About Me
JD Speech & Feeding Therapy was created out of a passion for meaningful connection that, in turn, drives success in therapy. Working as a team to understand the root cause, I am dedicated to being a support system to patients.
Jalyn Doyle, M.S., CCC-SLP is the sole owner and operator of JD Speech & Feeding Therapy! I have lived in the Michiana area my entire life and am proud to continue to serve this community to this day. I am currently licensed in Indiana and Michigan!
I graduated from Saint Mary's College with a degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders and then received my Master of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology from Emerson College.
Since graduating, I have continued my education in the realms of evaluation and treatment of pediatric feeding and swallowing, tethered oral tissues, orofacial myofunctional therapy, gestalt language processing (GLP) and GLP + use of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) devices.
Therapy Services
Tailored Support
Explore our range of therapy services designed to enhance communication skills, address feeding difficulties, and promote overall wellness. Each therapy session is customized to cater to individual needs, providing a comprehensive approach to improving communication and feeding abilities.
Articulation Therapy
Enhance confidence
To articulate means to come in contact with. Articulation is referring to how our articulators - lips, tongue, teeth, hard palate, soft palate, glottis - move and come together to create the sounds we hear. My particular focus is that our articulators have the most appropriate strength, range of motion, and control to be placed in the optimal position so that our sounds come out clearly.
Language Therapy
Supporting Communication
Language development therapy targets the enhancement of language skills, including vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and social communication. It focuses on promoting effective and meaningful communication abilities.
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
Improve feeding, speech, and breathing
Orofacial myofunctional therapy focuses on improving the tone, coordination, and movement of the oral muscles involved in speech and feeding. It aims to enhance overall oral motor function and improve speech, feeding, and breathing skills.
Feeding Therapy
Supporting safe and nutritive feeding
Feeding therapy addresses difficulties with eating, drinking, and swallowing, aiming to improve oral motor skills, feeding behaviors, and overall intake. It focuses on creating a positive and successful feeding experience.
Billing
JD Speech & Feeding Therapy is a private pay model, which means we work directly with you—not through insurance companies. This allows me to provide the highest level of personalized care without outside limitations. We can offer superbills that can be used to submit to your insurance company and potentially be reimbursed for services! Please let us know how we can assist you through this process.
Phone Conultation
Schedule your initial phone call via email.
Free
Comprehensive Diagnostic Evaluation
In-home or in-office, expect to spend up to 90-minutes with your diagnostician.
$250
Follow-up Treatment Session
Follow up treatment sessions are typically 60-minutes in length, however can be added to if warranted.
$160
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know my child would benefit from therapy?
Excellent question! When in doubt, feel free to contact us to set up a consultation where you will be able to discuss your concerns, hear about the therapeutic process, and, if warranted, schedule a full evaluation.
Here are some signs and symptoms that an evaluation may be warranted:
Speech/Language:
- Child is difficult to understand to familiar and/or unfamiliar listeners.
- Child is becoming frustrated when not understood.
- Child has frequent errors in components of language and there is concern about their ability to participate in school.
Feeding/Swallowing:
- Child is having significant meal time difficulty - anxiety related to food/meal times, is limiting their diet, etc.
- Child is having difficulty transitioning to different types/styles of foods (I.e., bottle to solids, puree to solid, feeding tube to solid food, etc.)
- Child has difficulty chewing and is gagging, coughing, choking, or pocketing food frequently.
Orofacial Myofunctional:
- Thumb/finger/clothing sucking
- Mouth breathing
- Very messy eating
- Drooling
- Poor sleep
- Lip and/or tongue tie
- Chronic ear infections
What is the difference between speech and language?
Speech refers to how sounds are produced. We are thinking about the intersection between the tongue, teeth, lips, jaw, hard and soft palates, and the glottis.
Language is an agreed upon system in which we communicate to one another. Language consists of our words, the structure of those words, our pitch, tone, and rate. This dictates how effectively we are able to communicate and get our very important messages across.
What is orofacial myofunctional therapy?
Orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT) is a type of therapy that has a goal of training or retraining specific muscles to operate in a more optimal manner. Myo also means muscle. So OMT focuses on the muscles of the face, tongue, lips, and jaw to support overall facial development, as well as development of feeding, swallowing, breathing, speech, and even sleep!
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