Speech therapists are specialists who help people of all ages to develop communication skills. They are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of speech, language, voice, and swallowing disorders.
A physical therapist utilizes various treatment interventions to increase strength, tone, range of motion, and decrease pain so kids can return to their daily activities in the community, home, school, and sports.
AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. AAC includes sign language, picture systems to speech generating devices. AAC is for any child unable to communicate using natural speech.
Two of our sons attend ABC Pediatric Therapy, one for almost the last two years and the other for the last few months. The progress that our son with autism has made is amazing. He used to hardly speak; now he’s the most talkative child of our three boys. I’m just awed by the small steps that have amounted to huge leaps of progress for him. Our son who has been attending for a few months has a stutter, and Zac has made him feel so at ease. I think he’s doing great. We would never go anywhere but ABC! - Parent