A speech-language pathologist (speech therapist) can diagnose and treat children with a wide array of communication issues. Speech and language disorders can affect the way children talk, understand, analyze or process information. Speech disorders include the clarity, voice quality, and fluency of a child's spoken words. Language disorders include a child's ability to hold meaningful conversations, understand others, problem solve, read and comprehend, and express thoughts through spoken or written words.

Treatment emphasis is based on the following:

• Articulation
• Apraxia
• Auditory processing
• Feeding skills
• Fluency/voice
• Language therapy
• Oral-motor skills

Treatment approaches include:

• Beckman Oral-Motor Protocol
• Greenspan/modified floor time for Autistic children
• Hodson Protocol
• Marshalla Oral-Motor Protocol