We evaluate and treat adults, (18 years and older), who have suffered a wide range of cognitive-communication disorders resulting from:
– Traumatic Brain Injury
– Stroke
– Dementia
– Huntington’s Disease
– Parkinson’s Disease
During the evaluation, formal and informal assessments are used to identify clients’ speech, language, and cognitive skills. Clients provide their medical history, areas of concern, and personal goals. The clinician will complete a written report and will discuss a plan of care with the client and/or caregiver. The following areas are evaluated:
Expressive Language
How someone gets thoughts, ideas, needs, and feelings across.
Receptive Language
Understanding words, sentences, and meanings of what someone says or reads.
Cognition
Remembering, paying attention, planning, organizing thoughts, solving problems.
Social Pragmatics
Following social rules when speaking and with actions; understanding emotions in other people accurately.
Speech
Producing sounds correctly or fluently (stuttering, cluttering).
We understand the importance of providing services that are based on scientific evidence and are meaningful to the client. Practical treatment goals increase the chances of success at work, school, and home. Therefore, our treatments are tailored to each client’s personal goals and may address the following:
Aphasia
Difficulty expressing and understanding language, including reading and writing.
– Example: incorrectly naming objects; calling a “dog” a “fish”
– Example: making up new words – calling a “table” a “parbet”
Apraxia of Speech
Difficulty planning and sequencing voluntary movements of the mouth or saying sounds and words.
– Example: someone can stick out their tongue when not asked but can’t when asked to do so.
– Example: when asked to repeat the word ‘umbrella’ it is repeated in different ways (bella; umella; brella; umbella)
Articulation Disorders
Difficulty pronouncing certain sounds that make up words.
– Example: saying “teletone” for “telephone”
Cognition
Remembering, paying attention, planning, organizing thoughts, solving problems.
Dysarthria
Weakness in the muscles used for talking and swallowing due to brain damage; may cause slurred speech, changes in voice, changes in how fast/slow one talks.
Expressive Language
How someone gets thoughts, ideas, needs, and feelings across.
Receptive Language
Understanding words, sentences, and meanings of what someone says or reads.
Fluency
Disruptions in the production of speech; stuttering, cluttering.
– Example: I’m going to b-b-b-b-bake cookies.
Social Pragmatics
Following social rules with actions and when speaking; understanding facial and vocal emotions correctly.
– Example: taking turns and staying on topic when speaking with someone; using appropriate language; recognizing facial emotions accurately
Carolina Premier Speech Therapy delivers high quality contract speech therapy services to meet temporary, short-term or long-term coverage needs at:
– Skilled Nursing Facilities
– Assisted Living Facilities
– Out-patient Agencies
– Employment Sites
– Post-Acute Rehabilitation Centers
Carolina Premier Speech Therapy provides consultation services to assist organizations, companies, and corporations in promoting the inclusion of employees with cognitive or communication disorders in two ways: educational sessions and training sessions.
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