Speech / Langauge Therapy

6776 Lake Drive Suite 220 | Lino Lakes | MN | 55014
Phone 651.784.7007 | Fax 651.784.7992

It would be appropriate to refer a child for a speech and language evaluation when there are concerns in any of the following areas:

	ARTICULATION Stuttering Intelligibility for articulation disorders, verbal apraxia, or motor speech disorders like those related to cerebral palsy or brain injury Intelligibility for children with physical impairments such as cleft lip and palate, velophrayngeal insufficiency, hearing loss, and/or craniofacial anomalies
	EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE Age-appropriate sentence length or structure Vocabulary or word finding skills Asking questions Peer interactions
	RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE Understanding of spoken language/auditory processing Understanding of basic concepts, “wh” questions Following multi-step directions and sequences Reading non-verbal cues/body language
	COGNITION Attending Phonological awareness Auditory memory Recalling information Problem Solving Reasoning Logic Organizing Turn-taking Understanding boundaries