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Speech Therapy in Berks CountyEarly Intervention Speech Language Pathologist


Primary Mission:

To facilitate and optimize a child’s ability to communicate and/or improve feeding skills in natural environments, and thus improve their quality of life.

Major Roles:
Consult, treat, counsel and provide follow-up services for disorders of:

  • Speech (articulation, fluency, resonance, and voice)
  • Language (comprehension and expression of wants/needs, vocabulary development and social aspects of communication)
  • Swallowing or other infant feeding needs
  • Cognitive aspects of communication (attention, memory, problem-solving, executive functions)
  • Sensory awareness related to communication or swallowing

Collaborate, consult and treat when:

  • expected progress has not occurred in the area of communication
  • cognitive development has progressed but language skills are developing at a slower pace
  • child has no functional way to communicate basic wants/needs
  • characteristics of Autism are exhibited, (i.e., absent joint attention, no pointing, limited communicative intent, high-pitched screeching, limited jargon patterns and/or repetitive jargon patterns)
  • Signs of apraxia with oral motor planning difficulties for speech are exhibited (i.e. difficulty imitating tongue/lip movements or sounds on command, limited consonant sound production)
  • Lack of speech clarity is evident
  • Words are limited to non descriptive/labels
  • Need for alternative forms of communication (i.e pictures/gestures)
  • Communicative intent (desire to communicate) or pragmatics (interaction) concerns
  • Family or another team member expresses speech/language/feeding concerns
  • Feeding issues have been identified (i.e. transitioning from bottle/breast to cup or from puree to table foods, oral feeding paired with tube feeding…)
  • Signs/symptoms/diagnosis of dysphagia
  • Need for assistive technology or adaptive equipment for feeding
  • Oral motor concerns related to structure and function (craniofacial anomalies, low tone, trach tube, tube feedings…)
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We Are Actively Seeking an SLP
  • Do you love working with young children and families?
  • Are you passionate about your field, and committed to continuing education?
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We are hiring qualified and motivated SLP’s for Berks County.
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