Pediatric Speech Therapy Session Frequency and Speech Outcomes

Inclusion Criteria: * Medical order for speech therapy * Patients eligible for speech therapy at Connecticut Children's (qualify for receptive, expressive language and/or articulation therapy) * Diagnosis of communication disorder.ICD-10 codes will be utilized pertaining to expressive, receptive language and articulation disorders (ICD-10 code specific to patient: F80.0, F80.1, F80.2, F80.4, F80.9, R47.89, R41.841) * Patient recommended for individual (i.e. not group) treatment * 18 months to 16 years of age * Completed 1 plan of care (POC) with a duration of 8 sessions * Attended at least 80% of scheduled visits during their plan of care period (still completing 8 sessions of therapy, may have extended time to completion). * Services for a full 8-session plan of care. Exclusion Criteria: * \- Seeking speech therapy care for treatment of disorders related to diagnosis of voice, feeding, fluency, and/or cognition * Patient unable to complete standardized tests (EOWPVT-4, ROWPVT-4, GFTA-3, REEL-4) * Patients in group speech therapy * Patients younger than 18 months or older than 16 years of age * Not willing to complete a full POC (8 sessions) * Unable/unwilling to attend 80% of scheduled visits