Speech Therapy

Language Therapy – MPTC provides language therapy to children exhibiting many different challenges. Language therapy may target receptive language (comprehension), expressive language (expression/use), pragmatic language (social language skills), or a combination of language areas that are affecting the child’s ability to communicate effectively. Language goals generally address deficits identified in the following areas:

• Functional language development (communication of basic wants/needs)
• Semantics and vocabulary development
• Grammar and syntax comprehension and use
• Processing of spoken language (recall of information, following directions, question processing)
• Social skills building for social interactions
• Higher-level cognitive linguistic skills (categorization, comparing/contrasting, making inferences, understanding and using humor, and problem-solving).