Pediatric speech therapy services are designed to help children of all ages, from infants to adolescents, with communication, speech, and feeding-related disorders. These disorders can include difficulties with:

• Speaking: Articulation problems, speech delays, childhood apraxia of speech, dysarthria, stuttering, voice disorders.

• Understanding language: Receptive language disorders, auditory processing difficulties.

• Using words correctly: Expressive language disorders, difficulties with grammar and sentence structure.

• Feeding and swallowing: Dysphagia, difficulties with chewing or sucking, picky eating.

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): Using alternative methods to communicate, such as sign language, picture exchange systems, or electronic devices.