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Speech-Language Pathology

Speech-language therapy is the number one treatment for most children with speech and/or language disorders. A child with a speech disorder to has issues with production of sounds and a language disorder difficulty communicating concepts and ideas. Butterfly Effects Speech and Language Program Developers are experts in treating a variety of issues/conditions, including: articulation disorders, auditory processing disorders, expressive language disorders, receptive language disorders, hearing impairments, cognitive delays, oral-motor weakness, birth defects such as cleft lip or cleft palate, autism, apraxia or dysarthria (neurological speech disorder), dysfluency (stuttering), feeding and swallowing disorders, and traumatic brain injury.

The following assessments are currently offered by our Speech and Language Program Development Team: Articulation/Oral-motor, Motor/Feeding, Auditory Processing, Fluency, Pragmatics, Voice, Language Development (Receptive and Expresssive).  All Program Developers providing speech-language pathology services are certified by the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association (ASHA) and Florida state licensed as Speech and Language Pathologists.

Speech-Language Pathology Service Description

Each assessment takes place in the setting in which the concerns are occurring. The data collected allows our Program Developers to not only gain an understanding of the child’s current skill set, but determine the reason/function for the behavior concern as well as the environmental variables that are keeping it around.

What can I expect during my assessment appointment?

The assessment is completed in the home, school, or clinic environment were the concerns are occurring and is on average two hours in length. The evaluation is comprised of the following:

• A caregiver interview to gain background information and review of outside evaluations, therapy progress reports, school reports.
• An observation of the child in his or her natural environment. During this time, video clips are collected to objectively analyze concerns.
• A variety of assessment tools are employed depending on concern and reason for evaluation.
• Where appropriate, interviews are conducted with outside providers involved in the care of your child to develop a comprehensive treatment plan.

When will I receive the assessment results?

Within 48 hours of the appointment, the Program Developer will review the data collected and create an online account with your child’s Butterfly Effects program. The account will include a summary of the evaluation findings, service recommendations, and action plans that describe program implementation. You will receive a phone call from the Program Developer at this time to discuss findings.

What type of ongoing services may be recommended?

Your Program Developer will include service recommendations in your assessment findings. Please note that we understand the financial constraints that ongoing treatment can place on a family and we will work with you to develop the most cost effective program possible. A description of these services can be found below.

Program Implementer Services

Many clients require an intensive number of hours of therapy to make immediate and long lasting change. In this case, Implementer services may be recommended to assist families burden the cost of heavy hours without having a licensed/certified professional deliver the services. These services are utilized by our clients in the child’s home, school, and clinic environments to put into action the program developed for your child at assessment by the Program Developer. Our implementers come from a variety of backgrounds and have received extensive training in the Butterfly Effects system.

Our data demonstrates that frequent analysis by a Program Developer is necessary for a successful program. Thus, it is mandatory if these services are received that a review be conducted as seen fit by the Developer (typically every two weeks of service).

Program Developer Services

These services are utilized for intensive, hands-on parent training, school consults, and ongoing Program Reviews conducted of Program Implementer services either via distance or onsite. Onsite consults can be used as a current programming review of implementer services, for training of your child’s teachers, expert consultants at an IEP meeting, etc. Distance reviews provide a cost effective means of receiving feedback and program updates for those clients that receive ongoing implementer services. These reviews are conducted via video submitted by the program implementer and analysis of data collection input in your child’s account.

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School Inclusion Program

Butterfly Effects, LLC, the behavior change company, now offers unique school inclusion programs designed for children with special learning and social-emotional needs. These programs encompass the best of both worlds. They give the child the opportunity to learn new skills and address behavioral concerns in an intense small classroom setting while maintaining exposure to daily activities in the mainstream classroom for generalization of learned skills. The program is designed to give educators, care-givers, and parents the practical step-by-step resources they need to ensure each child reaches his or her fullest potential. Depending on the location, our experts employ a variety of teaching and treatment methodologies founded in the principals of Applied Behavioral Analysis, Occupational Therapy, and Speech and Language Pathology.

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