Pediatric Speech Therapy

We specialize in helping children overcome speech and language challenges, ensuring they can communicate effectively, build social skills, and grow their confidence. Our comprehensive speech therapy services are designed to meet the unique needs of each child, providing the support they need to thrive.

At Alta Pediatrics, we provide services within our clinic, at home, and in local schools. We are in-network provider with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, and United Healthcare. 

When you contact our office you will speak with a Patient Care Coordinator who will understand your child's needs, provide guidance on insurance, and schedule an initial evaluation. After the initial evaluation our therapists will review the results with you and make a recommendation if further follow up sessions are needed. At times we may recommend an inter-disciplinary treatment plan where our Occupational and Speech Therapists can work closely together to address the needs of your child more completely. 

Speech therapy helps children with communication disorders improve their ability to express themselves and understand others. This includes addressing issues such as speech delays, articulation difficulties, and language comprehension problems. Early intervention can make a significant difference in a child’s ability to succeed academically, socially, and emotionally.

At Alta Pediatrics, we focus on providing individualized treatment plans tailored to each child’s needs. We aim to make therapy sessions engaging and fun, encouraging children to communicate in natural, stress-free ways.

If you're unsure whether your child could benefit from speech therapy, here are some common signs to look for:

If you notice any of these signs, it might be time to consider an evaluation with one of our speech therapists.

Every child is different, and so is their journey in speech therapy. We create individualized therapy plans that focus on the specific challenges your child faces, ensuring the best possible outcomes.

Parents and caregivers are vital to the success of speech therapy. We work closely with families to teach strategies that can be practiced at home, reinforcing the progress made in therapy sessions.

Speech therapy often overlaps with other areas of pediatric care. Our therapists collaborate with occupational therapists, physical therapists, pediatricians, and educators to provide a holistic approach to your child’s development.

Speech therapy often overlaps with other areas of pediatric care. Our therapists collaborate with occupational therapists, physical therapists, pediatricians, and educators to provide a holistic approach to your child’s development.

We understand that every family’s needs are different, which is why we offer both in-person therapy at our clinic and we treat in several local daycares and preschools.

We are an in-network provider with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, and United. We are an out-of-network provider for all other insurance companies. If you have out-of-network benefits we can bill insurance on your behalf. 

Pediatric speech therapists help address kiddos development. They evaluate and assess whether a child is at a developmentally appropriate level in all areas of speech, language, communication, and sometimes eating, feeding, and swallowing. If there are any developmental delays or deficits, the SLP will plan and implement interventions to address family and child focused goals to ensure they continue to progress in their development and can communicate their needs, wants, and socially throughout their lives.

If you are asking this question, it is best to get an informal screening or initial evaluation for your child to determine a formal need for speech therapy. If you feel your child is not meeting developmental milestones, having difficulties with their speech, language, communication, eating, feeding, or swallowing then speech therapy can help address these concerns. There are many underlying reasons a child has difficulty with these areas or reaching developmental milestones and a speech therapist can help assess these areas and provide interventions to improve function and overall development.

Those who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) benefit from a multi-disciplinary approach, often receiving services from occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, and applied behavior analysis. It is important for these service providers to coordinate treatment plans and goals and provide an interdisciplinary approach to ensure the best treatment outcomes and goal attainment. Speech therapy, in particular, helps those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder with speech such as fluency and articulation, expressive and receptive language skills, functional social communication with others, decreasing echolalia and scripting, and addressing any eating and feeding goals as well. Speech therapists work with both those with an ASD diagnosis and their parents or families to determine goals, provide strategies or activities to continue at home, and communicate with other service providers to ensure goal alignment.