Occupational Therapy Treatment for children
                     The Kioko 
Center
Our passion is helping children with 
special needs and the families and 
caregivers that support them.
Occupational Therapy Services
The Kioko Center has been providing 
expert occupational and speech 
therapy services to children and young 
adults, ages birth to 21 years, since 
2006. During that time, we have 
developed the highest quality 
standards for our therapies and 
services. Our staff are highly trained 
and prepared to integrate the latest 
therapy techniques into your child’s 
sessions. We provide comprehensive, 
individualized therapies which 
facilitate overall development and 
independence. We look to our name, 
Kioko, meaning “Happy Child” in 
Japanese as a guiding principle for our 
work. 
About Us
Best Pediatric Speech Language 
Massachusetts 
Pediatric 
Occupational At the Kioko Center we are passionate 
about providing the very best OT therapy 
Therapy and and SLP therapy services for children and 
young adults. We serve the schools, 
Speech Therapy therapists, and families that support 
them. 
for Children and We are a pediatric therapy organization 
Young Adults that specializes in occupational therapy and speech therapy. Our 
multidisciplinary, holistic approach gives 
each child the best chance to realize 
their full potential.
Ariculation and 
Phonology
Articulation is the process of physically producing speech. That might seem easy enough, right? 
Actually, articulation involves the complicated coordination of lips, tongue, teeth, top of the 
mouth(palate), and jaw to produce sounds. Even your lungs play an important part in articulation! 
All of these physical forces, also called motor functions, combine to form syllables, words, sounds
—speech. Articulation is vital to how we communicate through speaking.
An articulation disorder is diagnosed when kids are unable to or show difficulty in producing 
certain sounds, or when they consistently mispronounce specific consonants and vowels. Children 
and teens who have articulation problems struggle with their motor functions to physically make 
accurate speech sounds. Their speech  Therapy articulation is distorted, jumbled, or mixed. The 
result is the inability to form audible syllables and words.
Social language disorder or pragmatic 
language disorder, is a problem related to 
the social aspects of language use and 
understanding . Social language disorders 
manifest in the following ways: Social 
 
Difficulty using language socially which 
includes Language
• understanding the environment
• reading non-verbal cues
• understanding non literal language such 
as jokes and sarcasm
 
Difficulty following the rules of conversation 
which includes
• maintaining appropriate eye contact
• using non verbal cues that are consistent 
with your verbal message
• greetings
• introducing a topic
• maintaining a topic
• appropriateness of topic and responses
Social communication disorder is common in 
children. We provide evaluation, therapy and 
treatment for social language disorder; 
contact Kioko Center to get 
speech therapy for social language.
Receptive language refers to our ability to understand verbal and non-verbal language. In 
speech therapy, receptive language refers to the comprehension of word meanings, 
concepts, and gestures. Our children’s ability to understand receptive language helps build 
the foundation of successful communication. And as parents, we all appreciate how 
important communication is in making our lives easier!
 
Unfortunately, a receptive language disorder results in children struggling to understand 
what is said to them and how to respond. It’s a communication breakdown. Receptive 
language problems limit a child’s ability to understand the world around them and 
impedes their access to it. Children with receptive language disorders may express a lack 
of eye contact, frustration, unresponsiveness, difficulty following directions, off-topic 
conversations, and struggles in understanding spoken or written language.
Each child is unique, and symptoms vary, but receptive language problems can begin 
before three years of age. Parents often notice these problems when their children have 
difficulty following a storyline or struggle with academics.
Receptive Language
Let's get 
holistically 
fit 
together!
Email
[email protected] 
Website
www.kiokocenter.com
Phone
978-681-6605
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