Organization: TALKINC
Mission: SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SCHOOL INCLUDING ACADEMICS AND INTENSIVE THERAPIES INTERGRATED THROUGHT THE DAY
Activities: THE TALK SCHOOL PROVIDES FULL DAY IMMERSION IN A LANGUAGE-BASED, FULLY INTEGRATED THERAPEUTIC AND ACADEMIC PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, TALK PROVIDES UNIQUE THERAPIES TO ITS STUDENTS AND ON AN OUTPAIENT BASIS INCLUDING LANGUAGE EVALUATIONS AND THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH, PHONOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS. IN ADDITION, TALK'S OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS OFFER OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY BASED IN SENSORY INTERGRATION, MOTOR LEARNING/MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, AND EMOTIONAL RELATIONAL APPROACHES. THE INTERACTIVE METRONOME, A BRAIN BASED ASSESSEMNT AND TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPED TO IMPROVE PROCESSING ABILITIES THAT AFFECT ATTENTION, MOTOR PLANNING, TIMING AND SEQUENCING; THERASUIT, WHICH PROVIDES PROPRIOCEPTIVE INPUT TO MUSCLES AND JOINTS.
THE TALK SCHOOL EXPANDED ITS LICENSE UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE TUTORING. WE ARE LICENSED TO OFFER TUTORING IN BOTH EARLY LITERACY AND EMERGING AND DEVELOPING LITERACY, INCLUDING PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, SOUND-SYMBOL ASSOCIATION, SYLLABLE INSTRUCTION, COMPREHENSION SKILLS, SYNTHETIC AND ANALYTIC INSTRUCTION AND MULTISENSORY INSTRUCTION.
NTEE category: Education
Secondary category: Mental Health & Crisis Intervention