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Social Language and Speech Therapy

Helping Special-Needs Kids With Communication Disorders

Speech therapy, social language treatments, and other language development services are what Beyond Words, Inc is about. Our professionals have extensive experience working with children with various special needs, so you can trust that yours are in trustworthy hands. We also offer parent coaching support and early childhood development solutions. Contact our office in San Diego, CA for more information about what we do.

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Articulation Therapy


  • Increase Intelligibility; Ability to Be Understood by Others
  • Increase Sound Production in Word, Phrases, Sentences, and Conversation
  • Use Appropriate Speech Rate
  • Acquire Self-Awareness and Self Correction Skills

Treatment Approaches: Contextual Utilization, Contrast Therapy, Core Vocabulary Approach, Cycles Approach, Complexity Theory, Naturalistic Speech Intelligibility Intervention, Distinctive Feature Therapy, Kaufman Speech & Language Protocol

Receptive and Expressive Language Therapy

 

Receptive Language

  • Following Directions
  • Answering Questions
  • Identifying Objects and Pictures
  • Taking Turns When Talking with Others

Expressive Language

  • Asking Questions
  • Naming Objects
  • Putting Words Together Into Sentences
  • Sustaining a Conversation
  • Using Correct Grammar/Syntax

Treatment Approaches: Directive and Naturalistic Interventions

Social Language Therapy


  • Using Language for Different Reasons (i.e., Informing, Greeting, Requesting, Demanding, etc.)
  • Changing Language for the Listener or Situation (i.e., Talking Differently to a Baby Than to an Adult, Talking Differently in a Classroom Than on a Playground, etc.)
  • Following Rules for Conversations and Storytelling (i.e., Taking Turns When You Talk, Staying On Topic, Using Facial Expressions and Eye Contact)

Treatment Approaches: More Than Words - The Hanen Program, Talk Ability - The Hanen Program, ILAUGH Model of Social Thinking- Michelle Garcia Winner, The SCERTS Model

Play Therapy


  • Reciprocal Constructive and Pretend Play
  • Taking Turns - Social Connect
  • Eye Contact, Personal Boundaries
  • Perspective of Him and Her and Others
  • Social and Communication Language

Therapy Approaches: It Takes Two to Talk- The Hanen Program, DIR/ Floortime

Parent Coaching Support


  • Support Child at home With Routine and Language
  • Acquire Language and Social Language Strategies to Support Child at Home
  • Increase Parent and Child Successful Connection and Interaction
  • Decrease Negative Behaviors and Increase Child’s Self-Regulation to Promote Better Parent and Child Relationship

Approaches: More Than Words - The Hanen Program, Talk Ability - The Hanen Program

Early Childhood Development Education


  • Fine Motor, Gross Motor Enhancement
  • Language Growth
  • Play Development
  • Social and Emotional Skills Development

Teaching Approaches: Learning Language and Loving It — The Hanen Program

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Thelma Garcia Long, Director

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