NYS Early Intervention Program | Tompkins County Health Department

The NYS Early Intervention Program and Tompkins County Health Department are here for you if you think your child needs speech therapy. Our comprehensive guide to speech therapy provides all the information you need to know about this important early intervention for autistic children. Speech therapy can help kids with social communication, such as responding to questions, starting or ending conversations, changing conversation topics, and understanding body language. During this critical period in language development, it is essential to teach language and communication skills as early as possible in order to help your child become an independent and confident person. If your child is quiet, says a few words, or doesn’t speak at all, you should consider speech therapy. Our guide to speech therapy will answer all of your questions and provide the resources you need to get started.

At the NYS Early Intervention Program | Tompkins County Health Department, our speech therapists are dedicated to helping your child effectively communicate and interact with those around them. Our team is committed to helping your child to develop nonverbal skills such as signs and gestures, form speech in a clearer way, communicate thoughts and feelings clearly, understand and respond to questions, discern facial expressions and their corresponding emotions, notice and understand body language, and address issues with feeding and swallowing, as well as stuttering. With our professional help, your child will gain the communication skills necessary to thrive in any environment.