Speech and Language Therapy
Speech and language therapy programs at Imagine Academy are designed with a central goal: functional communication in all academic and social environments. Individual and group pull-out and push-in sessions are conducted to establish new skills and maximize generalization in the classroom and the community. Classroom staff are consistently trained on how to target each student’s communication goals across the school day. From verbal speech and high and low tech voice output devices to picture exchange communication systems, topic boards and social stories, SLPs at Imagine Academy are trained to use an arsenal of tools to help students become the most effective communicators they can be.
Imagine Academy offers a daily speech-motor production clinic, which targets specific sounds and word combinations to improve a student’s overall speech intelligibility. Students are assessed at regular intervals throughout the school year to determine eligibility for participation and progress. In addition to focused training each morning, instructor staff accompany students to the clinic and are trained by the SLPs to deliver motor speech training across the school day.
Our Speech and Language therapists are trained in the following:
- PROMPT
- NLA/ Gestalt Language Processing
- Sensorimotor Feeding
- Social Thinking
- PECS
- AAC programming/ implementation
- DIR/ Floortime
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Hear From Our Parents
Imagine has developed a uniquely integrative approach that combines creatively what are usually seen as the two leading competing methods Applied Behavioral Therapy and DIR/Floortime. Imagine offers the very best in Speech, Occupational and Music Therapy. The various components work beautifully together so that the whole is even greater than the sum of its individually excellent parts.”

“…They work together to understand our children’s learning style and needs, they have no agenda other than helping the kids learn and grow. Everyone shows competence and care that goes beyond the school day to give families the support needed at home and with everyday issues or emergencies.”

Imagine Academy has been a gift to my son and my entire family. Having been one of the first students enrolled in the school when it opened 14 years ago, Philip has grown up with the love, devotion and respect from the entire Imagine staff. Year after year, the focus has always been on giving him so many opportunities to become the best person that he was meant to be. We will forever be grateful to this school.

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