Therapy Services
Feeling stuck with your child’s current therapy routine or interested in starting therapy for the first time?
Alissa provides both specialized therapy services and traditional therapy services to meet the needs of all families.
A session with Alissa can provide provide a renewed perspective on your child’s current progress or insight into your child’s development for the first time. Even a one-time session can jumpstart your enthusiasm to help your child grow!
Specialized Therapy Services
Alissa’s specialized speech therapy services and prices are uniquely structured to accommodate families’ needs (get knowledgeable answers and a plan in place,) without emphasizing the need for traditional weekly ST services. It is Alissa’s personal goal to help families get as much information as possible, when they need it, without having to navigate long wait lists or adjust personal routines to make weekly sessions fit. Therefore, the prices of her evaluations reflect the extended time spent and value of the information provided before, during, and after assessment. The prices cannot be compared to traditional therapy evaluations because they are not the same. Please contact us for prices.
Many clients have used these sessions to support their current treatment plan when they are feeling stuck and needing new ideas on their current treatment plan.
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Speech and Language Consultation
Similar to a traditional 1:1 in-person evaluation to assess your child’s current developmental strengths and goals, but unlike typical therapy clinics, Alissa will complete full assessment (including oral motor examination) and create/ train parents on individual plan with strategies.
The day of the consultation, you will receive a home exercise plan (with needed materials) and the full evaluation within a week of assessment.
Areas of expertise include a variety of medical complexities, visual impairments, hearing loss or deafness, cognition (attention, problem solving, etc.), speech/language skills (articulation, fluency, voice, apraxia, pragmatics), early literacy/reading skills, and behaviors.
Telehealth option also available.
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Feeding Consultation
1:1 in-person feeding consultation to assess child’s oral motor skills, acceptance of a variety of textures, calorie and dietary needs, and overall food inventory. Oral aversions are also assessed.
The day of the consultation, you will receive treatment, training, and a home exercise plan. The full written report is provided within a week of consultation.
This evaluation price includes one 30-minute Telehealth follow-up (2 weeks after evaluation) to answer follow-up questions and discuss how the recommended strategies are going at home.
Areas of expertise include a variety medical complexities that impact nutrition; including extensive knowledge of G-tube feedings, oral placement therapy, and transitioning from non-oral to oral feedings.
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Phone or Telehealth Consultation with Standardized Skills Checklist
A thorough review of all communication skills (expressive/receptive language, etc.) using a standardized assessment. This option clarifies whether or not your child has areas of communication delay and if they would qualify for speech therapy services.
This is a unique option to get your answers from the ease from home.
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Email Answers (with Phone Consultation)
Accessing therapy for your child should not be a difficult process, but unfortunately it is. This is an opportunity for you to ask 3 straightforward questions about development (general concerns, feeding, speech/language, stuttering, reading, alternative and augmentative communication, medical complexities, ANYTHING) and get straightforward answers from an expert. Once you receive your answers, a 15-minute phone consultation is provided to clarify information and help direct you to resources in our community.
No appointment needed, simply email your questions.
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Free Purposeful Play Resources
After Tripp was born, Alissa quickly realized how difficult it is for families to access easy-to-use, accurate information about development. So she (& Tripp’s early intervention therapists) coined the term Purposeful Play Everyday. They wanted to share therapy strategies through play using routine daily items. This dream has taken awhile to come to fruition, but Alissa’s hoping this blog & IG (@purposefulplayeveryday) will help families everywhere!
Traditional Therapy Services
Alissa’s traditional therapy services are for families who are interested in traditional ongoing services. Currently we are accepting Anthem and Cigna insurance and private pay. Please contact us for prices.
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Speech and Language Evaluation
A thorough review of all communication skills (expressive/receptive language, etc.) using a standardized assessment.
This in-person option clarifies whether or not your child has areas of communication delay and if they would qualify for speech therapy services.
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Feeding Evaluation
A thorough assessment of child’s oral motor skills, acceptance of a variety of textures, calorie and dietary needs, and overall food inventory. Oral aversions are also assessed.
This in-person option clarifies whether or not your child has areas of need in regards to feeding, and if they would qualify for feeding services.
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Ongoing Therapy Services
Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly in-person sessions are available with Alissa in Carmel and Indianapolis. Teletherapy is an option as needed for families that are out of town or too far to meet weekly.
Alissa wants families to get what they need when they need it, so if you need a closer SLP for ongoing services, we will find one for you!
Speech and language sessions are typically 45 minutes weekly; feeding and speech and language sessions are 1 hour. If your child just has articulation goals, sessions can be 30 minutes.
Speech and language evaluation or feeding evaluation is required to begin ongoing therapy services.