PLAY FOR HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Elda ASAEL FELDMAN, M.ADevelopmental Psychologist Play is one of the most fundamental parts of children’s development, allowing them to explore and understand the world around them. Play stimulates healthy development from birth to school age years and helps children to develop skills in five main areas of development. Appropriate toys and games for the developmental […]

IT TAKES TWO TO TALK – THE HANEN PROGRAM

This is a model of family focused early intervention for young children with expressive and/or receptive language disorders. The program is run by a speech language pathologist who is certified by Hanen. It involves family training and empowering parents to become their child’s primary language facilitator. It Takes Two to Talk is offered to late-talking […]

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC)

AAC refers to strategies to compensate for temporary or permanent impairments in speech-language production and/or comprehension. Following a diagnostic evaluation, individuals are supported with aided or unaided strategies to help improve their communication.

WARNING SIGNS FOR SPEECH AND/OR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS

Although children develop at different rates, most follow a general guideline of developmental norms. These guidelines are very general, and as a parent you know your child best. However, if you sense that there is a problem with your child’s speech and/or language skills it is always wise to seek a professional opinion. Unfortunately, there […]

DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES

All children develop speech and language skills at different times. We as speech language pathologists, however, become concerned when children are falling significantly below their age level for both understanding and talking. Here are a few guidelines you can use to see if your children are developing speech and language skills appropriately HEARING & UNDERSTANDING7 […]

PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND ACTIVITIES OF SLP*

*ASHA scope of practice 2007 Speech-language pathologists serve individuals, families, and groups from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Services are provided based on applying the best available research evidence, using expert clinical judgments, and considering clients’ individual preferences and values. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical communication and swallowing in the following areas: Potential etiologies […]

ASSESMENT, EVALUATION and INTERVENTION OF SPEECH LANGUAGE PROBLEMS, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY

Specializing in pediatric speech therapy,Gunısıgı Child Center provides diagnostic and therapeutic services for children in all ages. ASHA certified therapist with extra training and experience in several areas provide therapy. DIR Floortime, ABLC, Hanen, ABA, Prompt, Beckman Oral motor program are some of the methods that we use,and continue our education be updated.

PSYCHO-DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT and THERAPY

Our mission is to support families to help their children to achieve their optimum developmental potential. This is accomplished by providing a team-work approach and intervention designed for each child’s abilities, while offering emotional support and training to the entire family. Additional services include counseling for family members, parent training programs, home-based therapy, developmental assessments […]

PSYCHOTHERAPY

In our center we also provide psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy sessions for adults and adolescents in order to support individuals to be better able to deal with and overcome emotionally, intellectually, and behaviorally stressful periods. Most commonly individuals apply for depression, anxiety, living with chronic diseases, relational problems at family or at work, pre and postnatal […]

EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES

Sometimes it is known from the moment a child is born that there is a developmental delay or disability. Babies with significant prematurity, low birth weight, diagnosed illnesses are just some of the reasons for developmental delay. However, majority of time, a child might be delayed in meeting their developmental milestones. A developmental pediatrician’s evaluation […]