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Did you know? Institute for Child Development Institute for Speech and language delays are Binghamton University Child Development the most common developmental Phone: 607-777-2829 • Fax: 607-777-6981 delay in early childhood. http://icd.binghamton.edu To Serve • To Educate • To Understand The Institute for Child Development is nationally and At the Institute for Child internationally known as providing state of the art services. We utilize evidence-based services that focus Development, we are experienced upon the constantly evolving base of applied and basic research in child development. The Institute works with and welcoming of children with numerous state, national, and international service, speech and language delays, who educational, and government agencies. receive EI services. Raymond G. Romanczyk, Ph.D., BCBA-D – Executive Director SUNY Distinguished Service Professor We understand that many children Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry - SUNY Upstate Medical University experience communication Licensed Clinical Psychologist – NY delays early in life, and we are Jennifer M. Gillis, Ph.D., BCBA-D – Associate Director Associate Professor – Clinical Psychology prepared to support you and your Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry - SUNY Upstate Medical University child in his or her growth and Licensed Clinical Psychologist – NY development.

Institute for Child Development Speech Services Program Institute for Child Development Institute for Child Building your child’s speech Speech Services Program Development Speech and language skills: Services Program offers:

Programs for children • Improves your family’s communication with • Individual speech therapy sessions up to 3 years old each other • Group speech therapy sessions • Improves your child’s enjoyment in daily activities • Enhanced developmental social communication groups We help children who may have speech or language delays or • Helps your child develop peer relationships Professional staff and experts disorders in the areas of: • Fosters learning about the world in speech development: • Articulation (speech sound production) Our NYS licensed Speech-Language At ICD, we recognize that each child is unique • Fluency (flow and rhythm of speech) Pathologists, all of whom hold the Certificate of so we work collaboratively with all of our Clinical Competence awarded by the American families to ensure that the services we provide • Language comprehension Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), are individualized and appropriate for the are skilled in thoroughly evaluating and treating • Expressive language child’s family culture. your child’s speech and language needs. Our Speech-Language Pathologists are experts in • Pragmatics (social use of language) We rely on evidence-based intervention speech development in early childhood, strategies so that your child receives state evidence-based speech therapy practices, and • Voice of the art treatment in a child and family- augmentative and alternative communication, friendly, supportive environment. including assistive technology. Speech- Language Pathologists at ICD frequently participate in advance training and education to further their expertise and present at professional conferences. There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million. Please contact us for more -Walt Streightiff information at 607-777-2829

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