Trinity Speech Language & Learning Center

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Our Mission statement
Every life is unique in the eyes of God, and should be nurtured accordingly. Children with communication and learning challenges possess strengths and weaknesses like other people, but often do not learn through traditional approaches. Interventionists must discover the most effective strategies for each individual and facilitate the opportunity whereby learning can occur.
The ability to communicate successfully is a miraculous and complex phenomenon. In a few short years, children must learn all the individual sounds of the language, assemble them in the right order to form words, and develop vocabulary to construct meaningful sentences.

As children progress into their school-age years, they are expected to utilize learned speech and language skills to acquire further knowledge. Many experts cite language skills as a critical element of cognitive development, and the sounds of our language exert a profound influence on reading skills.

In most cases, this process occurs with very few glitches. However, this is not always true. According to available statistics about 10 percent of all children have difficulty with some aspect of communication. When one considers the spoken language of an ordinary classroom, the impact becomes clear. Children who cannot comprehend spoken language easily or express themselves successfully are at a significant disadvantage.

Speech-language pathologists are specially trained to address various communication difficulties. Professionals are required to obtain a Master of Science degree, a Certificate of Clinical Competence, and state licensure. Practicing credentials must be maintained through annual continuing education credits to insure current best practice approaches.

The Trinity Speech, Language and Learning Center was created to meet the needs of children with experiencing communication and related learning difficulties. These difficulties may include any one or more of the following:

The center intends to address all these needs with the highest standard of treatment available on a one-to-one basis. Richard Reese M.S. CCC-SLP, the current clinician at Trinity, has worked with hundreds of children presenting the difficulties mentioned above for over ten years. Mr. Reese remains passionate about the work he feels called to pursue. He worked with the Alabama Reading Initiative for five years, and recently, undertook training in the Orton-Gillingham approach to further assist children with Dyslexia.

Families of children of any age are encouraged to contact the center for a thirty minute consolation at no charge. Heath insurance is accepted when applicable, and rates are applied with usual and customary standards. Family members are encouraged to watch all sessions through closed-circuit television.

The center is conveniently located on Main Street in Gardendale diagonally across the street from the Jefferson County Service Center. Testing and treatment sessions are by appointment only between 9am and 6pm. Sessions may vary in length from 30 to 60 minutes. Family members are regularly informed of results and progress through private reports, and all sessions are documented carefully.