Speech & Language Services
Our Services:
Speech-Language Pathologists have experience with children diagnosed with: autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, speech and language delay, fluency disorder, articulation/phonological impairment, cognitive impairment, learning disabilities, developmental delay, apraxia, and many others.
Occupational Therapists have experience with children diagnosed with: ADHD, ADD, sensory processing disorder, feeding disorders, Down syndrome, delayed motor skills or motor incoordination, handwriting difficulties, visual processing, chromosomal abnormalities, and many others.
We provide:
-Free Screenings to determine if your child is in need of Speech, Social or Occupational Therapy.
-Extensive individual evaluations to determine your child’s needs, and we design their personalized plan of care.
-Individual therapy sessions-Allow children to achieve their goals in a personalized session. The therapist will plan sessions with your child’s goals in mind and choose materials and activities that he/she will respond to best.
-Group therapy sessions-Utilize Social Thinking and social cognitive strategies (by Michelle Garcia Winner and others) to improve the social communication skills of children with peers and adults.
-Feeding Therapy/”Food School”- Individual or Group Therapy sessions to address feeding aversions that affect children’s daily lives based on SOS feeding approach by Dr. Kay Toomey.
-“Parent Talk Time” after every session to help parents feel connected with the therapist and understand what can be done at home to help their child progress.
Our primary areas of specialty are providing evaluation and treatment for children in need of occupational therapy and/or speech-language pathology services. Our therapists all have a strong core education and background in their area of specialty. In addition, the therapists at KidVentures hold many higher level certifications and have specialty training in a variety of areas, including the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT certification), Therapeutic Listening, Handwriting Without Tears, vision therapy, pet-assisted therapy, PROMPT, Zoo-phonics, Beckman Oral Motor assessment and intervention, and Talk Tools.
KidVentures offers several camps and group programs, which are available to clients and to children who are not clients, but may benefit from attending a group activity in a supportive environment. Some of the camps and groups offered at KidVentures include pragmatics and social skills groups, bike riding group, handwriting and phonics camps, a social outings group, winter/summer/spring camps, and food school.
The staff at KidVentures is committed to improving the lives of the children we work with. One of the ways we accomplish this is by providing inservices and presentations to parent groups, teachers, and other professionals on a range of topics within the realms of occupational therapy and speech-language pathology.
Academic Therapy Center is a practice in South Austin specializing in dyslexia, reading and written expression therapy. Our mission is to ensure the success of each client in academic areas and provide support and information on dyslexia and related disorders to promote understanding, education, and academic achievement for each student. We are Academic Language Therapists with the highest level training in dyslexia and related disorders. All staff members are licensed, certified, or actively pursuing licensure/certification. Our office provides a therapeutic environment free from the distractions presented in many school-based dyslexia and reading interventions, and we offer individual and small group sessions. Parents are given step-by-step guidance in how to support their child at home to get the most out of therapy. We offer a free initial consultation to discuss your child’s needs and create a personalized path to academic success.
Austin Area Speech & Language Services is a small personalized private practice that makes great effort to provide professional expertise and individualized treatment for children and adults with a variety of speech and language issues. We pride ourselves on our ability to combine excellent skills in a comfortable environment with very accessible and friendly therapists. All of our therapists are certified Speech-Language Pathologists with Masters’ degrees in the field and no less than five years of experience.
Description: Big Sky Pediatric Therapy provides occupational, physical and speech therapy to children with special needs in a warm, comforting and family friendly atmosphere. One of our priorities is to create supportive and nurturing relationships so that each family becomes part of the Big Sky family. We encourage parents to participate in weekly sessions and work hard to create home programs that establish therapeutic opportunities at home and school.
The Big Sky Team is extremely passionate about the care they provide your child. They are invested in quality care, serve as an advocate and establish relationships with other professionals involved in your child’s care.
Big Sky also offers a variety of social skills groups throughout the year. These groups change throughout the year and focus on various age groups and topics. Some of our recurring groups focus on handwriting skills, preschool preparation and executive functioning. Check our website for a current list of the groups being offered. Any child is welcome whether or not they are seen at Big Sky.
Little Engine Homecare, Inc. is your complete Pediatric Home Health Provider. Our services are provided to children birth through 20 years of age, and include Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Private Duty Nursing.
Founded in 1997, Rawson Saunders is the only full-curriculum school in Central Texas exclusively for students with dyslexia. Rawson Saunders provides a rigorous, challenging, balanced curriculum of the highest caliber academics, fine arts, and athletics. Class sizes are small, generally from between 2 to 9 students depending on the subject, allowing for optimal teacher engagement and student participation. All children learn best in multisensory learning environments. With the innovative, research-driven, multisensory instruction we provide, and integrated ALT to give them the skills they need to be proficient readers, our students not only learn and succeed, they flourish and excel.
As a CALT and Licensed Dyslexia Therapist with 12 + years of experience, my focus is positive partnering with dyslexic students to help them build fundamental literacy skills. Developing a comfortable relationship with each person to encourage his/her self-confidence is both essential and rewarding. Each student has unique strengths and deficits which require growth and improvement. To address these, I use proven, highly acknowledged, engaging and multi-sensory approaches to address core reading fluency and comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, composition and learning strategies in a sequential, structured progression. I look forward to speaking with you.
Therapy Center of Buda is a pediatric therapy center providing compassionate speech-language and occupational therapy services to children and adolescents in Buda/Kyle/South Austin and surrounding areas. They provide personalized therapy programs that are non-diagnosis driven. All treatment sessions offer one-on-one intensive therapy with a licensed therapist. Additionally, they offer free consultations to identify if a comprehensive evaluation is warranted. Parents and/or Legal Guardians are provided comprehensive reports (including testing results, plan of care, and additional recommendations) after the formal evaluation and all results and recommendations are discussed. Family involvement is strongly encouraged and carry-over activities are provided on a regular basis. Therapy Center of Buda is proud to have an in-house Certified Autism Specialist. She consults free of charge with any family requesting assistance.
Therapy Center of Buda works with an array of diagnoses including; Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, Dyslexia, Feeding issues, behavioral issues, chromosomal anomalies, Sensory Processing Disorder, Apraxia/Dyspraxia, Cerebral Palsy, Cognitive Impairment, Developmental Delay, Down Syndrome, Encephalopathy, articulation disorders, handwriting difficulties, and much more.
They select from the best methodologies to create personalized treatment programs including; Beckman Oral Motor Protocol, DIR ®, Executive Functions Training ™, Floortime ®, Handwriting, Without Tears ®, How Does Your Engine Run ®, It Takes Two to Talk ®, Kaufman K-SLP ®, SCERTS ® Model, Social Language Training ™, Superflex ®, Therapeutic Listening ®, and many more.