Thrive Therapies, LLC
Professional Services
You can learn more about the services I provide below, and let me know if you’d like to learn more about a specific offering.
Speech & Articulation Therapy
Expert Service
Did you know that by age 5, a child’s speech should be 100% intelligible or easily understood? If you always find yourself constantly asking your child “what’s that”, they may have structural or habitual patterns affecting their speech production. Speech therapy targets non age-appropriate distorted speech sounds and speech processes that impact the ability to communicate with others.
Language Therapy
Always Prepared
A child's language skills are important in their academic and personal lives. Receptive language is the ability to understand what is being said and expressive language is the ability to use effective language skills to convey thoughts, feelings, ideas, and converse with others in a logical, meaningful way. Some children have difficulty expressing ideas, telling a story, using age appropriate grammar-Expressive Language. Therapy targeting language can help children be more effective at communicating (listening/talking), reading, and writing.
Reading & Dyslexia Intervention
No formal diagnosis needed!
Dyslexia is a language based learning disability that impacts a child’s ability to read, write, listen, speak and spell efficiently. Children with Dyslexia can often be misdiagnosed as ADHD or described as "lazy" or "they just don'y want to do it". This effect not only on a child academics, but also their self esteem. This can lead to feelings of inadequacy, frustration and failure.
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
Always Prepared
Has your child been in speech therapy with for r,s,sh or ch for YEARS with little improvement and difficulty with carryover?
They may have an OMD (orofacial myofunctional disorder). When our muscles aren't functioning correctly, the small fine movements of speech sounds may be more difficult.
If this sounds like your child, call us about an evaluation today!
Early Literacy & Phonological Awareness
Reading begins with our ears!
Phonological awareness skills involve the awareness of and the ability to manipulate sounds in spoken words. These skills are foundational for a child to learn to read (Ehri, 2004; Rath, 2001; Troia, 2004).
These skills are IMPERATIVE for reading and writing.
Teletherapy
Quality therapy from the comfort of your own home!
Interested in services but concerned about you or your child's busy schedule? Live in a rural area and having difficulty finding providers nearby? Teletherapy services may be an excellent option for you! Your child can receive evidenced based treatment from the comfort of your home.
No hurrying to get everyone in the car and drive to an office, no stress about how you'll make dinner for your family and get your child the services they need.