Speech Therapy Service
Provide speech therapy for children and students aged 0 to 20 with various types of language problems including: Oral-Motor Disorders, Autism/ Autistic Features, Down's Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay, Cognitive/ Developmental Delay, Language Delay, Articulation Delay or Disorder, Stuttering/ Fluency Disorder, Voice Disorder, Visual Difficulties, Feeding Disorders and Hearing Disorders.
Assessment / Evaluation
The Speech Therapist would use both standardized clinical tests and informal tests to evaluate children's abilities in speech, language, communication, articulation, oral motor and swallowing skills; and to plan appropriate and effective training goals for children.
Common assessment tests/ tools include:
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Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson's Muscle-Based Oral-Motor Skills Evaluation for Feeding and Speech (SRJ) <to assess client's jaw, lips & tongue skills for phonation, articulation & feeding>
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Reynell Developmental Language Scales (RDLS) <to test language comprehension and expression (in Cantonese and English)>
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Symbolic Play Test (SPT) <to test children's play skills>
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Cantonese Articulation Test (HKCAT) <to test children's articulation accuracy and intelligibility>
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Hong Kong Cantonese Receptive Vocabulary Test <To test children's Cantonese vocabulary comprehension>
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Hong Kong Cantonese Oral Language Assessment Scale (HKCOLAS)
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Cantonese Basic Speech Perception Test (CBAPT)
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Goldman Fristoe 2 Test of Articulation (English)
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The WH Question Comprehension Test (English)
Speech Therapy
Therapy Approach
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To promote children's language understanding, speech, communication, vocalization, articulation and oral motor abilities using interesting educational toys, teaching aids and daily life games
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To promote children's feeding abilities using oral motor exercises
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To promote quality of Parent-Child Interaction by teaching mothers and caregivers to teach language in daily life activities
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To fulfill individual needs by planning appropriate training goals with parents together
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To concern parents by providing basic knowledge and counseling on special education
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To facilitate children's whole life development by providing appropriate referrals when necessary
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To provide speech therapy using Cantonese, Mandarin (Putonghua) or English
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To provide speech therapy using both Clinical Approach and Naturalistic Approach
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To apply the most up-to-date and effective treatment strategies that are widely used by speech language pathologists in America and Europe, e.g.,
<Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Frost & Bondy>
<Social Stories, Carol Gray>
<Comic Strip Conversation, Carol Gray>
<Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT), Deborah Hayden>
<Beckmann's Oromotor Techniques, Debra Beckmann>
<Logemann's Evaluation & Treatment of Pediatric Swallowing Disorders, Jeri A. Logemann>
<SRJ Muscle-Based Oral-Motor Therapy, Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson>
<Visual Strategies>
<Augmentative and Alternative Communication Strategies(AAC)>
Community Education
Provide talks and workshops on language development, language disorders and training for colleagues and parents in kindergarten, child care centers and schools.
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香港思進言語治療
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