First Words Speech Therapy is proud to announce the opening of our new office in Orlando, at 1239 Mount Vernon St. Conveniently located near State Road 50 (Colonial Dr) and Orlando Ave. We are open for appointments only at this time. We are dedicated to providing the best pediatric speech-language therapy and occupational therapy practice. We are dedicated to providing personalized care to meet your child’s speech and language needs.
Our expertise takes a holistic approach to the therapy process for effective optimal results. As an integral part of your child’s designed program, we include the child’s family in the evaluation and intervention process. To best meet your child’s emotional, medical, and academic needs. We find parent involvement is key to the overall effectiveness of the speech – language therapy.
The American Speech Language Hearing Association defines communication disorders:
Speech disorders occur when a person has difficulty producing speech sounds correctly or fluently (e.g., stuttering is a form of disfluency) or has problems with his or her voice or resonance.
Language disorders occur when a person has trouble understanding others (receptive language), or sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings (expressive language). Language disorders may be spoken or written and may involve the form (phonology, morphology, syntax), content (semantics), and/or use (pragmatics) of language in functional and socially appropriate ways.
Social communication disorders occur when a person has trouble with the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication. These disorders may include problems (a) communicating for social purposes (e.g., greeting, commenting, asking questions), (b) talking in different ways to suit the listener and setting, and (c) following rules for conversation and story-tellin
If you are concerned your child is not meeting the milestones listed above, a speech therapist can help
First Words Speech Therapy offers personalized care to meet your child’s speech and language needs. With an office for appointments and a mobile service provider, we are able to render therapy at the child’s home, daycare, charter/private school, or in the community.
