More than speech…

May is Better Hearing & Speech Month, but did you know speech therapists work on more than speech? At Blossom, we use person-centered and meaningful tasks to address cognitive-communication skills needed for work, school, home, and leisure activities. The sky is the limit! Check out the plethora of skills a speech-language pathologist can address:

• Memory

• Attention

• Word finding & communication

• Executive functioning

• Aphasia

• Planning & Organization

• Reading comprehension

• Graphic expression/writing

• Information processing & processing speed

• Brain fog/cognitive endurance

• Initiation & follow through

• Motor speech (dysarthria, apraxia of speech)

• Swallowing (dysphagia)

• Parkinson’s voice disorders (SPEAK OUT!®)

• Augmentative & alternative communication (AAC)

• Education on brain health and strategy training