Pediatric Speech Therapy

Pediatric Speech Therapy

Pediatric Speech Therapy


Pediatric speech therapy is a specialized therapy that helps children who have various challenges with communication. The pediatric speech therapists at FYZICAL Chattanooga use a variety of techniques and activities to help your child improve their receptive and expressive language skills, articulation, and fluency, allowing them to achieve independent and functional communication skills.

What To Expect During Pediatric Speech Therapy

Your pediatric speech therapist will evaluate your child and develop an individualized treatment plan based on their needs. Evaluation includes a parent interview, standardized testing, informal assessment, and play-based interaction with your child to determine their current communication abilities. Treatment sessions focus on intensive speech and language stimulation. You are encouraged to observe and participate in treatment sessions with your child. A home program is also given to encourage the carryover of speech and language skills.

Benefits of Pediatric Speech Therapy

Pediatric speech therapy helps to improve your child’s receptive and expressive language skills, articulation, and fluency, which allows them to express their feelings and thoughts clearly and effectively. Pediatric speech therapy can also prepare your child for school and academic success by improving their vocabulary, comprehension, and literacy skills. Pediatric speech therapy positively impacts your child’s overall development, allowing them to reach their full speech potential.

If your child has difficulty communicating clearly or effectively, call the pediatric speech therapists at FYZICAL Chattanooga to learn more about our pediatric speech therapy program.

Conditions Treated With Pediatric Speech Therapy

Our pediatric speech therapists treat a range of speech issues, including:
  • Childhood speech/articulation delay or disorder
  • Childhood expressive or receptive language delay/disorder
  • Phonological process disorders
  • Developmental apraxia/dyspraxia of speech
  • Auditory processing of spoken language
  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Pragmatic (social language) disorders
  • Stuttering
  • Down syndrome
  • Neurological disorders resulting in speech and language challenges