Services We Offer
A child's initial evaluation and therapy appointments are typically scheduled by our front desk personnel. Evaluations and therapy appointments are scheduled according to therapist availability, although we do try to make appointment times that are available at your convenience.
| Attendance Policy: | Lateness/Tardiness Policy: | |
| We expect our patients to attend all of their scheduled therapy sessions. If you are unable to attend a session, we require that you notify us in advance. If possible, we will try to schedule a "make-up" session. | We expect all of our patients to be on time to their therapy session. If you arrive at our clinic late, we will only be able to work with you until the time your session was regularly scheduled to end. We will not be able to run over that scheduled time as we schedule patient appointments back to back. | |
| Each patient is allowed to miss a total of three sessions. After the third missed session, you will be taken off our active caseload and your time slot will be offered to the next person on the waiting list. At that time, and at your request, we can add your name to the waiting list. You will be notified when a time slot becomes available. | If you know that you will be late, please notify the front office (352-368-7728) as soon as possible. |
What happens during an initial evaluation?
- Review of medical history and previous testing (i.e. developmental, neurological, psychological, etc.)
- Review of school notes/plans (IEP)
- Evaluation using appropriate protocols
- Brief overview of testing results
After the initial evaluation, a written report is completed and sent to the child's parents and the referring physician. Additional reports can be sent to other facilities if requested.
What happens during a treatment/therapy session?
A child's therapy sessions are typically scheduled with the evaluating therapist, either at the initial evaluation or after the written report has been completed. Therapy sessions can occur 1 to 5 times weekly for 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the child's needs and the therapist's availability. Intervention includes regularly scheduled therapy times, parent counseling, and consultation with school and other therapy settings.
The trained Speech-Language Pathologists at TheraKids, Inc. can complete a diagnostic evaluation and treatment sessions for children with:
| Language Disorders | Language Learning Disabilities | Language Processing Disorders | Semantic-Pragmatic Disorders | Dyslexia |
| Articulation Disorders | Phonological Process Disorders | Motor Speech Disorders | Hearing Loss | CochlearImplants |
| Feeding Difficulties associated with oral motor muscle or sensory deficits | Feeding aversion | Oral motor deficits | Swallowing difficulties | Cleft lip/palate |
| Asperger's Syndrome | Autism | Autism Spectrum Disorders | ADD/ADHD | Cerebral Palsy |
| Developmental Delays | Down Syndrome | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | PDD/PDD-NOS | Williams Syndrome |
| Low-tech Augmentative | High-tech Augmentative | Auditory Processing Deficits | Late talking | Written Language |