Speech, Language, and AAC Therapy Services for Children

Providing child and family centered speech therapy services in Palos Heights, Illinois.

Evaluations

At Prism, evaluations and therapy are individualized, collaborative, and strengths-based. Evaluations are intended to understand how each child communicates, learns, and participates across daily routines. We use a combination of formal tools, observation, play-based interaction, and caregiver input to guide recommendations.

Therapy

Therapy is child-centered and goal-driven, with sessions designed to support meaningful communication, regulation, and participation. We partner closely with families to ensure strategies are functional, responsive, and supportive of each child’s unique needs - with growth that happens inside the therapy room and beyond.

Our Specialties

Speech Sound Disorders

Speech therapy supports children who have difficulty being understood or producing speech sounds clearly and consistently. It may be helpful for children who:

  • Are hard for others to understand

  • Leave sounds out, replace sounds,
    or use sounds inconsistently

  • Have difficulty coordinating the movements needed for speech

  • Have a lisp or unclear speech that affects confidence

Therapy focuses on improving clarity, consistency, and confidence through supportive, achievable activities that help children feel successful communicating.

Speech therapy at Prism may support children with:

  • Speech Sound Disorders

  • Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  • Motor Speech Delays

  • Phonological Disorders

  • Articulation Delays

Language Disorders/Late Talkers

Language therapy supports children who have difficulty understanding language, using words and sentences, or interacting with others. It may be helpful for children who need support with:

  • Expressing wants, needs, and ideas

  • Expanding vocabulary and sentence length

  • Understanding directions and questions

  • Using language to interact, play, and connect with others

  • Developing social communication skills

Language support is individualized and rooted in real-life communication, using meaningful interactions that help children build confidence and functional language skills.

Language therapy at Prism may support children with:

  • Language Delays

  • Receptive and/or Expressive Language Disorders

  • Social Communication Differences

  • Language-Based Learning Differences

  • Language Differences associated with Autism or Neurodivergence

Augmentative/
Alternative Communication (AAC)

Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) supports children and young adults who do not yet have consistent, reliable, or accessible speech. It may be helpful for individuals who:

  • Have limited or unclear verbal speech

  • Have difficulty expressing wants, needs, or ideas

  • Become frustrated when trying to communicate

  • Have limited vocabulary and language which impacts daily communication.

Therapy focuses on building meaningful, functional communication across everyday experiences while helping families and teams feel confident modeling and using AAC in natural ways.

AAC therapy at Prism may support children and young adults with:

  • Autism

  • Developmental Delays

  • Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  • Genetic or neurological conditions

  • Acquired brain injury or other communication differences

  • Anyone with intermittent, inconsistent, or unreliable access to speech.

Occupational Therapy (coming soon!)

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES TO OUR PRACTICE. AT THIS TIME, SERVICES ARE WAITLIST ONLY. PLEASE CONTACT US TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITLIST ONCE SERVICES BECOME AVAILABLE.

Occupational therapy supports children in building the skills they need to participate in everyday activities at home, school, and in the community. OT focuses on helping children develop independence, confidence, and comfort with tasks such as play, self-care, learning, and regulation. Therapy is individualized and strengths-based, using engaging, meaningful activities to support how each child moves, interacts, and experiences the world.

Occupational therapy at Prism may support children with:

  • Fine Motor Delays

  • Sensory Processing Differences

  • Self-Regulation or Attention Challenges

  • Motor Planning or Coordination Difficulties

  • Developmental Delays

  • Autism or Neurodivergence

  • Cerebral Palsy

  • Genetic or Neurological Conditions

  • Acquired differences (including brain injury or illness)

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