Welcome to Serenity!
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Our Services:
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Speech Evaluations & Therapies
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Expressive/Receptive Langauge Evaluation & Therapies
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Social Langauge Evaluation & Therapies
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Fluency (Stuttering) Evaluations & Therapies
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Feeding/Swallowing Evaluations & Therapies
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Consultative Services
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Teletherapy Services
We Serve:
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Children birth to 18 years of age
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Grant, Wabash, Huntington, Miami, and Blackford Counties.
Find Us:
Location:
302 S Baldwin Ave. Marion, IN 46952
Phone:
Call or text: 765-661-7373
Email: michelle.layman@serenitypediatric.com
Fax:
844-965-9877
Hours:
By appointment
10 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. M-Thurs.
Helping Families Unlock Their Child's Potential
Ongoing Individual Therapy
Continuous Help!
If you’re looking for quality Speech, Language, Feeding and/or Swallowing Therapies, then Serenity Pediatric Therapies is the Speech and Language Clinic for you. Are you unsure if your child would benefit from therapy? Do you know your child would benefit from therapy but have been putting it off? Don't delay any longer, we are here to help with immediate openings at our two locations!
What is a Speech-Language Pathologist?
By Susie S. Loraine, M.A., CCC-SLP
A speech-language pathologist (SLP) is a highly-trained professional who evaluates and treats children and adults who have difficulty with speech or language. Although people often think of speech and language as the same thing, the terms actually have very different meanings. If your child has trouble with speech, he/ she struggles with the “how-to” of talking—the coordination of the muscles and movements necessary to produce speech. If your child has trouble with language, he/she struggles with understanding what he/she hears or sees. Your child may struggle to find the right words and/or organize those words in a meaningful way to communicate a message or hold a conversation.
An SLP also evaluates and treats children and adults who have difficulty swallowing food or liquid. An SLP will help identify what part of the swallowing process is making it difficult for your child to eat (e.g., chewing, manipulating food with the tongue, coordinating mouth and throat structures and muscles, breathing appropriately while eating).
Below is a list of common speech and language disorders with a brief explanation of each.
Speech Disorders
• Articulation - the way we say our speech sounds
• Phonology - the speech patterns we use
• Apraxia - difficulty planning and coordinating the movements needed to make speech sounds
• Fluency - stuttering
• Voice - problems with the way the voice sounds, such as hoarseness
Language Disorders
• Receptive Language - difficulty understanding language
• Expressive Language - difficulty using language
• Pragmatic Language - social communication; the way we speak to each other
Other Disorders
• Deafness/Hearing Loss - loss of hearing; therapy includes developing lip-reading, speech, and/or alternative communication systems
• Oral-Motor Disorders - weak tongue and/or lip muscles
• Swallowing/Feeding Disorders - difficulty chewing and/or swallowing