Services
Gestalt Language (Echolalia) Assessment and Therapy
Children who use delayed echolalia (or scripting) are gestalt language processors.
Hannah, the clinician behind Colorful Speech Therapy, can be found on the Meaningful Speech Gestalt Language Processing national registry. She is certified under this national registry.
She is currently the only clinician in the Central Valley area on this registry.
AAC Assesment and therapy
Children who are non-speaking can benefit from communication devices, systems, strategies and tools that replace or support verbal speech. This is known as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
AAC systems require a thorough evaluation process. Devices can be paid partially or in full through your private insurance.
Hannah, the clinician behind Colorful Speech Therapy, will work with your child and their family to implement the AAC system in order to empower your child and increase their communication.
Apraxia assessment and therapy
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that makes it difficult for children to speak.
CAS requires a specialized therapy approach that is not used for other speech sound disorders.
Hannah, the clinician behind Colorful Speech Therapy, is trained in the assessment and treatment of CAS.
therapy for late talkers and non-speaking children
A child who is non-speaking does not use any words for communicative purposes.
Late talkers and non-speaking children can communicate using a variety of methods.
Hannah, the clinician behind Colorful Speech Therapy, utilizes a child-led therapy approach that encourages late talkers and non-speaking children to communicate.
articulation assessment and therapy
An articulation disorder is the inability to say certain speech sounds correctly beyond the age when the sound is typically learned.
Speech sounds may be dropped, added, distorted or substituted.
Hannah, the clinician behind Colorful Speech Therapy, are trained in the assessment and treatment of speech sound disorders.
parent-student advocacy
The world of special education in the public school setting is incredibly complex for parents to navigate.
Hannah, the clinician behind Colorful Speech Therapy, has worked in California public schools and understands the power you hold as a parent.
Hannah will provide information, guidance and support throughout the IEP process to encourage decisions that meet the needs of the student.