Vivage Senior Living | Lakewood | Sierra Rehabilitation and Care Community

At Vivage Senior Living | Lakewood | Sierra Rehabilitation and Care Community, we understand the importance of early intervention in language and communication development for autistic children. If you’re unsure if your child needs speech therapy, consider if they have difficulty responding to questions, starting or ending conversations, changing topics, using gestures, or understanding other people’s body language. If you notice any of these behaviors, it may be time to explore speech therapy options. Our specialized staff is here to provide you with more information and resources to help your child learn how to effectively communicate and become more independent and confident. Visit our website for our complete guide to everything you need to know about speech therapy.

At Vivage Senior Living | Lakewood | Sierra Rehabilitation and Care Community, we understand how important speech therapy can be for your child. Our expert speech therapists can help your child with nonverbal skills, forming speech in a clearer way, communicating thoughts and feelings, understanding and responding to questions, discerning facial expressions and their corresponding emotions, noticing and understanding body language, and feeding and swallowing. Our goal is to help your child communicate effectively with other people across all environments, using gestures, simple signs, verbal speech, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).