SHORS Rehabilitation Services

Fort Lauderdale

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About

Danielle Giarratano is the owner and founder of SHORS Rehabilitation Services. She is a speech and language pathologist who has worked in schools and private practice in California and Florida, and she has dedicated much of her time to working with children with special needs and children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Parent coaching
Collaborative care
Sessions in natural environment

Concerns they commonly address

Social skills

Deficits in pragmatics or social skills can affect a child's ability to form meaningful connections with peers and others.

Feeding and swallowing difficulties

Feeding therapy addresses difficulties with eating and swallowing, such as sensory aversions to textures and difficulties with chewing.

Language difficulties

Language therapy treats disordered communication in spoken language comprehension and expressive language.

Speech intelligibility

Speech therapy works on improving the intelligibility of what a child is saying.

Services

Social skills therapy

Therapy for social skills and pragmatics, which the pages describe as vital to interpersonal communication.

Feeding therapy

Feeding therapy with a speech-language pathologist for difficulties with eating and swallowing.

Language therapy

Language therapy for spoken language comprehension and expressive language.

Speech therapy

Speech therapy focused on how sounds are produced to improve the overall understanding of the intended message.

Consultation

A 15 minute consultation addressing speech, language, and or feeding concerns.

First Words to Forever Consultation

A 30 minute consultation designed to help families understand how the parent coaching program can support language at home.

Founder

Danielle Giarratano, M.A., CCC-SLP

Danielle is the owner and founder of SHORS Rehabilitation Services. She has a background in working with children with behaviors, especially those with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, and has worked with children with various disorders including Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and CHARGE syndrome.

What to know before contacting

Who it sees

Children.

Care setting

In person in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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