What We Do

Wala'au Therapy, LLC offers skilled, professional speech/language, and swallowing/feeding assessment and intervention services to the diverse community on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

Assessment

Formal and informal evaluation and assessment of speech/language, and swallowing/feeding disorders

Our assessment process includes:

Step 1: Complete a new client intake form

Step 2: Therapist will review related medical and/or therapy history

Step 3: Therapist will conduct an evaluation using a standardized assessment (published tests)

or non-standardized assessment (play-based, parent/caregiver report, observation)

Step 4: Therapist will review written evaluation report with parents/caregiver

Step 5: Therapist will discuss recommendations, treatment approach, therapy plan, and goals

Step 6: If speech/language or feeding/swallowing services are deemed appropriate, intervention will begin

Intervention

Early Intervention

Ages 0-3 years of age with speech and language delays that are affecting expressive and/or receptive language skills

Speech sound disorders

+ Articulation

+ Frontal and lateral lisps

+ Fluency (Stuttering)

+ Phonological Processes

+ Tongue tie

+ Voice (vocal fold dysfunction)

Autism

+ Certified Autism Specialist

+ Social Pragmatics

+ Expressive language

+ Auditory processing

+ Non-verbal skills/perspective-taking

+ Sensory awareness/emotional regulation

+ Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC)

Rehabilitation

+ Post-stroke communication difficulties

- Aphasia

- Dysarthria

+Traumatic/Acquired Brain Injury

+ Dementia

+Parkinson's Disease

Feeding and swallowing

+ SOS trained

+ Feeding difficulties/food aversions

+ Picky eaters/Failure To Thrive (FTT)

+ Difficulty in swallowing liquids and/or food

Language-based disorders

+ Expressive language disorders

+ Receptive Language disorders

+ Language-based learning disability (Dyslexia)

+ Phonological Awareness

Now Offering Equine-based Therapy!

Also known as Hippotherapy

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Where services are provided

Virtual

Using a HIPAA-compliant online platform

At the clinic

You come to our clinic

At your home

We come to your home

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