Speech Therapy:

The Speech Therapy Department of KVPTC is proud to have five nationally certified and state licensed speech-language therapists who have a wide range of experience with a multitude of disabilities and disorders as well as 10-30 years experience.

Services offered include evaluation and treatment for all areas of communication including articulation, language, voice and fluency.  All therapy approaches are current and materials are up-to-date.  Articulation and phonological process disorders, dysarthria, oral motor deficits, apraxia and unintelligible speech are remediated using a wide range of techniques including but not limited to programs developed by Kaufman, Talk Tools and Boschart.  Expressive and receptive language disorders including social/pragmatic delays due to autism, stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other language disorders are treated.  Autistic spectrum disorders receive a variety of treatment techniques including, but not limited to Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), SCERTS and TEACCH as well as computerized instruction.  For children with hearing impairments and cochlear implants the SPICE program, auditory verbal therapy and sign language are utilized. Augmentative communication systems are also available including device trials for nonverbal patients. State of the art computer programs are accessed for a variety of disorders.