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Speech and language services for children and adults are provided by a highly qualified professional team. Extensive diagnostic evaluations and therapy programs offer help for people with communication problems including:
    stuttering
    delayed and disordered language
    articulation and voice disorders

A few of the many unique speech/language programs we provide include the following:

Aphasia Groups are comprised of adults who demonstrate speech and language problems due to stroke. These adults attend weekly group sessions that focus on bridging the gap between communicating in therapy settings and communicating in real-life situations.

Communication Learning Program provides speech, language and cognitive services to survivors of stroke and traumatic brain injury. (Callier Richardson Facility)

Early Class see more info - The Early CLASS is a classroom-based program for young children 3-5 years of age exhibiting problems with social-communication and social relationships. Our Classroom uses developmentally appropriate intervention and follows the SCERTS Model (Prizant, Wetherby, Rubin, Rydell, Laurent, and Quinn, 2003), a family-centered, social-pragmatic approach for enhancing language, communication, and social relatedness.

The Early CLASS emphasizes the importance of building on the child's current level of functioning rather than on behaviors or skills that are missing from the child's repertoire. We emphasize social-communicative interactions with a variety of partners (children and adults). Opportunities for reciprocal communication are provided for each child within the ongoing context of the classroom using play routines, conversation time, and cooperative group activities. In this way communication will occur within naturalistic but motivating contexts.

Children attend the Early CLASS Monday-Friday mornings from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Applications will be considered on a first-serve basis.
For more information please contact Dr. Pam Rollins at 214-905-3140.

Out and About (Fall Session Available) is a social skills group program for 8 - 12 year olds to focus on generalizing language and pragmatic skills into group and community settings. This program is a comprehensive communication experience for children in grades 3 through 6 who are working on improving their social skills. This program combines small and large group therapy activities in a fun atmosphere where children learn strategies to improve their pragmatic language abilities. By combining structured language-based activities with real life "out of the classroom" experience, "Out and About" provides opportunities for children to generalize language and pragmatic skills to a variety of communicative partners and settings. Various outings and other activities are planned to promote social abilities in children. (Callier Richardson)
For more information on this program contact Berkley Williams at

berkleywilliams@callier.utdallas.edu

Playmates (Fall Session Available) is a group program for 5 - 7 year olds to facilitate peer interactions in organized games and age-appropriate play. (Callier Richardson program)
Contact Mary Beth Schmitt at mschmitt@utdallas.edu

Preverbal Communication Program see the brochure provides daily classroom intervention for children ages 18 months through 3 years who have not yet developed verbal language. The program targets children who are not appropriate for traditional group language programs or weekly individual therapy because of communicative impairments, behavioral difficulties, or a lack of interactive skills.

Preschool Language Development Program (PLDP)
offers services for children 3 to 5 years of age who have language delays. Classroom curriculum is designed to promote language and speech development through natural interactions and activities. The goal of the program is to promote language skills and social and cognitive development. Parental involvement is encouraged through educational meetings and classroom observations and participation.

(Callier Richardson)

Parents as Teachers (PAT) is a group program that provides parents with an understanding of speech and language development as well as teaches them to promote interaction and communication to establish a foundation for early conversations.  The program is designed for parents of children who are between the ages of 12 and 36 months and who demonstrate language delays. 

Small-group Intervention for Language Emergence (SmILE) program is designed to facilitate language emergence in 2 and 3 year old children. A preschool routine that includes play, circle time, simple crafts, snack time, and story time provides opportunities for intensive language intervention and social interaction. The program is staffed by a master's level speech-language pathologist and a graduate level student intern. SmILE meets twice weekly for one and a half hours per session. Program dates are scheduled on a semester basis.
For cost per session and further details contact:

Lori C. Cochran lori.cochran@callier.utdallas.edu (Dallas) or

Dawn M. Schoknecht dschoknecht@utdallas.edu (Richardson).

S.T.E.P.S (Supportive Treatment of Eating in PreschoolerS) is a small-group intervention program for preschoolers aged 2-5 years with moderate-severe motor-based feeding disorders. The program is designed to facilitate improved oral motor skills for feeding while providing hands-on training for parents. Strategies to support stability and function during feeding as well as normal development of feeding skills will be taught. The group is limited in size to four children and their parents and meets once a week on Friday mornings for one and half hours.
For information about the program contact Jenny McGlothlin, jmcglothlin@utdallas.edu