Empowering Communication through Connection
Our Services
Speech and language evaluation
$270
We provide comprehensive speech and language evaluations to address the following communication concerns:
-Articulation or speech sound disorders
-Early language development
-Expressive and receptive language disorders including “late talkers”
-Social communication and pragmatics
-Stuttering
-And more!
Our evaluations include standardized and dynamic assessment procedures, review of outside records, and parent/caregiver report. After assessment is completed, we develop an individualized plan of care with you for your child to support your family in achieving meaningful and functional goals.
Evaluation sessions are 60-90 minutes, depending on the area of concern. Don’t see your concern listed above? Reach out and we may be able to help, or provide a recommendation for another provider in the area that may better meet your needs.
If your child has had an evaluation in the past 6 months, you may be eligible to start with treatment. Please contact us!
Speech and language treatment
$195
Speech therapy treatment sessions are family centered and play based, located in a motivating natural environment which research suggests supports engagement, connection, and learning.
Speech therapy sessions are 50 minutes.
Hippotherapy
“Hippo” is the ancient Greek word for horse.
Hippotherapy may be used as one of many treatment tools during your child’s speech therapy sessions.
Hippotherapy is different from therapeutic or recreational riding that seek to teach riding skills. Under the direction of licensed and specially trained therapists (speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists), hippotherapy integrates the purposeful and dynamic manipulation of medical quality equine movement with evidence based practice and clinical judgment to engage sensory, neuromotor, and cognitive systems to promote functional outcomes.
Research demonstrates that equine movement positively impacts strength, coordination, and sensory processing needed for gross motor, fine motor, and communication tasks that are part of our activities of daily living.
It can also enhance participation in therapeutic activities and social emotional well being, fostering a sense of trust and connection that is the basis of learning and meaningful change.
Why hippotherapy?
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The quality of human communication depends on the integrity of the physiological systems that support speech and language, both structurally and functionally. The whole body is needed to communicate:
-Functional arousal: to participate in activities
-Postural control: head and trunk control supports the larynx (voice box) and oral motor mechanism, along with the respiratory system
-Respiratory support: breath produces sustained phonation (voicing)
-Motor control and planning: required to produce small movements in the articulators (lips, tongue, jaw) for speech
-Sensory processing: need well integrated vestibular, tactile, and proprioceptive systems for speech production
Quality language production (verbal or through augmentative and alternative communication) and language comprehension depends on:-Functional arousal: attention
-Linkage between cognitive and linguistic systems: speech sound system, vocabulary, grammar, pragmatics
-Access to an efficient symbol system
-Intact sensory and information processing
-Systems integration
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-Sensorimotor regulation
-Balance
-Coordination
-Mobility
-Communication
-Speech and language
-Postural control
-Postural asymmetry/spinal dysfunction
-Motor control
-Oral motor function
-Arousal
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There are many medical diagnoses and conditions that benefit from speech therapy that utilizes equine movement (hippotherapy) in therapy activities. Common medical diagnoses and conditions include but are not limited to:
-Autism
-Cerebral Palsy
-Developmental Delays
-Down Syndrome
-Genetic Disorders
-Sensory Processing Dysfunction
-Social Communication Disorders
-Speech/Language Disorders, including articulation/speech sound disorders, language delay, and expressive or receptive language disorders
-Stroke
-Traumatic Brain Injury
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Your child’s pediatrician will complete a medical clearance form prior to utilizing hippotherapy as treatment tool. Some conditions, if present, may represent precautions or contraindications to hippotherapy. Contact us for more information.
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-Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl): https://pathintl.org/
-American Hippotherapy Association (AHA): website under construction
Payment
At this time we do not accept or bill insurance; we are private pay only. Payment is due at time of service. We are able to generate a “superbill” if you would like to seek out of network reimbursement for speech therapy services (excluding Kaiser, MCAID). Please contact your insurance company to inquire about out of network reimbursement.
FairHealth Consumer has a guide to the average costs for treatment in your area for patients seeking similar services. Use code "92507" for an idea of speech and language treatment. https://www.fairhealthconsumer.org/medical
If you are seeking speech therapy services in Oregon and are uninsured or choosing not to use your insurance, you have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate (GFE) for the cost of services under the No Surprises Act, effective January 1, 2022.
Step 1: Reach out to discuss your concerns by filling out our contact form below, emailing rock.rose.equestrian.llc@gmail.com, or by calling 626-590-4924.
Step 2: If our services and approach are a good fit for your family’s needs, we will send you a link to our patient portal with intake forms to complete prior to your first visit. A referral and medical clearance by your child’s physician is required if hippotherapy is deemed an appropriate therapeutic tool in your child’s treatment plan. We will provide all necessary paperwork for your physician to complete.
Let’s get started!
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Volunteer
We could not do this valuable and rewarding work without our wonderful volunteers! We need volunteers to assist with:
-Leading the horse under the direction of the treating clinician
-Sidewalking alongside the horse and mounted client
If you are interested in volunteering with us, please fill out the contact form and we will be in touch!
We will contact you with orientation and training information once you have filled out our volunteer application. Volunteers must complete safety training and pass practical competencies prior to working with clients. Minimum age to volunteer is 16 years old.
About Rock Rose
Madelynne Jensen, MS, CCC-SLP, IBCLC
Since the first horse was tamed several thousand years ago, humans and horses have shared a profound, distinct, and enduring bond. Maddy experienced this life altering connection at a young age and never looked back. Rock Rose was founded with the mission of sharing the joy and holistic healing power of horses to improve the lives of children and their families.
Maddy is a licensed speech language pathologist in the states of Oregon and Washington, certified by the American Speech Language Hearing Association. She graduated from the University of Delaware in 2013 with her bachelor of science degree in Cognitive Science with minors in Disability Studies, Psychology, and Women’s Studies (now Women and Gender Studies). In 2015 she graduated from the University of Washington with her master of science degree in Medical Speech Language Pathology. She has practiced in a variety of settings including early intervention, acute care/inpatient, and outpatient hospital clinics. In addition to her work with pediatric speech/language clients, she also specializes in infant/pediatric feeding and is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She has completed both American Hippotherapy Association Part I and II trainings, and is a professional member of Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH Intl.).
In her spare time, you can find Maddy taking long walks through the neighborhood with her partner, scouting new restaurants, and learning to ski! She enjoys reading, traveling, and competing her big beautiful bay horse on the hunter/jumper circuit. She has never met a dog she didn’t instantly love.
