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- Melissa
- Surka
- In-Home Therapy
Greenville
South Carolina
29601
United States - Squiggles, LLC
Greenville
South Carolina
29601
United States
The Principles of Motor Learning are the basis of treatment of children with CAS. I use a multi-sensory approach in therapy sessions. These techniques will be modeled for use outside of the session with caregivers. I use a variety of tactile, visual and verbal cues to elicit motor-speech attempts. I will incorporate functional and motivating vocabulary as speech and language targets in therapy sessions. I give feedback on communication attempts in the session. Therapy sessions at the beginning of treatment will focus on repetitions of the motor movements of speech. As therapy progresses the children will need less support so cues will be faded. Therapy activities will be motivating and active to keep the child engaged.
Parents are encouraged to be actively involved in the treatment plan. I rely on parents to let me know what motivates their child and how therapy progress is carried over into everyday life. Examples of ways to incorporate motor planning practice into daily routines is given after sessions. Parents will also be encouraged to participate in therapy sessions so that they can be familiar with cues and techniques that can be used outside of the therapy sessions.
I have extensive experience with implementing Augmentative supports that are both low and high tech with children. I work with the parents and the team to determine what is the best support to help with clarification and to support communication. Some of these children were not given supports earlier by other providers because they focused on verbal speech and intelligibility.