Serving speech and language therapy to the pediatric population in the Triangle.

We’re here to help find your child’s voice through skilled interventions, collaboration and determination. We are dedicated to our craft and have over 10 years of experience successfully serving this community.

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About the Owners

Danielle Marino

Danielle Marino is licensed to practice in North Carolina issued by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and is a certified member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Additionally, Danielle is a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist.

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About the Owners

Lanae Johnson

Lanae is licensed to practice in North Carolina and is a certified member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Additionally, Lanae is LAMP trained, PROMPT Level 1 trained, and Beckman Oral Motor trained. and taught as an adjunct clinical professor at North Carolina Central University. Lanae is also a clinical supervisor of graduate students and new graduates from North Carolina Central University (NCCU) .

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Speech and Language Milestones

 

Birth to Two Years

  • Begins babbling

  • Produces /p, m, h, n, w, b/

  • Intelligibility (25-50%)

  • Use of pronouns

  • Two-three word utterances

  • Uses language for a variety of pragmatic needs

  • Understands and uses basic spatial concepts

  • Expressive vocabulary (200-300 words)

  • Answers and asks simple “wh-” questions

  • Follows one-two step commands

Two to Four Years

  • Produces /k, g, d ,t, ng, f, y, r, l, s/

  • Produces final consonants and multisyllabic words

  • Intelligibility (50-75%)

  • Subjective and objective pronouns

  • Use of plurals, past tense, and present progressive form

  • Increases use of “wh-” questions

  • Follows two-three step commands

  • Expresses ideas and feelings

  • Uses and understands adjectives and descriptive words

  • Expressive vocabulary (~1,600 words)

Four to Six Years

  • Produces /ch, sh, z, j, v, th/

  • Intelligibility (75-100%)

  • Produces grammatically correct sentences

  • Understands and describes object functions

  • Demonstrates topic maintenance

  • Identifies letter-sound correspondence

  • Understands and uses time concepts

  • Expressive vocabulary (1,600-7,000 words)

  • Attends to short stories and responds to comprehension questions