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1100 Our Ladys Wy Suite 226 Ashland KY 41101
Family-Focused Speech Therapy Services
Serving the KY-OH-WV Tristate Area
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(740) 200-0742
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1100 Our Ladys Way Suite 226 Ashland KY 41101
Welcome!
Interactive Therapy Services, PLLC. is a local company owned and operated by Jen Vice M.S. CCC-SLP and Melanie Asbury M.S. CCC-SLP. We strive to provide clients with excellent family and client centered therapy practices. Every client is unique and deserves a unique therapy service based around their own needs. Our goal is to provide each client with the skills needed to interact with the world to their fullest ability.
We offer clinic-based, community, or home-based therapy services. Clients will receive opportunities to practice their new found skills within their natural environments while being fully supported by our therapists.
Evaluations
We offer comprehensive evaluations which incorporate all aspects of communication and clearly communicate results to family.
Therapy
Our sessions are client and family focused. We development individualized therapy plans for each client and give families the confidence to continue therapy strategies outside of the session.
Our Services
Phonological Disorders
The term phonological disorders refers to a child’s difficulty understanding the sound system and speech rules of our language that other children seem to acquire naturally.
These disorders are broader in scope and more complex than simple articulation deficits. A child with phonological disorders may mispronounce a sound in certain words, yet pronounce it clearly in others.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an area of clinical practice that addresses the needs of individuals with significant and complex communication disorders characterized by impairments in speech-language production and/or comprehension, including spoken and written modes of communication.
AAC uses a variety of techniques and tools, including picture communication boards, line drawings, speech-generating devices (SGDs), tangible objects, manual signs, gestures, and finger spelling, to help the individual express thoughts, wants and needs, feelings, and ideas.
Language Disorders
A language disorder is an impairment that makes it hard for someone to find the right words and form clear sentences when speaking. It can also make it difficult to understand what another person says. A child may have difficulty understanding what others say, may struggle to put thoughts into words, or both.
Literacy Skills
Literacy skills are all the skills needed for reading and writing. They include such things as awareness of the sounds of language, awareness of print, and the relationship between letters and sounds. Other literacy skills include vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension.
Social Communication
Social communication is the use of language in social contexts. It encompasses social interaction, social cognition, pragmatics, and language processing.
Social communication skills include the ability to vary speech style, take the perspective of others, understand and appropriately use the rules for verbal and nonverbal communication, and use the structural aspects of language (e.g., vocabulary, syntax, and phonology) to accomplish these goals.
Ohio Help Me Grow
We offer services through Ohio's Help Me Grow program. You can find more information on Ohio's Help Me Grow Program Here.
Beckman Oral Motor
Interactive Therapy Services, PLLC. offers Beckman Oral Motor techniques for their clients from certified and trained providers. To learn more about Beckman Oral Motor and who may benefit from this type of therapy, click here.
Speech Sound Disorder
Speech sound disorders is an umbrella term referring to any combination of difficulties with perception, motor production, and/or the phonological representation of speech sounds and speech segments (including phonotactic rules that govern syllable shape, structure, and stress, as well as prosody) that impact speech intelligibility.
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is an uncommon speech disorder in which a child has difficulty making accurate movements when speaking.
In CAS, the brain struggles to develop plans for speech movement. With this disorder, the speech muscles aren't weak, but they don't perform normally because the brain has difficulty directing or coordinating the movements.
To speak correctly, your child's brain has to learn how to make plans that tell his or her speech muscles how to move the lips, jaw and tongue in ways that result in accurate sounds and words spoken with normal speed and rhythm.
Feeding and Swallowing
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are the primary providers for swallowing and feeding services. All children must learn to eat through a variety of steps. Most children learn these steps naturally, however some require additional help due to a number of causes.
Fluency
Fluency is the aspect of speech production that refers to continuity, smoothness, rate, and effort. Stuttering, the most common fluency disorder, is an interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by repetitions (sounds, syllables, words, phrases), sound prolongations, blocks, interjections, and revisions, which may affect the rate and rhythm of speech. These disfluencies may be accompanied by physical tension, negative reactions, secondary behaviors, and avoidance of sounds, words, or speaking situations.
KY First Steps
We offer services through Kentucky's First Steps program. You can find more information on Kentucky's First Steps Program under the drop down on our Services page.
Teletherapy
Outside our face-to-face service range? We offer teletherapy services for clients throughout the states of Kentucky and Ohio. Teletherapy allows you to have access to speech therapy anywhere! Contact us to find out more about our services.
PROMPT
We offer PROMPT therapy techniques from our trained providers. To learn more about PROMPT and who may benefit from this type of therapy click here.
Our Programs
Our state and community programs offer leading therapy options across the region.
Kentucky First Steps
Kentucky First Steps is a state-run program that provides supports and services for families with children birth to three who have developmental delays or disabilities. Research shows that the first three years of a child's life are the most important time for developing and learning. By providing needed services and supports during this time, families will be able to help their children with special needs develop to their full potential, and may decrease the need for additional help later in life.
For more information on the Program to go Kentucky First Steps Website.
As providers under Kentucky's First Steps program, we provide services to children ages birth to 3 years old at little to no cost to the families. We are able to work hand in hand with families to aid them in encouraging speech and language development in their children.
If you would like our services through the First Steps program you can contact your counties Point of Entry office here. Parents are able to refer their own children but another option would be making an appointment with your child's pediatrician.
After the referral process a screening and evaluation will take place. Should your child qualify for services, you will be able to pick your preferred Speech-Language Pathology provider. Feel free to request our company Interactive Therapy Services, PLLC. or by name Jen Vice or Melanie Asbury.
Ohio's Help Me Grow
Help Me Grow is Ohio’s evidenced-based parent support program that encourages early prenatal and well-baby care, as well as parenting education to promote the comprehensive health and development of children. Help Me Grow System includes Central Intake, Help Me Grow Home Visiting and Help me Grow Early Intervention.
Making a referral to Help Me Grow is the first and easy step for parents who have questions or concerns about their infant or child. One referral to Help Me Grow opens the door to many programs that support families including Early Intervention, Home Visiting, Moms and Babies First.
If you are not the child’s parent, you may still make a referral. Help Me Grow will first contact the child’s parent before proceeding. Click Here to complete the referral form.
Early Intervention (EI) is a statewide system that provides coordinated early intervention services to parents of eligible children under the age of three with developmental delays or disabilities. EI is grounded in the philosophy that young children learn best from familiar people in familiar settings. Every family served in EI will have a local EI team that consists of a service coordinator, service providers, and your family. Your team works with you in your home or other places you and your family spend time to develop a coordinated plan called an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). You and your team will work through your IFSP plan to use your existing supports and resources—and build upon them—to learn to enhance your child’s learning and development. For more information, please click here.
To get more information about Early Intervention (EI) in your county, contact your contract manager or Family and Children First Council coordinator by clicking here.
Beckman Oral Motor
The Beckman Oral Motor Protocol is an intervention that utilizes assisted movement and stretch reflexes to activate muscle contraction, build strength and improve range of motion in the lips, jaw, tongue and soft palate. It assesses the response to pressure, movement, range, and strength, and variety and control of movement.
It is very beneficial for children that can not follow verbal commands due to motor planning and/or a cognitive deficit. This can also be used with infants as a highly effective tool for improving oral motor skills to support feeding and speech development.
Beckman Oral Motor Intervention can be used to facilitate both speech production and feeding skills including breast and bottle feeding. Additionally, this technique can help with tooth grinding, drooling and hyper/hyposensitivity. Techniques that are used are presented in a playful, gentle manner, so that all children feel respected. Emphasis is placed on providing parent training so that the techniques can be carried over into the home for maximum benefit.
To learn more about Beckman Oral Motor and who may benefit from this intervention, click here.
PROMPT
PROMPT Therapy is a unique philosophy and approach to assessment and treatment of speech delays or disorders. We understand that being a caregiver for someone with a speech disorder can at times be difficult and frustrating. It is often difficult to know whom to contact and which evaluation results really reflect the challenges your family member is facing.
PROMPT is most known for being a tactile-kinesthetic (touch and feel) approach where an SLP places his/her hands on the client’s face to guide his/her jaw, lips, and tongue to move correctly to form words.
Continue reading about PROMPT on their website.
If you want to know if PROMPT could help your child contact us and we would be happy to help you.
Melanie Asbury M.S. CCC-SLP
Melanie believes therapy should incorporate the whole family. She utilizes family coaching strategies within each therapy session. She is committed to helping your loved ones successfully communicate in all environments.
Melanie is PROMPT trained and Beckman Oral Motor Certified. She strives to give each client a personalized experience and unique ways to fully interact with the community around them.
She received her Masters of Science in Communication Disorders from Marshall University. Melanie has a well-rounded background working with infants, toddlers, children, and young adults with various communication needs. She is committed to helping your child successfully communicate in all environments.
Melanie is fully licensed with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and holds Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio state licensures.
Jen Vice M.S. CCC-SLP
Jen is committed to providing families with the skills and strategies needed to connect and communicate with their loved ones. She coaches families throughout the therapy process in order to give them the confidence to assist their loved ones communication journey between sessions.
Jen is PROMPT trained and Beckman Oral Motor Certified. She has extensive experience working with clients that have limited verbal abilities. She helps families and clients communicate and connect through multiple avenues such as verbal speech and augmentative and alternative communication.
Jen graduated from Marshall University in 2016 with her Masters of Science in Communication Disorders. She has experience working with a variety of clients with a wide range of communication needs. Jen has a background in the school system, private practice, and early intervention settings. She strives to empower each client and help them connect with the world around them through successful communication.
She is nationally certified through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and holds state licensure in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
Contact Us
Ashland, KY
phone: (740) 200-0742
Text: (740) 200-0742
Fax: (740) 237-4035
