Speech Therapy

Some kids have trouble saying certain sounds or words. If your child lisps or stutters as a young child, you may consider it cute, but if your teen’s still stuttering, it likely is not endearing.

Lisping and stuttering are two common types of speech problems. There are many others that can affect your child’s development and ability to speak clearly.

At the Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine program at RMHC at P/SL, our speech therapists work with your child on a variety of speech therapy activities designed to help him articulate more clearly.

Children Speech Therapy

Articulation and phonological disorders including difficulty understanding, following directions and/or speaking
Cognitive skills such as problem solving and reasoning
Delayed or minimal talking compared to other children
Feeding, swallowing and oral-motor skills
Play and social skills
Receptive and/or expressive language disorders including difficulty understanding, following directions and/or speaking
Stuttering therapy

Meet Our Speech Therapists

Robin Gonzalez MA, CCC-SLP

Robin is a developmental therapist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit who specializes in infant and pediatric swallowing. She graduated from Metro with her bachelor’s degree in social work, and from the University of Denver with her master’s degree in speech pathology. She is currently working toward an advanced degree in health administration (MHA). Robin is certified in pediatric and infant neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT), neonatal oral-motor assessment scale (NOMAS), newborn individualized developmental care and assessment program (NIDCAP), and national association of neonatal nurses (NANN) advanced competency in developmental care. In addition, she is a lactation counselor, and has contributed to numerous publications on infant feeding. She enjoys yoga.

Traci Shortridge, MS, CCC-SLP

Traci received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish and business administration from Furman University in South Carolina and earned her master’s degree in speech-language pathology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a pediatric speech therapist, she specializes in developmental speech-language delay and articulation/phonological disorders. After spending most of her life in the southeast, Traci moved back to Denver in the summer of 2009. She enjoys swimming, ice skating, snowshoeing, and is learning how to downhill ski.