At our practice:

• Your child should have a special connection with the speech-language pathologist.
• You should feel comfortable observing the sessions and later discussing any questions you may have.
• The speech-language pathologist should explain why she is doing the activities with your child, and how you can reinforce those skills at home.
• Therapy should be creative, goal-oriented, and hierarchical. It should be individually tailored to your child’s unique needs.
• While some of the therapy process requires us to ask your child to do tasks that are sometimes difficult, it should also be fun too!

Each child brings a unique personality, as well as therapeutic challenges, to the therapy session. As a practice, we believe it is important for you-and us-to make sure the speech-language pathologist’s training and therapy style, as well as our physical environment, are a good match for your child. We will work hard to make sure that your child is matched with the speech pathologist whose personality and therapy style are best for your child or we will refer you to another practice if we believe it is better for your child.

Areas of specialty:

• Articulation disorders (difficulty pronouncing words or sounds).
• Auditory processing disorders (difficulty understanding what is said when listening).
• High-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders/PDD.
• Motor-speech disorders and apraxia (difficulty making the mouth move with the control needed to speak clearly).
• Receptive and expressive language development (difficulty understanding and using language).
• Preschool speech and language delays.
• Pragmatic/social language group therapy.

Hamaguchi & Associates is now a proud provider of Fast ForWord computer programs for the home use of our clients!