PEDIATRIC SERVICES

 

EARLY CHILDHOOD & PREVENTION

About Pediatric Patients

Special attention is given to pediatric patients due to their restless behavior and short attention span. The “High Tech” character of the program ignite their curiosity and stimulate their attention span.

 

  • For parents/guardians we provide a Viewing Room from where they can watch the applied treatment in real time via closed circuit video.
  • Parents are given a “Before & After” CD at the completion of the treatment.  

 

Communication skills are essential for young children to inclusion, integration, and formulation of relationships. Our program is multi-faceted and targeted towards these concepts. Every child is a unique individual. Therefore, the concept of our program is designed to adapt each treatment individually. 

The treatment program is based on a careful evaluation of each child's communications patterns and needs. It is imperative to include the family in the treatment program, in order to facilitate and enhance the process and communicate effectively with the patient. This special setup will contribute to inclusion, integration, and facilitates relationships.

 

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 For children, their development and interaction with the world revolves around communication (speech) with others. For children and their parents, speech and language disorders are certainly devastating. In essence, they are trapped in a helpless grey area, and have to struggle on their own with:

  • Teasing
  • Bullying
  • Peer Harassment                         
  • Social Discrimination

Children with speech and language disorders will show one or a combination of the following warning signs:

  • Academic Decline
  • latent depression
  • Lack of Confidence
  • Unreceptive to Phone Calls (make or take)
  • Social Withdrawal (dating, social events, etc)


The APEX™ SpeechCare System provides a comprehensive treatment program that addresses the above listed concerns. During treatment, attending patients are evaluated on a daily basis. The program focuses on the following:

  • Correction & Control   
  • Parent/Teen Counseling    
  • Bullying/Teasing Management
  • Primary and Ancillary Behaviors Modification Social
  • Communicative Anxiety Adjustment 
  • Unrestricted Lifetime Maintenance & Support

 Language Disorders

 

Appropriate acquisition of language skills in the pediatric population is critical to a successful interaction with their academic and social environment. To assist children in bridging their language gaps, we target the following skills:

 

  1. Semantic Acquisition, Diversity, & Usage
  2. Syntactic Development
  3. Pragmatic Skills

Motor Speech Disorders

 

Children with motor speech disorders experience difficulty in verbally expressing themselves. There are two types of motor speech disorders:

Dysarthria, a motor speech disorder attributed to muscular impairment affecting muscle tone.

Apraxia, a motor speech disorder attributed to neurological issues that impact voluntary tasks.

 

Dysarthria General Areas of Concern        Apraxia General Areas of  Concern

  • Respiration                                                    Articulation
  • Phonation                                                       Prosody
  • Resonance
  • Articulation
  • Prosody

Voice Disorders

 

Pediatric voice disorders are classified as either functional or organic. Organic voice disorders are attributed to a physical etiology in contrast of functional voice disorders. Children who exhibit voice problems should be taken to the Ear, Nose, & Throat physician for an evaluation as voice disorders can impact respiration. Our clinical staff focuses the following:

  • Vocal Pitch
  • Vocal Quality
  • Resonance
  • Loudness

 Fluency Disorders

 

Fluency disorders are speech disorders that negatively affect verbal communication. There are two types of fluency disorders: Stuttering and Cluttering. Children as young as four years of age are aware of their stuttering and are at of developing negative communicative attitude. Our clinical staff targets the following:

 

                        Stuttering                                            Cluttering

  • Physiological Symptoms                  Physiological Symptoms
  • Overt Ancillary Behaviors                 Language Skills
  • Latent Ancillary Behaviors               Mazing
  • Communicative Anxiety                    Prosody
  • Self- Monitoring                                 Self- Awareness Self-Monitoring

Dysphagia/Feeding/Nutrition

 

Pediatric dysphagia is a critical area of specialty. Children who do not get adequate nutrition are at risk of failure to thrive. Therefore, lack of sufficient caloric intake impacts their general development. Our clinical staff focuses on the following:

  • Integrity of Swallowing Phases (Oral, Pharyngeal & Esophageal)
  • Food Consistency Tolerance
  • Child’s Weight
  • Risk of Aspiration

 

Apex Systems Inc pediatric protocol is unique in its implementation. Our program contains the following critical components:

 

  • Prevention
  • Assessment
  • Treatment
  • Maintenance
  • Family Support & Guidance