Compass Therapy provides speech, language, and social cognitive therapy for children with a variety of speech and language disorders.
Using a multidisciplinary approach of dynamic assessment and individualized therapy, Compass works closely with children, families, and other professionals to find each child’s path to success.
Our child-centered philosophy adapts to each child's ideas, interests, and strengths to develop creative and exciting therapy activities.
Speech therapy focuses on clear and correct articulation of speech sounds and speaking fluency. Articulation refers to the way that we produce sounds, while fluency refers to the ease and clarity of connected speech. Speech therapy also includes therapy for voice and resonance disorders.
Language therapy tackles receptive language (understanding others), and expressive language (sharing your own thoughts, feelings, ideas). This can include spoken and written language.
Social learning refers to therapy that concentrates on verbal and nonverbal communication in social contexts. This can involve identifying expected and unexpected behaviors, following the rules of conversation, demonstrating appropriate greetings and leave takings, asking questions, and interpreting body language.
First, Compass will complete a comprehensive assessment using formal and informal assessments, parent/caregiver report, and expert clinical judgement. Then, we will determine a plan and establish goals for therapy. Compass Therapy uses strategies adapted from the Zones of Regulation® and Social Thinking® curriculum to address pragmatic skills and social behaviors. Speech and language are targeted through current evidence-based practice, family and caregiver training, and focused, child-centered therapy.