Speech-language pathologists at the KCC can help children:

• Improve oral-motor skills

• Become verbal communicators

• Become intelligible speakers

• Process and comprehend spoken language

• Put words together to formulate their thoughts with age-appropriate grammatical skills

• Diminish “jargon” and replace with effective verbal communication

• Examine echolalia, and modify with the ability to process and comprehend spoken language so it can also be expressed

• Be able to understand directions and language beyond their memorized routines

• Desensitize them to their difficulties and instill confidence, trust, and self-esteem!