The Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center | Hofstra University

If you’re wondering if your child needs speech therapy, The Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center at Hofstra University can help. Our team of experienced speech therapists can evaluate your child’s communication skills, including responding to questions, starting or ending conversations, changing conversation topics, and understanding body language. Speech therapy is an important part of early intervention for autistic children and is often the starting point for recently diagnosed kids. Our team can help your child learn more effective ways to communicate which can help them become more independent and confident individuals. If you have any questions about speech therapy for your child, please reach out to The Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center at Hofstra University for more information. We’re here to help!

At the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center at Hofstra University, our speech therapists strive to help your child communicate effectively with others across all environments. We can help your child with a variety of communication challenges, including nonverbal skills, forming speech in a clearer way, understanding and responding to questions, discerning facial expressions and their corresponding emotions, noticing and understanding body language, and feeding and swallowing. Additionally, we specialize in providing assistance with stuttering. Our speech therapists have the experience and knowledge to help your child reach their communication goals.