Our Services
We offer speech, language and feeding therapy in your home or via teletherapy to meet your family’s needs. PPST, Inc. serves the following populations:
Assistive Technology (AAC)
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Apraxia of Speech
Articulation/Phonological Disorders
Auditory Processing Disorder
Developmental Delays
Down Syndrome
Intellectual Disabilities
Feeding Disorders
Language Delay
Fluency Disorders
Pragmatic/Social Language Disorders
Augmentative and AlternativeTechnology (AAC)
Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) work with individuals to become total communicators. For some, this might need functional gestures such as basic sign language, vocalizations, high tech (tablets), low tech (picture exchange, core boards). Typically, an SLP will work in conjunction with a team of professionals (medical, school, community) in order to aid their client to safely and effectively communicate in community and safety situations.
Articulation/Phonological Disorders
Making vowel and consonant sounds requires coordination of the teeth, jar, tongue, lips and breath support. Overall intelligibility, or the listener’s understanding of spoken language, may be reduced if articulation or phonological errors are present. Articulation errors are a distortion or impairment of a specific consonant sound, while phonological errors are a replacement of a sound (i.e. “tookie” for “cookie”). SLPs work with both of these types of impairments specific to the client.
Feeding/Swallowing:
Mealtime routines and the ability to safely and effectively consume foods and liquids takes specific coordination of the lips, jaw, tongue, and protection of the airway. SLPs work with families to transition from bottle use to purees, then to harder to eat foods and consistencies. SLPs also work with individuals on drinking from an open cup across all consistencies of liquids. The goal of feeding therapy is helping an individual safely and effectively consume a variety of foods and liquids in all of their natural environments. SLPs work on a team with medical professionals to address underlying oral motor concerns, medical diagnoses in order to allow the client to make progress.
Expressive/Receptive Language Development
Expressive language is how a person communicates (with words, gestures, devices) in order to express themselves in daily routines. Some individuals are delayed in growing expressive language and need assistance to expand on their current communication system. Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) work with all ages (from birth-adult) to aid them in becoming the best communicator they can be in all environments. Receptive language is how language is heard and processed. This could mean a person’s ability to follow a simple direction or respond to safety situations. The goal of language therapy is to build safe and effective total communication and understanding of language in order for an individual to function in their daily routines with a variety of communication partners.
Reading/Reading Comprehension/Phonological Awareness
Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) work with individuals on their ability to use phonemic awareness in order to better decode words and improve overall fluency. Individuals can also work to improve overall vocabulary use and understanding of a variety of language patterns. SLPs also work with individuals to understand both written and verbal reading passages in order to summarize, predict and infer meaning based off of reading.
Executive Functioning
Executive functioning is a person’s ability to plan, organize, process and remember information effectively. Effective processing and retention of information impacts language and communication. Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs), help work toward goals focusing on attention, problem solving, inferencing and social communication.