College Park Speech and Language Clinic offers diagnostic and therapeutic services in the following areas:
Stuttering
CPSLC offers specialized programs for pre-schoolers, school-aged children, teens, and adults who stutter. With the youngest, the emphasis is on early direct intervention and parental involvement. School-aged children, teens and adults are treated using CAFET, the computer aided fluency establishment trainer which provides visual biofeedback of the speech systems. Intensive programs for teens and young adults are offered each summer. Individual and group therapy for adults is offered year round.
Voice Disorders
The Annandale Fluency Clinics, where both principals of CPSLC gained extensive experience, was a leader in research and development of clinical treatment of voice disorders in children and adults. CPSLC continues offering the benefits of that knowledge. Using computer-aided biofeedback instruments, the clinic offers the most efficient and effective treatment programs for children and adults with functional and organic voice disorders. The staff works together with the patient's medical management to provide a holistic approach to voice therapy.
Language and Learning Disabilities
This area concompasses early intervention with birth-to-three-year olds who are at risk for or have delayed language development, children, adolescents, and adults with dievelopmental learning disabilities and/or attention deficit disorder, and children and adults with speech and language disorder due to hearing impairment.
Reading Disorders
CPSLC offers group and individual treatment for children and adults with auditory dyslexia and reading comprehension deficits. Programming includes the auditory segmentation approach authoried by Patricia Lindamood. Orton-Gillingham multisensory dyslexia treatment, and the multisensory visualization method for reading comprehension.
We perform all services required with regard to diagnosing and treating the above disorders, including consultations, preparing reports, individual and group therapy and parental counseling.
Please review the CPSLC Fee Schedule (PDF file) for costs associated with our therapy services.
Payment for Services is expected at the time services are rendered, unless other arrangements have been made in advance. Payment may be made by personal check, cash, Visa or Mastercard. Your health insurance may cover speech-language services if you have a medical diagnosis. Whle we are happy to help patients in filling out forms and providing documentation for insurance reimbursement, we do not accept direct payment from insurance companies, even with written pre-authorization. No co-payments will be accepted. Fees for evaluation must be paid prior to the beginning of the session.