Question 1

How can I determine whether my child has speech and language difficulties?

Accepted Answer

Contact us with any concerns; we will gladly assist you.

Question 2

What are the red flags that show speech and language difficulties in children?

Accepted Answer

Receptive & Expressive Language Delays: 
Limited vocabulary or words, difficulty following directions, difficulty formulating phrases or sentences, or challenges with grammatical structures.

Articulation & Phonological Delays & Disorders:
Hard to understand speech, challenges with pronouncing certain sounds, distorted sounds, omitting sounds, and/or adding sounds in words.

Childhood Apraxia of speech & motor Speech Disorders:
When children have difficulty with coordinating, shaping, or executing speech sounds, they struggle with getting their messages across and have limited to no speech productions.

Question 3

How can my child begin speech therapy?

Accepted Answer

Provide Let's Blossom with any previous evaluations and/or progress reports. 
Schedule an evaluation, if your child has not had an evaluation in the last 3 years or would like a second opinion.

Question 4

What will the evaluation include?

Accepted Answer

Current speech and language strengths and weaknesses based on same-age peers, descriptive analysis of skills, recommendations for treatment/home activities, and goals for ongoing treatment.

Question 5

What is a consultation?

Accepted Answer

Consultations are 40-minute direct clinical observation, interactive session, and parent interview with a speech therapist, where further evaluation can be determined.

Question 6

How long are direct treatment sessions?

Accepted Answer

1:1 treatment with a speech therapist is 50 minutes in-clinic, 45 minutes in-home or at school.

Question 7

What does treatment look like?

Accepted Answer

Your therapist will treat 3 consecutive sessions as building rapport and collecting data for goals. After 3 sessions, your therapist will have speech and language goals tailored to your child's needs

Question 8

Can treatment be implemented at home?

Accepted Answer

Yes! We encourage our families to use our resources and tools at home to generalize speech and language skills. Your therapist will gladly provide you with home activities based on your child's goals.

Question 9

Do we provide in-home or in-daycare treatment?

Accepted Answer

Yes; however, it depends on our current availability and the location of the service.

Question 10

Which regional centers are we affiliated with?

Accepted Answer

We are affiliated with the San Gabriel Regional Center and the East Los Angeles Regional Center.

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