Speech and Language Therapy
Specialized programs to develop communication skills.

Speech and Language Therapy
Speech and language difficulties are common challenges among children, but understanding them and providing the right support can make a significant difference in their lives.
At Mawaheba Rehabilitation Center, we focus on providing specialized and simplified solutions to help your child overcome these difficulties.
1. Language Delay:
  It refers to when the number of words a child uses, or the way they forms sentences, is below the expected level for their age.
  The cause may be related to language comprehension or the ability to express it.
  Available Solutions:
  Our specialized team provides speech and language therapy sessions tailored to each child.
2. Stuttering:
  It is the repetition of sounds or words, prolonging certain letters, or sudden pauses during speech.
  Available Solutions:
  Stuttering is treated by helping the child control the rhythm of their speech.

**Articulation Disorders (Speech Sound Issues):
They involve difficulty pronouncing certain sounds or letters correctly, making the child’s speech unclear to others. For example, substituting one sound for another or omitting it from a word.
Available Solutions:
We provide individualized rehabilitation programs to improve articulation. Through fun exercises and therapeutic activities, we help the child learn how to correctly produce sounds within words and sentences, leading to clearer and more understandable speech.**
Language Expression Difficulties:
This issue occurs when a child struggles to express their thoughts, feelings, or needs using words or sentences—even if they can understand what is being said to them.
Available Solutions:
At Mawaheba Center, we enhance expressive language skills through interactive activities designed to build vocabulary, teach proper grammar usage, and encourage the child to actively participate in conversations.

Speech and Language Tests Include:
- Apple Tool:
  A test used to evaluate language skills in children from birth up to five years old.
  It covers both receptive and expressive language abilities.
  Additionally, it includes a picture description test, auditory comprehension test, question forms assessment, narrative skills test, and articulation test.
- Real Scale:
  Used to assess receptive and expressive skills in children aged 5 to 13 years. The scale includes thirteen subtests that cover a wide range of language abilities.
- Verbal Praxis Rit:
  Used for cases of verbal dyspraxia when providing language rehabilitation for individuals who have dysfunction or weakness in speech muscle coordination.
  It also includes training for correct articulation in various speech errors and for individuals with phonological disorders.
- A to Z (Hearing Intervention Program):
  An auditory rehabilitation program focused on auditory training and hearing rehabilitation for children with hearing loss and cochlear implants.

Psychological Tests Include:
- ADHD-T (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Test): Used to diagnose children with attention deficit and hyperactivity. It consists of three subtests: Hyperactivity, Impulsivity, and Inattention. The test provides clear results with high reliability and validity.
- Learning Disability Diagnostic Remedial System: Used to diagnose academic and developmental learning disorders in children.
- Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale: Used to assess behavior and identify strengths and weaknesses in adaptive functioning. It also helps determine the child's performance level and developmental age compared to their chronological age.
- Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Used to measure IQ and cognitive abilities for children starting from age two. It provides an overall IQ score as well as verbal and performance scores.
- Psycho-Educational Profile – Revised (PEP-R): Provides a developmental framework for evaluating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or those with developmental delays in cognitive abilities. The obtained scores are used to design individualized educational plans and highlight a wide range of functional behavioral challenges across four behavioral areas.
- The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS): Used to diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder in children aged two years and above. It helps determine the severity and degree of autism and how it affects the child.

Sensory Disorders and Occupational Therapy Tests:
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD): Used to assess sensory processing disorders that affect a child’s ability to process and organize sensory information from their surrounding environment.
Visual–Motor Coordination Assessment:

Visual-Motor Integration Test (5th Edition): This test is used to assess the coordination between visual perception and motor movements in children, helping in the diagnosis of motor coordination difficulties and visual–motor interaction issues.

Don’t wait! Early intervention is the key. Book a speech therapy assessment now.

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