SMS facilitates speech therapy, dyslexia services, and counseling through professionals within our community. SMS works with the student, family, and provider to accommodate the needs of the student. Fees for these services are independently contracted between the parent and service provider.
Speech therapy services are provided through FISD. Funding is also provided, through FISD, for qualifying students, as an equitable service to students within the FISD area. Contract providers are selected by FISD.
Cindy D. Fisher, M.Ed., CCC/SLP is with Hill Country Memorial (HCM Rehab Clinic). HCM Rehab Clinic offers a broad spectrum of communication related services to meet the needs of children and their families in the Hill Country region. The speech-language pathologist assesses then designs individual treatment programs. These programs are carefully evaluated on an ongoing basis in order to make changes as the child progresses.
Services consist of:
Comprehensive Communication Assessments
Language-Learning Evaluations
One-on-One Therapy
Small Group Therapy
Summer Camps
Parent Education
Preschool/Daycare Screenings
Consultations
Collaboration with Other Service Providers
Social Skills Groups
Social Communication/Language Problems Due to Autism Spectrum Disorders
Fluency/Stuttering
Verbal Processing Disorders
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Treatment consists of:
Articulation and Motor Speech Disorders
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Disorders
Myofunctional Disorder/Tongue Thrust
Language Difficulties Associated with Auditory Processing Disorder
Receptive and Expressive Language Delays and Disorders
Language-Based Learning Disabilities
Literacy and Pre-Literacy Issues
Semantic and/or Pragmatic Language Disorders
Social Communication/Language Problems Due to Autism Spectrum Disorders
Fluency/Stuttering
Verbal Processing Disorders
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Cindy D. Fishcher, M.Ed., CCC/SLP
830.990.1776
Dyslexia services are provided by Robin Cowsar. Robin Cowsar is a Licensed Dyslexia Therapist with a private practice in Fredericksburg Texas. She is a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) and is presently the Presiding Officer for the Dyslexia Therapists and Practitioners Advisory Board at Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Mrs. Cowsar is trained in the IMSLEC approved Take Flight and Pre-Flight curricula developed for students with dyslexia through the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. She offers dyslexia therapy through private or small group sessions and provided specific evaluations for the identification of dyslexia characteristics.
Robin’s extensive training, as well as being the mother of a dyslexic son, makes her uniquely qualified to impart this information with professionalism, knowledge and compassion, recognizing the vital relationship between educators, parents and students.
Robin Cowsar, M.Ed., LDT, CALT
830.456.5466
830-998-4320
Daniel O’Loughlin, PhD
Child Psychologist
830-997-0597