KinderCare | Longwood

At KinderCare Longwood, we understand how important it is to recognize when your child needs speech therapy. If your child is autistic, it is almost always recommended. Even if your child is very verbal, they may still need to work on communication skills like responding to questions, starting or ending conversations, changing topics, using gestures, and understanding body language. Speech therapy is an important part of early intervention for autistic children and can start as soon as a diagnosis is made. The earlier speech therapy is started, the better, as there is a critical period in the brain for language development. Our comprehensive guide can provide everything you need to know about speech therapy for your child.

At KinderCare in Longwood, we understand the importance of speech therapy and the positive impact it can have on your child’s communication and overall development. Speech therapists at KinderCare can help your child with nonverbal skills, forming speech in a clearer way, communicating thoughts and feelings clearly, understanding and responding to questions, discerning facial expressions and their corresponding emotions, noticing and understanding body language, and feeding and swallowing. Our speech therapy program is designed to help your child communicate effectively with others across all environments, using gestures, simple signs, verbal speech, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).