Pediatric Speech Therapy in Oklahoma City

What is speech therapy?

Speech therapy helps children with the many parts of communication: saying sounds clearly, understanding what others say, putting words together, using language socially, speaking smoothly, and using their voice. Speech-language pathologists also treat feeding and swallowing difficulties. (ASHA, Speech and Language Disorders)

Our Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) hold master’s degrees in speech-language pathology. Additionally, our certified SLPs hold the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC), and clinical fellows work under their supervision. Like all therapy at Speech Pathway, speech therapy is client directed and play based, and treatment plans and goals are built around your child’s needs. We offer therapy in individual, small group, and large group settings.

Parent and caregiver involvement is essential to a child’s success, so parents are encouraged to observe and participate in therapy sessions.

How speech therapy can help your child

Our SLPs evaluate and treat:

Feeding therapy for ages 0 to 21

Speech Pathway offers feeding therapy for children and young adults from birth to age 21. Our Feeding Team provides feeding and swallowing therapy for children who have difficulty eating or drinking.

When should my child see a speech-language pathologist?

Many families chalk up speech problems to not listening or a cute “quirk.” Consider a speech-language evaluation if your child:

• Has trouble imitating sounds made by others
• Makes only a few sounds and is hard to understand
• Is not combining words by 24 months of age
• Stops saying sounds or words they had already mastered, or uses speech and language less than before
• Has difficulty following directions
• Has difficulty communicating basic needs
• Doesn’t engage in conversations with others
• Has changes in communication or thinking skills after an illness, injury, or surgery

This list isn’t complete. If you have any concerns about your child’s speech or language development, we strongly encourage a screening. To see what most children are doing at each age, check ASHA’s Developmental Milestones: Birth to 5 Years or the CDC’s Learn the Signs. Act Early. milestones.

Why families choose Speech Pathway

We believe in family-centered care, which means we involve the whole family in your child’s treatment plan, from their initial evaluation to the time they graduate. We work with you and your family to achieve their goals.

What a speech-language evaluation looks like

A speech-language evaluation at Speech Pathway has three parts, followed by your child’s treatment plan. A Speech-Language Pathologist leads the evaluation. Speech evaluations take about 1.5 to 2 hours.

1. Case history: complete our intake form

   Before the evaluation, you’ll fill out our intake form on the Get Started page. Have photos of the front and back of your insurance cards ready. This lets your child’s SLP review medical history, school, background, and input from teachers and other providers ahead of time. Questions? Call our front desk at 405-603-6622.

2. Family interview

   During your evaluation, you’ll talk with the SLP about your concerns and your goals for your child’s communication.

3. Standardized and non-standardized measures

   Your SLP will determine if a standardized assessment is appropriate for your child, or if they will instead use another form of assessment. These can include parent questionnaires, skilled observation, language samples, checklists, and criterion-based measures. Areas assessed may include understanding and using language, speech sounds and oral-motor skills, social language, voice, fluency, and a hearing screening.

4. Results and treatment plan

   Your child’s SLP will integrate all of the data they collected during the assessment to complete an evaluation report, as well as a treatment plan that is individualized to your child’s specific needs.

   Please allow up to 10 business days for the completion of reports.

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Insurance, SoonerCare, and self-pay

We accept most major insurance policies. Some are in-network and others are out-of-network. Once you complete our Get Started form, we will contact you about your insurance coverage.

Prior authorization: SoonerCare always requires prior authorization before therapy can begin. Private insurance plans vary. Some require it and some don’t, and more of them are requiring it these days.

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