Does your child or loved one have difficulty communicating?
Do they express frustration when struggling to communicate?
Does your child have difficulties trying new foods?
Were you or a loved one diagnosed with a medical condition impacting speech or swallowing abilities?
WE CAN HELP!
At Lifespan Speech and Swallowing, we will provide the tools and resources needed to help your loved ones receive the assistance they require. Lifespan Speech and Swallowing Services is a private practice that serves both pediatric and adult clients. Offering both in person and telehealth therapy sessions.
Most major insurances accepted!
What We Can Help With
Feeding Therapy
For years, patients have depended on us to differentiate picky eaters from problem eaters. We offer feeding therapy, parent counseling, and other specialized options to anyone in need of a Speech Pathologist and feeding specialist they can trust. We are dedicated to building long-lasting relationships based on trust and medical integrity with every single patient.
Articulation Therapy
Speech sound disorders is an umbrella term referring to any difficulty or combination of difficulties with perception, motor production, or phonological representation of speech sounds and speech segments—including phonotactic rules governing permissible speech sound sequences in a language (ASHA, 2021).
Autism
Autism is a neurobehavioral disorder with four distinct autism diagnoses, all, enveloping a spectrum of symptoms and impairments that range in severity. Autism is characterized by difficulty in communicating and interacting with others, and obsessive or repetitive behavior.
Fluency Therapy
At Lifespan Speech, we offer personalized voice therapy sessions to anyone in need of a trained Speech Pathologist they can trust. Please contact us today to set up a free consultation to find out how we can help you achieve your most healthy and optimal voice.
Language Therapy
If your child has problems following directions or understanding questions, learning new words or saying sentences, your child may have a language disorder. Language includes speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. A language disorder can often be the source of academic struggles.
Rehabilitative Speech & Swallow Therapy
Lifespan Speech & Swallowing can address conditions that may have begun at birth or occurred later in life due stroke, disease, brain injury or other traumatic events. Click “learn more” to view more about our rehabilitative therapy options.
Occupational Therapy
Do you, your child, or loved one struggle with everyday tasks like bathing or dressing due to an illness, injury, or disability? Are there sensory issues like being comfortable with shirt tags? Is assistance needed for skills such as writing, using scissors or holding a ball? Let our occupational therapist help!
Meet the Owner
Steven Rossi,
Steven received his Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Adelphi University in 2007. Steven has been a clinical supervisor, working with pediatric clients for the past years. Steven has also served as a senior speech pathologist working with adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities (Autism, Cerebral Palsy) in an outpatient facility.
Steven is an active member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Steven is PROMPT trained and has experience in language development, PECS, and AAC therapy (Proloquo2go, Dynavox, Snap Core, Touch Chat) Sequential Oral Sensory feeding therapist, expressive and receptive language disorders, swallowing disorders, dysfluency (stuttering/cluttering), childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), auditory processing disorders, developmental/neurological disorders, and aphasia.
Practice Owner, M.S. CCC-SLP TSSLD
Ready to get started?
Step One
Reach Out!
We can be reached via phone, email, or click ‘Contact Us’ below.
Step Two
Evaluation - What are your or your loved ones needs?
*If your child has an IEP through school, please provide a copy at your evaluation or send to us prior to your evaluation appointment!*
Step Three
Schedule your treatment sessions! We will do our best to accommodate your scheduling needs. We do have therapists available for evening appointments.
