Serving Children & Families on the South Shore, MA
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Phone: 781-566-0575
PEDIATRIC SERVICES
at Marshfield Speech & Language Therapy
EVALUATIONS
Evaluations allow us the opportunity to develop a comprehensive picture of your child's strengths, challenges, and preferences. We use a combination of standardized assessment measures, observation, interaction with your child, and a review of developmental and academic history to determine if therapy is recommended. Following the evaluation, we will review the results and our recommendations. When therapy is recommended, we collaborate to develop a treatment plan that aligns with each family's priorities and goals.
Contact us to discuss your concerns and determine if an evaluation is recommended.
THERAPY
Our team is dedicated to combining evidence-based approaches with fun and interactive activities. We love to incorporate games, crafts, and your child's preferences to keep them engaged and help them reach their goals.
We provide weekly therapy sessions in our clinic, at your home, daycare, school, or after-school program. We are dedicated to collaborating with parents and teachers to promote your child’s success-- both in and out of the classroom.
We also offer services for adults. Click here to learn more.
SPEECH THERAPY
Children who struggle to produce speech sounds correctly may become frustrated when they are not understood, or become self-conscious about talking. Speech therapy can help improve:
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Overall speech clarity
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Production of age-appropriate sounds and sound combination
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The ability to distinguish between correct and incorrect sounds
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Motor planning and speech coordination
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Confidence and motivation to communicate
EARLY INTERVENTION
Direct speech and language support early in development leads to positive outcomes for children experiencing delays or at risk for conditions that affect language development. We work with children as young as 18 months to build skills such as:
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Engaging in back-and-forth communication exchanges
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Understanding and using speech and gestures to get their needs met
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Learning vocabulary for preferred people and things
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Following 1-2 step directions
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Asking and answering questions
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Parent coaching to increase opportunities for practice within daily routines
LANGUAGE THERAPY
A child may be experiencing challenges at home, in school, or in social interactions as a result of a language disorder. We target receptive and expressive language skills for children of all ages to help them develop skills such as:
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Increasing vocabulary and sentence length
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Following verbal and written directions
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Asking and answering questions
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Using age-appropriate grammar
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Processing verbal language and increasing recall of information
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Narrative skills for story retell
SOCIAL
COMMUNICATION GROUPS
Social communication groups at MSLT are meant to help children understand social expectations, interpret other people's perspectives and know how to communicate their own perspectives.
Weekly meetings include discussion, but more importantly, the use of play and games to practice the learned concepts. Our goal is to fill your child's toolbox to help them navigate their social worlds. We talk with them about why they may choose to pull out their tools and letting them know that it's ok to pick and choose when to use them. We put heavy emphasis on neurodivergent acceptance and make sure kiddos never feel that their way is the wrong way. In that light, we focus on teaching kids self-advocacy regarding their own needs and communication styles.
FEEDING THERAPY
We combine evidence-based strategies with a whole-child approach to address feeding and swallowing challenges. Feeding therapy is focused on increasing oral feeding and sensory tolerance levels in a collaborative and safe environment.
Feeding therapy can improve a child’s ability to participate in mealtimes without stress and improve the whole family’s quality of life. We support children experiencing:
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Picky eating and meal-time struggles
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Sensory processing and aversions
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Oral-motor coordination for feeding and swallowing
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Difficulty transitioning to solid foods
EARLY LANGUAGE PLAYGROUP
Working alongside peers is a great way to learn. Peers offer opportunities to practice new skills in real-life scenarios and motivation to keep trying. Our Early Language Playgroup is for children aged 2-4 years old and provides an opportunity to practice preschool readiness skills such as sitting in a group and playing cooperatively. 2 licensed SLPs lead the group and use language stimulation techniques to encourage request making, overall vocabulary development, social reciprocity and/or speech sound production. Playgroup is an excellent complement to 1:1 services but can also be a standalone service. We invite neurodivergent and neurotypical children to grow and learn together!
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