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(480) 254-9930
Providing therapy in Mesa, AZ and surrounding areas
Kristin Simmons, MA, CCC-SLP
Our Services
Open Door Speech Therapy provides the following services for individuals from birth to 21 years:
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Speech Sound Disorders
-Articulation
-Phonology
-Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
-High interest activities that encourage maximum repetitions
-Home program, coaching and tips for caregivers
Language
Development
-High interest and play based therapy
-Coaching and tips for parents and caregivers
Language
Disorders
-Receptive and expressive language is the basis for a child’s ability to learn to read, write, and progress academically.
-Grammar
-Sequencing
-Main idea & details
-Summarizing
Social Language & Autism
-Discuss terms: neurodiverse, neurodivergent, etc.
-Communication interaction for play, conversation, new situations, at school
-Non-verbal communication: body language, interpreting and observing emotions,
-Perspective taking
-Executive functioning support such as visual schedules, organization, and self-advocacy
Stuttering/Fluency
-Stuttering facts and myths
-Feelings and attitudes
-Fluency shaping and modification strategies
-Desensitization and problem solving
-Comprehensive receptive and expressive language evaluation (pre-k to 21 years)
-Functional language assessment for nonverbal or minimally verbally individuals
-Articulation, phonology or Apraxia of Speech - includes oral motor function assessment
-Stuttering/Fluency
-Social/Pragmatic language (pre-k - 21 years)
Evaluations
Evaluations
-Comprehensive receptive and expressive language evaluation (pre-k to 21 years)
-Functional language assessment for nonverbal or minimally verbally individuals
-Articulation, phonology or Apraxia of Speech - includes oral motor function assessment
-Stuttering/Fluency
-Social/Pragmatic language (pre-k - 21 years)
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School Consultations
Working through the evaluation and IEP process can be intimidating, confusing and frustrating. ODST provides support to parents and/or caregivers as they go through evaluation reports, communicate with teachers and administrators and prepare for meetings.
Schedule a complimentary phone consultation!
