Therapy Services for Kids
Expert speech therapy, feeding therapy, myofunctional therapy, PROMPT therapy, and comprehensive evaluations for children.
these therapy services are right for your child if...
You're worried because...
Your child is difficult to understand.
Mealtimes have become stressful or frustrating.
You're noticing challenges that don't seem to be improving with time.
Your instincts tell you something isn't quite right.
You've noticed...
Speech sounds that are difficult to understand.
Selective eating or difficulty chewing certain foods.
Mouth breathing, tongue thrust, or an open-mouth posture.
Frustration when trying to communicate.
You're wondering...
Will my child outgrow this?
Is speech therapy the right next step?
Could oral function be contributing to these challenges?
Should we schedule an evaluation?
You're ready to...
Help your child communicate with confidence.
Make eating easier and less stressful.
Support healthy speech, feeding, and oral development.
Give your child the tools they need to thrive.
After a comprehensive evaluation, Dr. Jenn creates a treatment plan based on your child's unique strengths, challenges, and goals. Depending on what she finds, therapy may include one or more of the following approaches.
How Dr. Jenn Can HelpEXPLORE THERAPY OPTIONS
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Speech Therapy
Every child deserves to feel confident communicating with the people around them. Dr. Jenn provides individualized speech therapy using evidence-based, motor-based approaches to help children improve speech clarity, motor speech skills, language, and overall communication.
Common concerns:
Speech delays
Articulation disorders
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
Dysarthria
Motor speech disorders
Difficulty being understood
Language delays
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Feeding Therapy
Feeding challenges can affect nutrition, confidence, and family life. Dr. Jenn helps children build the oral motor skills, confidence, and flexibility needed for safer, more enjoyable mealtimes while working closely with families every step of the way.
Common concerns:
Selective eating
Food aversions
Difficulty chewing
Gagging during meals
Difficulty transitioning to new foods
Limited food variety
Transitioning from tube feeding to oral feeding
Mealtime anxiety
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Myofunctional Therapy
Healthy breathing, tongue posture, and swallowing patterns continue to play an important role throughout childhood. Myofunctional therapy helps improve oral muscle function and address habits that may impact speech, breathing, sleep, facial growth, and long-term oral health.
Common concerns:
Mouth breathing
Tongue thrust
Low tongue posture
Open-mouth resting posture
Incorrect swallowing patterns
Sleep-disordered breathing concerns
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Comprehensive Evaluations
Families often seek out Dr. Jenn when they're still searching for answers. Whether you're looking for a second opinion or starting therapy for the first time, a comprehensive evaluation identifies the underlying causes of your child's challenges and guides the most effective path forward.
An evaluation may be helpful if your child has:Difficulty being understood by others
Little or no progress despite previous therapy
Been told they may have childhood apraxia of speech or another motor speech disorder
Ongoing feeding or swallowing challenges
Mouth breathing, tongue thrust, or other oral function concerns
Complex speech, feeding, or developmental struggles
ADVANCED THERAPY APPROACHES
Beyond traditional speech therapy, Dr. Jenn incorporates innovative, evidence-based treatment approaches that aren't commonly available in most private practices. She is one of the few SLPs in the United States to utilize ultrasound visual biofeedback for oral function, swallowing, and speech. Depending on the needs of the client, these specialized techniques can help support more effective, individualized therapy.
PROMPT Therapy
Hands-on support for motor speech development.
As a PROMPT Certified Instructor, Dr. Jenn incorporates PROMPT and other advanced motor speech approaches, including Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) when appropriate, to help children develop accurate speech movements, improve motor planning, and communicate with greater clarity and confidence.
Ultrasound Visual Biofeedback
Helping children see how speech works.
Ultrasound visual biofeedback uses real-time imaging to show how the tongue moves during speech. This innovative technology can be especially helpful for children with persistent speech sound disorders or childhood apraxia of speech by making complex tongue movements visible during therapy.
Dr. Jenn is among a small group of speech-language pathologists with advanced training in this specialized technique, offering a level of treatment precision not widely available in traditional speech therapy settings.
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Your Questions, Answered
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If you're concerned about your child's speech, feeding, or oral development, it's worth scheduling an evaluation. While every child develops at their own pace, ongoing difficulty being understood, frustration communicating, picky eating, or oral function challenges may indicate that additional support could help. An evaluation can provide answers, reassurance, and a clear plan for next steps.
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Many families come to Dr. Jenn after trying therapy elsewhere without seeing the progress they hoped for. Rather than simply continuing the same approach, she begins by identifying the why behind your child's challenges through a comprehensive evaluation. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience treating complex speech, feeding, and oral function disorders, she develops an individualized treatment plan designed specifically for your child.
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Every evaluation is tailored to your child's unique needs. Dr. Jenn begins by listening to your concerns, reviewing your child's history, and observing their speech, feeding, oral motor skills, and overall communication. She'll explain what she's seeing, answer your questions, and provide personalized recommendations for therapy, additional referrals if needed, and the next steps that make the most sense for your family.
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PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) is a specialized, evidence-based approach to treating speech disorders that uses tactile cues to help children develop more accurate and coordinated speech movements. As a PROMPT Certified Instructor, Dr. Jenn has advanced training in this approach and uses it when it's the most appropriate fit for your child's needs.
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It depends on the underlying cause. Mouth breathing, tongue thrust, and other oral function challenges often involve multiple factors, which is why a comprehensive evaluation is an important first step. Dr. Jenn can help determine whether myofunctional therapy is appropriate and works closely with orthodontists, ENTs, dentists, and other specialists when collaborative care is needed.
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Every child is different. Some children meet their goals in just a few months, while others benefit from longer-term support. The length of therapy depends on your child's diagnosis, goals, consistency of practice, and response to treatment. During your evaluation, Dr. Jenn will discuss what she recommends and what you can realistically expect moving forward.
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Dr. Jenn specializes in motor speech disorders, speech sound disorders, oral function, myofunctional therapy, feeding, and swallowing concerns. If these are your child's primary challenges, you're in the right place.
Some children have needs that are better served by another speech-language pathologist with a different area of expertise. This may include:
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) evaluation and long-term device implementation
Receptive and expressive language disorders
Social communication and pragmatic language
Play-based language development
Executive functioning and higher-level language skills
Comprehensive language testing and assessment
Academic language and literacy concerns
Home-based speech therapy services
Dr. Jenn believes children achieve the best outcomes when they're matched with the clinician whose expertise best fits their needs. If she feels another provider would better support your child, she'll gladly offer recommendations and referrals whenever possible.
Families are Talking!“I can't believe the progress.”
“We drive 45 minutes because she's worth it.”
“She understood my child immediately.”
“My child actually looks forward to therapy.”
“She's been a true lifesaver for my son.”
“She always knew exactly what to work on next.”
“He found his voice.”
“She taught our whole family.”
“She always found the next goal.”
“She challenged him in all the right ways.”
“She was always there to answer our questions.”
“I can't imagine where we'd be without her.”
Ready to get started?
Schedule an evaluation with Dr. Jenn. Appointments are available in person in Northern New Jersey and virtually throughout New York and New Jersey.
