NYS Early Intervention Program | Greene County Public Health Nursing Service

At NYS Early Intervention Program and Greene County Public Health Nursing Service, we understand that it can be difficult to know if your child needs speech therapy. While it is almost always recommended for autistic children, many children with typical development can benefit from speech therapy as well. Signs that your child might need speech therapy can include: difficulty responding to questions, difficulty starting or ending conversations, difficulty changing topics in conversation, using limited gestures, and having difficulty understanding other people’s body language. In order to ensure that your child gets the most benefit from speech therapy, it is important to start as early as possible. To learn more about speech therapy, please visit our complete guide. We are here to help your child grow into a more independent and confident individual.

At NYS Early Intervention Program and Greene County Public Health Nursing Service, we understand that speech therapy can help your child in many ways. Our experienced speech therapists can help your child hone nonverbal skills, such as signs or gestures, formulate speech in a clearer way, communicate thoughts and feelings more effectively, understand and respond to questions, discern facial expressions and their corresponding emotions, notice and understand body language, and aid with feeding and swallowing. Additionally, our therapists can help children who stutter. We are here to help your child take their communication to the next level.