Speech-Language Therapeutic Services

Sierra Titone, M.S., CCC-SLP, Falcone Institute’s passionate speech-language pathologist, has a range of experiences in public and residential schools, outpatient hospital programs, and outpatient pediatric clinics. Her skilled, creative, and compassionate evaluative and therapeutic speech and language interventions build upon the skills a child (or adult!) already possesses and increase his/her/their level of confidence in communicating in a variety of settings.

Through individual treatment & group-treatment sessions, Sierra assesses and treats a variety of communication issues occurring in both adults & children, including:

  •   Expressive language deficits

    • Verbal communication

    • Written language expression

    • Augmentative/Alternative Communication

    • Deficits related to developmental and/or acquired expressive language disorders

  •  Receptive language deficits:

    • Auditory comprehension 

    • Reading comprehension

    • Abstract language conceptualization (i.e., figurative language)

    • Sequencing of content/stories

  •  Speech-sound deficits:

    • Articulation

    • Phonological processing deficits

    • Oral-motor impairments  

  • Social pragmatics:

    • Social awareness 

    • Body/Mind awareness

    • Nonverbal communication (e.g., facial expressions, tone of voice, body language, proximity to others, etc.)

    • Conversational turn-taking

    • Topic maintenance

    • Flexibility within social situations

    • Friendship dynamics

  •  Executive functioning

    • Planning

    • Organization

    • Memory - short-term, long-term, working memory

    • Understanding time concepts

    • Sequencing events