Receptive Language

  • Following directions
  • Comprehension of questions
  • Processing sentences
  • Comprehending stories and conversations
  • Understanding linguistic concepts such as temporal consepts (before, after)
  • Understanding categorization
  • Understanding vocabulary​
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Expressive Language

  • Vocabulary use
  • Sentence formulation
  • Describing and explaining
  • Asking questions
  • Narrative skills
  • Using appropriate grammar
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Articulation and Phonology

  • Producing clear speech sounds
  • Speech sound development
  • Improving speech intelligiblity
  • Understanding sound patterns
  • Rules for combining speech sounds
  • Recognizing and distinguishing similar sounds
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Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  • Difficulty planning tongue and lip movements
  • Challenges in putting sounds together
  • Inconsistent speech sound errors
  • Effortful speech production
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Early Literacy

  • Phonological awareness - knowledge of the sound structure of language (e.g., blending syllables, detecting and producing rhymes and manipulating sounds)
  • Understanding the relationship between sounds and letters
  • Translating the printed word into sound