Speech Therapy

Empowering Your Journey: Certified Experts, Advanced Equipment, and Personalized Care to Help You Achieve Every Goal.

Along with the client and family, we help identify personal and contextually relevant goals with the client. Our Speech Therapists facilitate growth of cognitive, communication, and swallowing skills required to achieve those goals. Areas of focus may include attention, memory, planning, organization, sequencing, voice, and communication strategies. Our approach is holistic, individualized, and team-based. We focus completely on the individual, and form a plan around their story, unique circumstances, and personal goals.

What makes our Speech Therapy different

We talk with the client, not to them

1:1 client therapist interaction during entire treatment time

Treatment plans are created around environments and needs with a focus on navigating their community

Collaborative with other disciplines to ensure crossover and effectiveness in supporting communication/cognitive needs

Approach on helping the client rediscover their self identity

Intensive Training & Certifications in:

Cognitive Rehabilitation

Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) LOUD

Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS)

"My experience working with April, the speech therapist at Life Beyond Barriers was incredible. She challenged me cognitively by having me work with distractions to make my brain work to increase neuro connections. We worked on my “working brain functions”. I feel much more confident to communicate in social settings with less word finding."

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"This has been a great place for my husband to get speech therapy which is needed due to aphasia and apraxia from a massive stroke. Michelle worked with our schedule and even added an extra day per week at our request."

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"We are beyond grateful for the LBB team! Our teenage daughter has been a patient since the fall of 2021 for PT, OT and Speech after a brain tumor diagnosis and subsequent treatment related challenges. The team is patient, kind and supportive."

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"LBBRG is an exceptional clinic that offers patients an exclusive, specialized treatment plan that sets them apart from other outpatient clinics. They offer PT, OT and Speech therapists. "

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Speech Therapy Specialties

Speech Therapy Services

Frequently Asked Questions

What does speech therapy do?

Speech therapy helps individuals improve their communication skills and ability to express themselves effectively. It addresses a range of challenges, including speech sound disorders, language delays, stuttering, voice issues, and difficulty with understanding or using language. Speech therapy can also assist with cognitive-communication skills, social communication, and feeding or swallowing difficulties in both children and adults.

What is the role of a speech therapist?

A speech therapist, or speech-language pathologist (SLP), evaluates, diagnoses, and treats communication and swallowing disorders. At Life Beyond Barriers, speech therapists work closely with clients to develop personalized treatment plans that support clearer speech, improved language understanding, and stronger communication skills. They also collaborate with families and other healthcare professionals to promote overall progress and independence.

Is speech therapy covered by insurance?

Availability

For information about speech therapy in Rockford, or the greater Grand Rapids area you can reach out to our outpatient center at:

Patients interested in speech therapy in Traverse City and Northern Michigan can contact our center at:

Rockford

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Traverse City

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Empowering Your Journey: Certified Experts, Advanced Equipment, and Personalized Care to Help You Achieve Every Goal.

What makes our Speech Therapy different

Intensive Training & Certifications in:

Speech Therapy Specialties

Speech Therapy Services

Frequently Asked Questions

Availability

Rockford

Traverse City

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