South Carolina
Rite Care Centers
Charleston (843) 573-8545
Columbia (803) 776-5474
Greenville (864) 232-1673

Your child should be referred for speech/language therapy services if he or she exhibits any of the following:
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Not making eye contact and turn-taking with actions or vocalizations by six months of age, or not recognizing objects or pictures by 18 months
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Non-verbal or speaking only in single words at 2.5 years of age
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Unable to produce complete, complex sentences by age four
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Multiple errors in speech and is not understood by age three
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Inconsistent errors, unintelligible speech, extremely limited numbers of sounds
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Trouble recalling and using new information because of problems and language, attention and memory
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No friends because he or she is unable to interact with others at an age-appropriate level, such as following rules or conversation
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Voice does not sound right. For example, hoarse, raspy, breathy
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Stuttering
Referrals
