Fluency/Stuttering:
We teach our adult clients fluency enhancing behaviors which help them feel more in control of their speech. This should reduce the anxiety they might have surrounding speaking in several different contexts. We will work together to determine which fluency enhancing behaviors are the most effective, followed by therapy sessions in various contexts and settings. This might include practicing on the telephone, at a crowded restaurant or when ordering a triple, venti, soy, no foam latte. We will make sure that all of our activities are within the comfort level of each client.
Articulation:
Social Communication Difficulties
Affinity Speech and Language Services targets the following skills in our office as well as in the community. We can provide support and guidance in the following areas:
Executive Functioning:
Whether it’s time management, workplace skills, or forgetting appointments, we can help provide our clients with visuals, technology and training to help build executive functioning skills. We will enable our clients to habitually meet their goals by practicing the following system:
We teach our adult clients fluency enhancing behaviors which help them feel more in control of their speech. This should reduce the anxiety they might have surrounding speaking in several different contexts. We will work together to determine which fluency enhancing behaviors are the most effective, followed by therapy sessions in various contexts and settings. This might include practicing on the telephone, at a crowded restaurant or when ordering a triple, venti, soy, no foam latte. We will make sure that all of our activities are within the comfort level of each client.
Articulation:
- Remediation of articulation difficulties
Social Communication Difficulties
Affinity Speech and Language Services targets the following skills in our office as well as in the community. We can provide support and guidance in the following areas:
- Perspective Taking Abilities
- Job Interview Skills
- Resumé Coaching
- Making New Friends and Maintaining Relationships
- Workplace Communication Skills
- Personal Goal Setting
- Dating Etiquette
Executive Functioning:
Whether it’s time management, workplace skills, or forgetting appointments, we can help provide our clients with visuals, technology and training to help build executive functioning skills. We will enable our clients to habitually meet their goals by practicing the following system:
- Assess the task at hand. Determine the goals of the task.
- Plan how to execute the task.
- Plan the most effective series of steps to achieve the goal.
- Calculate how much time is needed to complete the plan, and make that time available.
- Reassess the plan and find tune as required.
- Complete the task in the time set aside.
