Capable

 CapPhonetic

"To have the skills and qualifications to do things well."



Speech Therapists:

  • Randi Smith, Owner


  • Whitney Allen


  • Charlotte Berner


  • Lorna Burns


  • Kristy Connor


  • Corey Harris


  • Carrie Topham


  • Lee Walker

    • Speech Therapy

    Speech-language pathologists, who hold a NC License and are certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, provide speech-language evaluations and therapy. Services are provided in homes, daycares, preschools and other community settings for children up to age 21 with a variety of needs such as apraxia, cerebral palsy, cleft palate, developmental delays, feeding difficulties, genetic syndromes, hearing impairment, language disorders, oral-motor weakness, and speech production disorders. Parental involvement in the carry-over of therapy techniques and strategies at home is encouraged.

    When should a child be referred for Speech Therapy?
  • Little sound play or babbling as an infant, with limited number of consonant sounds
  • Poor verbal imitation skills; reliance on direct model and prompting
  • Less than a 50 word vocabulary by 24 months
  • Immature play skills; little pretend play
  • Few communicative gestures
  • Impaired social skills or behavior problems
  • Frustration at not being able to communicate
  • Comprehension delay of six months or greater relative to chronologic age
  • Speech is difficult to understand past age 3
  • History of otitis media
  • History of being a “picky eater” to the point that adequate nutrition is affected