Speech Therapy for Kids
About The Speech Peach
Christine Sullivan, owner of The Speech Peach, is a Speech-Language Pathologist (licensed in NY and GA) with 15 years of experience working with children ages 3-15 years old. Christine is a certified Bilingual Spanish-English Speech Therapist, and can provide therapy services in both languages.
Christine employs a fun, engaging, child-centered approach to help children develop their speech, language, and communication abilities to their fullest potential!
Services
Speech Therapy services, including screenings, evaluations, and therapy sessions, are currently provided virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Christine specializes in treating children who are having difficulties with:
- Early Language Development ("Late Talkers")
- Language Comprehension
- Social Skills / Pragmatic Language
- Play Skills
- Pronunciation (Articulation & Phonology)
- Expressive Language Delay
- Bilingual/Multilingual Language Issues
- Phonemic Awareness / Early Literacy Skills (e.g., rhyming, segmenting, blending)
Contact Information
Helpful Links for Parents
Speech & Language Developmental Milestones (AAP): http://www.aapd.org/media/policies_guidelines
When You Are Concerned About Your Child's Language Development (The Hanen Centre): http://www.hanen.org/helpful-info/when-you-are-concerned.aspx
Does Your Child Need Speech Therapy?
Ask your pediatrician or contact me for a screening if you're not sure if your child's speech and language skills are developing as expected. Some signs that your child may need speech and language therapy are that he/she is:
- Over 12 months old and not using any words
- Over 24 months old and is not putting 2 words together
- Over 3 years old and not using simple sentences
- Difficult to understand / Becomes frustrated when not understood
- Making sound errors typical of younger children
- Making grammatical errors typical of younger children
- Having difficulty with age-appropriate social skills