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Advance Therapy is an outpatient pediatric clinic in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. We provide a variety of services for children of all ages and abilities. Our mission is to provide personal guidance and outstanding therapeutic services for your child and family. We strive for every child to reach his or her full potential by using a multisensory approach.
Occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech language pathologists often work with children diagnosed with PDD, Autism, Aspergers, Auditory processing disorders, Developmental delay, Learning disabilities, Down syndrome, and Cerebral palsy, as well as others.
In addition to conventional occupational and speech language therapy, we offer several specialty programs to facilitate achievement of your child’s goals: Berard Auditory Integration Training, Integrated Listening Systems, Interactive Metronome, Social Skills Groups, Feeding Groups, Adapted Yoga, Music Therapy and more!
ARTICULATION
Stuttering
Intelligibility for articulation disorders, verbal apraxia, or motor speech disorders like those related to cerebral palsy or brain injury
Intelligibility for children with physical impairments such as cleft lip and palate, velophrayngeal insufficiency, hearing loss, and/or craniofacial anomalies
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
Age-appropriate sentence length or structure
Vocabulary or word finding skills
Asking questions
Peer interactions
RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE
Understanding of spoken language/auditory processing
Understanding of basic concepts, “wh” questions
Following multi-step directions and sequences
Reading non-verbal cues/body language
COGNITION
Attending
Phonological awareness
Auditory memory
Recalling information
Problem Solving
Reasoning
Logic
Organizing
Turn-taking
Understanding boundaries
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