Speech Therapists in New York, United States

About the care

What is pediatric speech therapy?

Speech therapy helps children understand language, express themselves, and connect with the people around them.

A pediatric speech-language pathologist looks at the whole picture of communication — speech sounds, understanding and using language, social communication, and even feeding and swallowing. Therapy is built around play and the child’s own interests, so practice feels like fun rather than drill.

Families typically look for a speech therapist when a toddler has few words, when speech is hard for others to understand, when stuttering appears, or when a child needs another way to communicate, like an AAC device.