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KidSpeak’s Menu of Approaches and Services

  • A woman with dark hair demonstrating a sound to a young girl with brown hair, who is sitting and making soundsback.

    PROMPT Therapy

    The PROMPT System Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) was formally devised by D.eborah Hayden in 1980 after working extensively with/and researching varied speech production disordered populations...

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    Myofunctional Therapy

    The prefix “myo” stands for muscle. Orofacial Myology (the basis for myofunctional therapy) is the…

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    SPELL-Links

    Unlike traditional phonics and word study programs which begin with the written letter and teach students to match the letter to a sound (print to speech), SPELL-Links helps students…

  • Three children sitting at a table holding up cards with letters, with additional letter cards spread on the table.

    LIVELY LETTERS LITERACY PROGRAM

    Lively Letters is a reading program that turns abstract letters and sounds into lively, colorful characters. Forty-four letters and letter combinations are embedded into…

  • A young boy wearing glasses reading a book with multicolored letters floating around him, expressing surprise or amazement.

    The Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing® (LiPS®) Program

    While using the The Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing® (LiPS®) program, individuals become aware of the mouth actions which produce speech sounds. This awareness…

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    The Story Grammar Marker®.

    The SGM® is an acronym for The Story Grammar Marker®. “Story Grammar” is the technical term for the parts of a story (narrative).   Schools in many countries, including the United States, use…

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    Fast ForWord®

    The Fast ForWord® family of products are designed to help elementary, middle and high school students develop and strengthen memory and sequencing skills, attention, auditory processing, processing speed and the language skills essential for…

  • A young girl blowing bubbles to facilitate lip rounding for speech sounds which is oral placement therapy.

    Oral Placement Therapy

    At KidSpeak Therapy, we integrate Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)—pioneered by Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson—with targeted myofunctional therapy to support …

  • Young boy receiving remote therapy for auditory processing disorder using CAPDOTS via KidSpeak Bethesda.

    CAPDOTS™

    CAPDOTS™-Integrated is a Dichotic Integration Listening Training Program that utilizes time lead-lag, interaural differences…

  • Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol  for apraxia treatment used by KidSpeak in Bethesda.

    The Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol

    The Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol is a way of teaching children with apraxia of speech the easiest way of saying words until…

  • articulation therapy provided by Kidspeak Bethesda.

    Articulation Therapy

    Articulation and speech therapy helps children learn to produce sounds clearly and confidently so they can be understood at home, in school, and in everyday interactions. When a child…

  • Child feeling confident with communication skills by growing language abilities with help from KidSpeak Bethesda.

    Language Therapy

    Language disorders affect how children understand and use words, sentences, and ideas to communicate. Some children…

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    Buteyko Breathing Method

    The Buteyko Breathing Method teaches children how to develop calm, efficient, nasal breathing patterns. These techniques can support kids who experience…