Core service

Speech-Language Therapy

Our speech-language pathologists assess and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders in children. Every SLP is ASHA certified and licensed in Illinois, with specialty training that includes PROMPT, orofacial myofunctional therapy and Orton-Gillingham.

Offered atOrland ParkNaperville / Aurora

Pediatric Speech Therapy

Myo MuncheeA therapist shows a hand sign to two babies sitting on a platform swingBaby Oral motor

Our BDI Playhouse Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children. Each SLP is certified through ASHA and licensed through the State of Illinois.

Speech Production

How your child makes their sounds:

  • Articulation
  • Apraxia
  • Phonological Disorder

Specialty Certification

  • PROMPT
  • OMT

Language

Encompassing both spoken and written communication, SLPs help people across the spectrum of language. This includes working on

  • AAC
  • expressive language
  • Gestalt language processsing
  • receptive language
  • literacy
  • morphology
  • multi-language learner
  • Natural Language Acquisition framework
  • phonology
  • reading comprehension
  • reading decoding
  • semantics
  • spelling
  • social/pragmatic language
  • syntax
  • written language

Specialty Certifications

  • Orton-Gillingham

Cognition

SLPs often help improve cognitive skills.

  • attention
  • memory
  • problem solving
  • executive functioning

Voice/Resonance

Supporting patients with

  • alaryngeal disorders
  • buteyko breathing
  • cul-de-sac resonance
  • forward focus resonance
  • hyper nasality
  • hyponasality
  • loudness
  • phonation quality
  • pitch

Certifications

  • Buteyko Breathing

Feeding/Swallowing

SLPs cover all three phases of swallowing: oral, pharyngeal and esophageal dysphagia

  • breast/bottle difficulties
  • transition to table foods
  • food refusal
  • oral motor
  • orofacial myology
  • picky/problem eaters

Specialty Certifications

  • OMT
  • Beckman Oral Motor
  • SOS
  • Food Chaining
  • IBCLC (Lactation Consulting)

Auditory Habilitation/Rehabilitation

  • hearing loss
  • deafness
  • cochlear implants
  • hearing aids
  • auditory processing disorder

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A-Z of our SLP Services

A
AAC
Aphasia
Apraxia
Attention Deficits
Articulation/Phonological Disorders
Autism
B
Breast and Bottle Drinking
C
Central Auditory Processing Disorders
Cognitive-Communication Disorders
E
Early Intervention
Expressive Language
F
Fluency Disorders
Feeding Infants & Beyond
Food Refusal
G
Gestalt Language Processing
L
Lactation Consulting (IBCLCs)
Learning Disabilities
Language Acquisition
M
Math Language
Metacognition/Metalinguistics
N
Natural Language Aquisition framework
O
Orofacial Myology
Orton-Gillingham
P
Phonological Awareness
Phonology & Phonological Disorders
PROMPT
R
Reading Comprehension
Reading Decoding
Receptive Language
S
Spelling
Social/Pragmatic Language
SOS Approach to feeding
Study Skills
Swallowing Disorders
W
Written Language
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Great Feedback from Great Families

My son has been at BDI for over a year now and I can’t say enough great things! when we walk in, every therapist and receptionist greets him by name! He is always happy to go and we have seen great progress with both his physical and language needs. We have personally recommended BDI to several friends and colleagues looking for top notch therapies!”

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Getting Started With Speech Therapy

Still not sure? Learn more about whether your child needs therapy here

Related programs

PROMPT

PROMPT is a hands-on approach to speech sound disorders. A PROMPT-trained speech-language pathologist uses touch cues to teach a child how to move the jaw, lips and tongue, practicing words that matter in your child’s everyday life.

Speech-Language Therapy near you

Speech-Language Therapy is offered at BDI Playhouse Children's Therapy – Orland Park and BDI Playhouse Children's Therapy – Naperville / Aurora. Families come to us from Orland Park, Orland Hills, Tinley Park, Mokena, Frankfort, New Lenox, Naperville, Aurora, North Aurora, Montgomery, Oswego, Plainfield and nearby suburbs.