Community-Based Social Skills and Mentorship for Young Adults
An innovative and active therapeutic approach!
Speech-Mentorship-Life Skills
COMMUNITY-BASED SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY
Why Active Speech?
It is currently very difficult for parents and families to locate appropriate services for their adult-aged and adolescent family members who have communication disabilities. Many individuals have lost valuable therapy time due to the change in service delivery and decreased opportunities since March 2020. As a Community-Based SLP, my goal is to provide individualized and functional speech-language therapy for adults and adolescents with communication disabilities. Traditional, clinic-based speech therapy is not 100% effective or motivating for adults and adolescents, and my practice will focus on teaching/developing life-long communication skills in my clients’ communities. Treatment plans will be developed between clients and clinician, with the primary goal being to provide the client with the communication, vocational, and life skills necessary to be independent and successful members of their community. Clients will have access to both individual and small group therapy sessions and will be provided consistent opportunities to practice their skills in real-life situations, with all sessions being client-centered. While the main duty of an SLP is to provide therapy to address communication skills, clients working with a Community-Based SLP can also work on problem-solving, life skills, money skills, social pragmatics, and executive functioning.