical for children to thrive in a classroom setting. Children who regularly engage in interactive play learn perspective taking, problem solving, flexible thinking , and many other skills that will help them succeed in school. Play-based therapy will target these skills while simultaneously targeting expressive and receptive language, in a fun, low-pressure environment.
treatment for aphasia
At LG Speech Therapy, we provide evidence-based treatment for adults with aphasia using the most current and effective interventions available. Therapy is personalized and goal-driven, with a focus on improving real-world communication.
We draw from a range of research-supported approaches, including Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) to promote sentence generation and word retrieval; Response Elaboration Training (RET) to expand expressive language; Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) to support naming and vocabulary access; and the Sentence Production Program for Aphasia (SPPA) to rebuild sentence structure and grammar.
Our therapy supports gains in speaking, listening, reading, and writing—targeting the areas most meaningful to the client’s daily life and communication needs.
Teletherapy
Teletherapy, or speech-language therapy through a live-video connection, is an excellent option for clients age 4 and above who would like to receive excellent therapy, but do not have access to in-person therapy due to time or location limitations. Speech-language therapy that takes place through a video session is an effective, engaging, and versatile for all to learn new communication skills.
PROMPT and DTTC Therapy
LG Speech Therapists are PROMPT and DTTC trained . PROMPT and DTTC are treatment approaches for Childhood Apraxia of Speech. PROMPT is a tactile-kinesthetic therapy program used to develop motor skills to produce speech. The clinician provides touch cues on a client’s articulators (lips, jaw, face, etc.) to guide them as they produce a target sound, word, phrase, or sentence. DTTC, or Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing, is a motor programming approach in which the speech-language pathologist uses auditory, visual, and/or tactile cues to help the child successfully imitate the desired sound or word. These programs help clients develop organized motor skills for clear speech, and eliminate unnecessary oral movements, such as sliding, groping, and inadequate lip rounding or retraction.
