Speech-Language Pathologist
Mr. Andres Alejandro C. C. Choi is a Speech-Language Pathologist in Washington, DC
with special training and skill in preventing, assessing, diagnosing, and treating speech, language, cognitive communication, and swallowing disorders arising from illness, injury, deficiency, or congenital birth defect.
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, Andres Alejandro C. C. Choi performs
testing, evaluation, and treatment of disorders relating to how patients form words, communicate, and process the speech of others. Speech-Language Pathology is
a medical specialty that deals with disorders related to how patients form words, speak, and understand what others are saying to them. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Speech-Language Pathologists include speech disorders like stuttering and dysarthia, language disorders like articulation and phonological processing disorders, social communication disorders, cognitive-communication disorders, voice disorders, and swallowing disorders that may arise from conditions like stroke, dementia, brain injury, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, autism, hearing loss, or congenital birth defects.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Speech-Language Pathologists
include speech and language assessment, hearing assessment, developing treatment plans based on assessment and test results, developing communications strategies for patients and caregivers, working with patients to achieve communication goals, and providing patient and parent education.
The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.
Speech Language Pathologists in Washington, DC
Assistive Technology Counselor
Mr. Andres Alejandro C. C. Choi is an Assistive Technology Counselor in Washington, DC
with special training and skill in using technology and software to treat patients with disabilities.
As an Assistive Technology Counselor, Andres Alejandro C. C. Choi performs
assistive device instruction. Assistive Technology Counseling is
the use of disability-specific devices to maintain or enhance a patient's function and quality of life. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Assistive Technology Counselors include writing difficulties, speech impairments, walking dysfunctions, and learning disabilities.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Assistive Technology Counselors
include pencil holders, head trackers, keyboards, screen readers, and wheelchairs.
Assistive Technology Counselors in Washington, DC
Developmental Therapist
Mr. Andres Alejandro C. C. Choi is a Developmental Therapist in Washington, DC
with special training and skill in identifying and treatment of developmental disorers in toddlers and young children.
As a Developmental Therapist, Andres Alejandro C. C. Choi performs
play activities designed to help the child learn new skills and overcome their challenges. Developmental Therapy is
a discipline that focuses on diagnosis and treatment of developmental disorders in children between the ages of 0-5 years old. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Developmental Therapists include speech delays, decreased attention skills, autism, behavioral problems, learning disabilities, poor social skills, sensory issues, and hearing impairments.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Developmental Therapists
include conducting evaluations and interventions, providing parenting strategies, facilitating social skills, and providing play therapy.
A Developmental Therapist is a person qualified by completion of an approved program in Developmental Therapy and where applicable credentialed by the state and practicing within the scope of the credential, or credentialed by completion of education experiences as approved by the state and practicing within the scope of that credential or, where state credentialing does not exist, certified by the Board of the Developmental Therapy Association. A developmental therapist evaluates children's global development in order to identify areas of developmental delay whether arising from physiological, neurological, or environmental factors, or a combination of factors; and designs, implements, and modifies therapeutic interventions for the child and the family to promote the child's acquisition of skills in a variety of developmental areas, including cognitive processes and social interaction in order to maximize functional independence and developmental homeostasis, and improve the quality of life at home and in the community; and provides consultation for the parents and other professionals working with the family on global development.
Developmental Therapists in Washington, DC
