Brooks Rehabilitation | Home Health – Gainesville

If you’re wondering if your child needs speech therapy, Brooks Rehabilitation Home Health in Gainesville has the answer. Speech therapy can help autistic children in many ways, from responding to questions, starting or ending conversations, changing topics, using gestures, and understanding other people’s body language. It’s a big focus in early intervention for autistic children and is usually the starting point for recently diagnosed kids. Speech therapy is important for language development in the critical period of the brain, and can help give your child the confidence to communicate effectively. If your child is very quiet, speaks only a few words, or doesn’t speak at all, it might be time to consider speech therapy. Learn more about the benefits of speech therapy with our complete guide.

At Brooks Rehabilitation Home Health in Gainesville, our speech therapists strive to help your child communicate effectively in any environment. Our team focuses on a variety of nonverbal skills, including signs and gestures, verbal speech, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). We will work with your child to help them form speech more clearly, understand and respond to questions, discern facial expressions and their corresponding emotions, notice and understand body language, and feed and swallow properly. Additionally, our speech therapists can help with stuttering. Our goal is to provide your child with the tools they need to communicate effectively.