Our Speech-Language Pathologists are licensed by the state of Minnesota and are members of the Minnesota Speech-Language Hearing Association as well as accredited members of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Key staff members are also certified Fast ForWord and Interactive Metronome providers as well as Level 1 PROMPT trained speech-language pathologists.
Kid Talk provides evaluation and treatment for the following speech-language disorders:
Our Child Occupational Therapists are licensed by the state of Minnesota and certified through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. (NBCOT). Key staff members are also certified in Neuro-Developmental Training, Handwriting Without Tears, Interactive Metronome, Therapeutic Listening Program, and the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to feeding.
Kid Talk provides evaluation and treatment to improve and/or increase the independence in the following areas of child occupational therapy:
Our feeding clinic provides a comprehensive multi-disciplinary approach to the evaluation and treatment of feeding difficulties. Our goal is to develop age-appropriate feeding skills to ensure adequate nutrition for growth and development. Treatment will be provided in either a group or individually depending on the needs of the child. We evaluate and treat children with motor based and/or oral sensory based feeding issues including the following:
The Fast ForWord therapy program develops and strengthens memory, attention, processing rate, and sequencing—the cognitive skills essential for reading intervention program success. The strengthening of these skills results in a wide range of improved critical language and reading skills such as phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, decoding, working memory, syntax, grammar, and other skills necessary to learn how to read or to become a better reader.
Interactive Metronome is a brain-based rehabilitation assessment and training program developed to directly improve the processing abilities that affect attention, motor planning, and sequencing. This, in turn, strengthens motor skills, including mobility and gross motor functioning, and many fundamentals cognitive capacities such as planning, organizing, and language.
Handwriting Without Tears is among the three largest handwriting cirricula in the United States. The program was developed by an occupational therapist and uses easy-to-learn, easy-to-teach, developmentally appropriate, and inclusive materials to students from pre-K to cursive. Two of the occupational therapists at Kid Talk are Certified Handwriting Specialists with the Handwriting Without Tears cirriculum. For more information visit www.hwtears.com
Therapeutic Listening is a sound–based therapy program that uses music and sound to exercise the muscles and nerves in the ears. It also stimulates the areas of the brain used in listening and processing sensory information. This program involves using special headphones to listen to electronically altered CD’s, containing children’s songs, classical music, or nature sounds. When completed on a consistent basis, Therapeutic Listening may help children improve overall regulation, sensitivity to sounds, and the ability totol erate sensory input. For more information visit the Vitalinks Website.
“ Our speech therapist has been incredibly supportive during a difficult year. She has given me support, understanding and an open ear to hear all of my concerns…We have begun to see great improvements in my daughter’s speech, which is very exciting and promising.
"My child feels respected and cared for at Kid Talk."
"I have been beyond impressed with the therapy. Our therapist is always trying new things and knows my child well."