Helpful Information about working with Have Your Say Speech Therapy!

As a parent or caregiver, you have a gut instinct, trust it! There are a number of reasons why your child may benefit from speech-language therapy. Schedule a free consultation call, and we can discuss your concerns and if your child would benefit from a speech-language evaluation.

Absolutely! It is never a bad idea to receive outside speech therapy services in conjunction with school speech therapy services. School speech therapy services often create speech therapy goals with academic support in mind. We would be able to gear our goals towards speech/language skills needed outside academics, provide parent training and education in the goals school is targeting to allow for easier carryover at home, and provide extra practice/support in areas the school is working on.

Is your child having difficulties with pre-reading skills such as rhyming, alliteration, blending sounds into words, and segmenting words into smaller units? Is your child having difficulties decoding words, identifying/naming consonant and vowel sounds, reading words/books, understanding what he/she is reading. Schedule a consult call, and let's make sure your child is on track for literacy development!

There are many signs that aid in determining if your child is a gestalt language processor or an analytic language processor. Schedule a free consultation call where we can work together to determine the type of language processor your child is and see if your child is receiving the right supports! Remember, different language processor means different strategies and different stages of language development. This is an important piece of information to know to best support the child's language development. If your child is already receiving speech therapy services and not making significant progress, it could be because your child is a different language processor.

Yes! If your child did not qualify for school based services, that means your child did not demonstrate a significant enough disability impacting their education. However, just because your child did not qualify does not mean your child does not have speech/language difficulties. Your child may still benefit from speech/language therapy support!

We heavily believe in training and collaborating with the child's team including other therapists, teachers, daycare providers, other family members, etc. Whoever may be present for the session will get an opportunity for one on one training, demonstration, practice of implementing strategies, and feedback. Handouts, resources, and education sessions can be provided to other important people that are a part of the child's team who cannot be present for the session.