Speech & Language Therapy

Build Your Child’s Communication Skills

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What Sets Our Speech & Language Therapy Services Apart?

Communication is one of life’s most important skills because it helps us connect to others and be understood. Speech and language skills are also foundational for academic success.

Our speech and language therapy programs address a variety of challenges through speech and language therapy.

The areas we address include:

  • Articulation, pragmatic language, expressive and receptive language, semantics, sentence structure

We can help your child communicate effectively and comfortably by addressing these challenges.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM OUR SPEECH & LANGUAGE SERVICES

Our Speech & Language Therapy Process

STEP 1

Connect With
Our Team

Let’s talk about your child’s strengths and needs to determine which therapy or next-step is the right fit.

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STEP 2

Conduct or Review a
Speech Evaluation

To build your child’s program, we conduct an assessment or review in-depth testing you’ve already done.

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STEP 3

Gail Skills for Better
Communication

Your child will work with our speech-language pathologist 1 to 3 times weekly to build skills that lead to more effective communication.

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Does Your Child Need a Speech & Language Evaluation?

Give us a call! We can help you figure out whether your child would benefit from an in-depth speech & language evaluation or if testing you’ve done in the past provides the information we need to build an effective intervention program for them.

Meet Our Speech & Language Pathologists

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Catie Palumbo

  • Speech & Language Pathologist #24750

  • Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)

Catie is a dedicated Speech and Language Pathologist with over a decade of experience, specializing in empowering children to communicate confidently. Having worked with Autistic children and obtained a Master’s in Communication Disorders, she emphasizes parent education and play-based therapy. Her approach, rooted in trust and collaboration, ensures your child receives personalized and effective care. Catie is a therapist who truly understands and nurtures your child’s communication needs.

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Michelle Lee

  • Master of Science Degree (MS)

  • Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

  • Speech & Language Pathologist #38627

Being a speech-language pathologist is a dream come true for me; I have worked with clients from age 1 to 107 and have loved it all!

I’ve served many different populations in a variety of settings, including a private outpatient clinic, skilled nursing facility/assisted living community, and schools. I earned a B.A. in French and Linguistics from UCLA and received my M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from San Jose State University.

Answering Parents’ Top Questions About Speech & Language Therapy

  • An assessment of some sort is essential for uncovering the language skills that your child is struggling with and building our customized lessons. If you’ve already had an assessment done elsewhere, let’s discuss whether it provides the information needed to help your child succeed.

  • The exact skills depend on what your child needs. They may include but are not limited to appropriate pronunciation of words, socially appropriate verbal & nonverbal skills, phonological and phonemic awareness, morphology, and vocabulary building.

  • This type of assessment is typically offered by practices that are considered out-of-network providers. We will provide a Superbill with CPT codes that are often reimbursed to some extent for this service. You can then check with your insurance company to see whether they will cover part or all of the assessment.

    Please see our Billing & Insurance page for additional information.

Still Have Questions?

Here’s What Parents Are Saying

  • “I can go on and on and on and on about how resourceful, compassionate, loyal and awesome Jana Parker at MBD is. Thank you Jana! You’re such a beautiful soul who has given us so much of your advice, guidance, and sincerity!”

    PARENT

BUILD COMMUNICATION & LITERACY SKILLS

Open a World of Learning &
Experiences for Your Child

Get in Touch

Let us know how we can help. You’re welcome to fill out a form or give us a call or text at 669-282-2510.

If you’d like to schedule a call with one of our team members, please fill out the form. You’ll then receive a link to our calendar.