Evaluation and treatment for children from birth to age 18 years with language problems related to a variety of diagnoses including autism.
This clinic is designed for children, adolescents, and adults with developmental language disorders and/or autism who have difficulty understanding what other people say (following directions, answering questions, or pointing to objects and pictures), have trouble expressing themselves (putting words together into sentences, asking questions, naming, and defining words), or who experience difficulty developing reading, spelling, and writing skills. Our clinic also specializes in supporting our clients' social communication skills, including keeping a conversation going, understanding nonverbal cues, and learning how to use language in a variety of ways in everyday situations.
Program Goals
Clinicians in the Language Disorders and Autism Clinic develop individualized treatment plans and use evidence-based practices to help children, adolescents, and adults with developmental language disorders and/or autism increase their skills in the areas of:
- Listening comprehension
- Spoken language
- Pre-reading and phonological awareness
- Reading comprehension
- Writing and spelling
- Social communication
- Using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)