Month in Review

January 2024

Spotlight on: Camp Communicate

We have a few spots left for all of our camps this summer! We’re excited to see what the summer holds for Speech Spot, Kid Connect, and Intense Academy! Head over to our Camp Communicate page to check out what weeks we still have available. We’d love to have you join us for some summer fun! If you are not interested in attending camps but know someone who is and would benefit from financial support, check out our option to gift a camp!

Intense Academy is an intensive camp focused on improving oral-motor planning and/or articulation skills.  Camp is offered for 2 weeks each session, campers are required to attend both weeks of camp.  Camp will also target behavioral intervention as it pertains to the child’s ability to effectively participate in group activities and comply with instructions as well as improving communication behaviors. The camp will typically run for three hours each day M-F and will be individualized to what each child needs.  Campers will participate in individual, small group, and large group sessions to target communication goals and comply with instructions to improve the ability to participate in joint/group activities.  The focus will be to decrease frustration while increasing communication and social skills.  Group parent/caregiver training and question/answer sessions will also be provided for carryover of skills within the home program or coordination of services with the child’s private therapists. Camp generally has a one to one ratio of adults to children. Staff includes Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, graduate student interns, and undergraduate student volunteers. Camps will also have the guidance of a Board Certified Behavioral Analyst and/or a Registered Behavior Technician to assist staff with facilitation of social and communication targets.  Children generally make marked progress during this intense camp, and past data has shown that the primary change has been that speech therapy and home programs are more effective throughout the coming year after this intensive intervention and training.

Speech Spot is focused on providing intervention at a more intense rate than what your child would receive in a typical week of speech therapy. Campers will be provided two individual speech session per day, targeting goals that are important for their communicative success, as well as multiple group sessions throughout the day. Camp will generally have a ratio of one adult to two campers. Staff includes Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, graduate student interns, and undergraduate student volunteers. Speech Spot is open to any families excited to take advantage of summer vacation to make a significant change in their child’s speech and language skills! Think Speech Spot is the camp for you? We’d love to help your child meet their full potential through individualized and group therapy!

Kid Connect focuses on primarily group intervention with 2 individual sessions per week. Since we’ve already developed a great program with our yearly social groups, why not continue them through the summer? With ratios of one adult to three campers, our Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, graduate student interns, and undergraduate student volunteers are skilled in targeting social communication and language development through group games, activities, and intervention methods. Kid Connect is a place where your child can belong; they can find friends, be themselves, and work on interacting with others in a safe environment under the supervision of professionals skilled in facilitating social communication. We’d love to bring this connection into your lives! 

Compare our Camps

Camps

Intense Academy

Speech Spot

Kid Connect

Pricing

START FOR

$3000

/PER 2 WEEKS

START FOR

$1500

/PER WEEK

START FOR

$500

/PER WEEK

The Basics

Intense Academy

Speech Spot

Kid Connect

Individual Sessions

Q&A / Parent Training

Ratios (child to adult)

Group activities

Provided Snack

Fun Experience

2 per day

4 training topics

1:1

2 per day

2 training topics

2:1

2 per week

Q/A only

3:1

Intense Academy

START FOR

$3000

/PER 2 WEEKS

The Basics

  • 2 Individual sessions per day 
  • 5 Parent training sessions
  • 1:1 child-to-adult ratio
  • Group activities
  • Provided snack
  • Fun experience

Speech Spot

START FOR

$1500

/PER WEEK

The Basics

  • 2 individual sessions per day 
  • 2 parent training sessions
  • 2:1 child-to-adult ratio
  • Group activities
  • Provided snack
  • Fun experience

Kid Connect

START FOR

$500

/PER WEEK

The Basics

  • 2 individual sessions per week 
  • Q/A only
  • 3:1 child-to-adult ratio
  • Group activities
  • Provided snack
  • Fun experience

FAQs

NO! If you have a copy of their current care plan, we’d love to see it. If you don’t have a copy, no worries! We will talk with you before you begin our programs at Speech Pathway.

We do not offer allergy-friendly snacks at this time. However, please feel free to provide snacks for your child that adhere to their needs.

All of our staff is highly trained in communication and behavior as well as facilitating social interactions. Our staff will help your child grow in a safe, encouraging environment while forming relationships, building confidence, and having fun!

This is a great question and one we can only answer by getting to know your child a little better. When you fill out your application, check the boxes to let us know what camps you may be interested in. The more information you give us on the application, the better able we are to find the right fit for your child. Intense Academy offers intensive intervention to facilitate functional communication. Speech Spot is our camp for less intense intervention, but those who still need some extra work on speech and language development. Kid Connect is an extension of our groups program that focuses on social communication and relationship-building. If you’re still unsure, fill out our application with the most information possible and we can help guide you through the process!

At this time we cannot take insurance for our programs.

Speech Pathway does not offer financial aid for our programs.  However, you can visit the grants and funding page for a list of grant organizations that may be able to help.

At the main Speech Pathway clinic on 122nd street in Oklahoma City.

We understand that sometimes things happen with kids. However, in order to maintain our level of staff as well as the high-quality intervention we offer, we are unable to provide refunds for missed days.

At this time masks are not required for our programs.   However, that is subject to change in accordance with CDC guidelines. 

Camp Communicate consists of both individual and group interventions and is requires enrollment for an entire session at a time (one week for Speech Spot or Kid Connect and 2 weeks for Intense Academy). Summer Slam involves individual speech therapy sessions only but is intense, with multiple sessions throughout the week over multiple weeks on an individual basis.

There are no refunds for our programs. If you wish to request a refund you may contact our programs coordinator at [email protected]

Upcoming Events

We’re coming up to our annual zoo day! We’d love to have all of our families join us at the zoo this year on Saturday, March 2. Please note that arrival MUST BE between 9-10am to allow for our staff to join their families in the zoo as well! Register below BY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22! When RSVPing, please only bring family members that are immediate caregivers of your child, as to ensure that all of our families have the opportunity to attend this day. Thank you!

Movie Day is Coming!

Mark your calendars for our movie day at Flix Brewhouse on Saturday, May 4 to watch Trolls Band Together! RSVP will be coming soon!

You Ask, We Answer!

Just as January is the beginning chapter of the new year so is the inaugural post of our newest monthly series.

You Ask We Answer is a place you can come to find answers to all the burning questions you, as a parent, may have about speech, language, feeding or Speech Pathway in general- straight from the horses mouth! Or, in our case, the minds of our brilliant, yet humble, experts in communication. 

First up: What is going on with the playground? 

Oh, the beloved playground. We ALL miss the playground but rest assured, she is getting a much needed make-over and will be up and running very soon. We want to ensure that your littles, whom we also adore, have a safe place to practice their communication skills, hone their social skills and most importantly, GET THOSE WIGGLES OUT! However, perfection takes time, Rome was not built in a day. Please believe us when we say that the updated playground will be worth the wait and you’ll be the first to know when it can be used in a safe manner again. We’re waiting on permits and all the information to ensure that our playground is up to code for your family!

 

Do you have a question about Speech Pathway you’d like answered in our monthly announcements? We’d love to help! Ask your question below!

CONTACT

P. 405. 603. 6622
F. 405. 722. 3244
E. [email protected]

LOCATION

8007 NW 122nd St. 
Oklahoma City, OK 73142

HOURS

Monday – Friday 
7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.