FAQ

Your first visit gives us an opportunity to assess your child in an informal setting and get history and information from parents or care givers. It will likely last for 60 minutes. We highly recommend that your child be well rested and well fed for all sessions. Please do not give your child gum or excessive sugar prior to the session. We recommend leaving siblings at home as this will interfere with the quality of our sessions. If you have any test results, reports or IEP, please bring them with you as this will help the therapist understand your child’s needs at a faster rate. Please download our paper work and complete it at home to help save time and bring it with you on your first session. After your first session, the therapist will be able to provide you with more detailed information.

Initial evaluations are 60 minutes and therapy sessions will be 50 minutes long. We expect parents to be available to pick up young kids on time. If you are more than 10 minutes late you will be charged as this will interfere with other people’s time slots.

Every child is different in their ability to learn and retain information. We are unable to provide you with an exact date and time; however we can provide you with our likely expectations after 6-8 weeks of therapy. There are several methods for you to expedite your child’s progress including:

• Staying with a consistent routine of therapy 2-3 times per week
• Completing all homework provided by your therapist
• Increasing your one-on-one time with your child and using puzzles, books and art activities to generate fun and natural speech.

Your child’s success in therapy will depend on your ability to stick to a consistent time commitment for therapy. Speech therapy sessions should be a priority over other after school activities including sports and dance.

It’s also important to note that you will most likely see results with Speech Therapy (ST) later than Occupational or Physical therapy. This is due to the highly cognitive component of language in general.

We will be more than happy to accommodate all your needs. Please give us a one week notice for written reports. You will need to sign some forms to give us permission to communicate with other professionals. Any time spent at IEP meetings or communication will be billed at our regular hourly rate.

We require a 24 hour notice for all cancellations. A $50 dollar fee will be charged for last minute cancellations or no shows. We will waive our cancellation fee only once per family.

All fees are due at the time of service. We accept cash, check and most credit cards. We do not bill insurance directly, however we will provide you with a super bill to submit to your insurance company. We also recommend you get a prescription from your pediatrician for SLP services to submit to the insurance company.