EVALUATIONS & THERAPY

Myna Therapy Services offers communication evaluations, speech therapy, and parent coaching services for children of all ages throughout West Fargo, Fargo, Dilworth, and Moorhead. We take a holistic approach by supporting your child's development and overall wellness!

EVALUATIONS

At Myna Therapy Services, we take time to learn about your child's interests, observe their current skills, and look deeper into any areas of concern you may have.

We will complete a formal evaluation to determine how your child's communication and feeding skills compare to children of the same chronological age - allowing us to confirm and document your child's strengths and challenges. We may also observe your child while they play, eat, and/or interact with others.

Once the evaluation is complete, you will receive a written report and a treatment plan that includes therapy goals. This report includes our professional recommendations, referrals (if needed), and other resources that may be useful for your family.

THERAPY APPROACH

Our sessions are tailored to your child's unique interests, strengths, and needs to make therapy engaging and effective! Sessions may include:

Arts & crafts
Storybook reading
Climbing, jumping, & movement activities
Pretend play scenarios & toys
Scavenger hunts
Food exploration
Hands-on activities

You are always encouraged to be an active participant in your child's speech or feeding therapy sessions! Children meet their goals more quickly when parents and caregivers observe, learn new strategies, and ask/answer questions throughout the process.

SPEECH

Is your child hard to understand? Our speech therapy sessions combine repetitive sound practice with engaging activities to help your child:

Use all age-appropriate speech sounds
Speak more clearly
Improve self-confidence and reduce frustration
Develop phonological skills to hear/ manipulate sounds for speaking, reading, and spelling

LANGUAGE

We support your child's language development through activities that involve talking and playing! Using pictures, books, toys, and engaging experiences, we will help your child:

Gain new vocabulary and comprehend new words
Understand what they are told
Communicate with less frustration
Improve reading, spelling, and academic language skills

Child with swallowing difficulty participating in feeding therapy

FEEDING & SWALLOWING

We understand how stressful it can be when your child only eats a limited number of foods... not to mention how tiring it is to make more than one meal at each mealtime. We will support your family during your normal daily routines by equipping you with strategies and proven techniques to help your child:

Explore new foods in a playful environment
Expand their food inventory to include a greater variety of foods and brands
Reduce gagging, vomiting, coughing, and spitting out food during meals
Tolerate a variety of food textures and smells
Enjoy mealtime experiences

SOCIAL SKILLS

If your child struggles to socially communicate, often feels left out, or has trouble making and keeping friends, we can help! We use videos, social scenes, and games to help your child:

Build social confidence
Practice conversational skills
Self-advocate when needed
Navigate and solve social problems or conflicts
Understand social nuances and hidden meanings

Children working on social skills and cognitive sklls during speech therapy

COGNITIVE SKILLS

Cognitive-communication skills are essential for social and academic success. Our therapy sessions are designed to support a variety of cognitive skills necessary for speech and language development and independence, including:

Attention and memory
Listening skills
Comprehension of spoken and written information
Problem-solving skills

We are accepting new clients!

Myna Therapy Services serves children and families throughout North Dakota and Minnesota! We provide in-person services in West Fargo, Fargo, Dilworth, and Moorhead, and online services to residents anywhere in ND and MN.