English language structure is a little like chemistry. 

• In chemistry, 118 known chemical elements make up all the material substances we experience.
• In English, 44 speech sounds make up all the words we speak, read and spell.

We don't usually think about the constituent elements of words we say any more than we think about constituent elements of objects around us. 

CHICKEN BONES & ICE CREAM CONES

For example, when we experience an ice cream cone we just experience the global delight of this creamy, cold, sweet treat, and we are not aware of its elements (hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and calcium) and how they are combined to make ice cream different from say, a chicken bone.

Likewise, when we say the words, "ice cream" we are not aware of the words' elements (e.g., 6 phonemes) ...or how changing the sounds around......

.....we could easily get "meek rice"!  (Huh!?)                        

 LANGUAGE PROCESSING ANALYSIS                             

A language-processing evaluation is designed to take a careful, inside look at the often hidden language elements in the seven domains of language.

We know from research that language-literacy impairments tend to be one of two main types:

1) meaning-based impairments that are due to processing weaknesses in the domains of syntax, semantics, pragmatics and/or discourse;

2) word-level impairments that are due to processing weaknesses in the domains of phonology, orthography and morphology.

An online language processing evaluation, like a chemical analysis, is designed to examine the constituent elements in each domain and to tease out problem areas so that the most targeted treatment methods can be applied with maximum precision.