In-Clinic Speech | School Support | In-Home with Early Intervention | Telehealth
Speech & Language Therapy Services
Helping your child communicate, connect, and participate. Pediatric Speech-Language Therapy in the Tri-Valley East Bay Area, supporting your child's speech, language, social communication, and feeding needs.
Communication Is More Than Words
Communication is how your child shares needs, ideas, and feelings, builds friendships, and takes part in everyday life. When that feels hard, it can be frustrating for your child and for you.
Our Speech-Language Pathology team looks at the whole child, including regulation, sensory processing, attention, and motor skills, so communication becomes meaningful and carries into home, school, and the community.
Areas We Address With Speech Therapy
What is pediatric speech therapy? It's helping kids understand, express themselves, and connect with the people around them, in the way that works for them.
Speech Sounds
Supporting articulation and phonological skills so your child is easier to understand.
Language
Building vocabulary, sentences, comprehension, following directions, and storytelling.
Motor Speech
Assessing and treating childhood apraxia of speech and difficulty planning speech movements.
Social Communication
Starting conversations, self-advocacy, and navigating peers, without asking kids to mask who they are.
AAC
Gestures, visual supports, and communication systems that give your child a reliable voice. All communication is valid.
Fluency
Supporting children who stutter, with a focus on confidence and participation rather than “perfect” speech.
Voice
Evaluating vocal quality, pitch, and volume, with referrals when specialized medical assessment is needed.
Feeding & Oral-Motor
Supporting chewing, swallowing, and oral-motor coordination, with attention to sensory needs and family routines.
Meeting Kids Where They Need Us
In-Clinic
Our clinic features a sensory gym and private rooms, so movement and play can support communication.
- Evaluations
- 1-on-1 Speech sessions
- Fully equipped sensory gym
- Caregiver coaching
School
Outside perspectives can help your child's school team.
- School observations
- Consultations
- IEE & IEP support
In-Home
The best place to support infants and young children is in the home. We provide early intervention through the regional center.
- Parent coaching
- Comfort of home
- Early communication & feeding
Telehealth
Support from the comfort of home, when it fits your child's needs.
- Speech sessions
- Parent consultations
- Home-routine strategies
Speech + Occupational Therapy
One Child. Two Disciplines.
Because IPT offers both Speech and Occupational Therapy, our SLPs and OTs collaborate when your child's needs overlap, such as regulation, sensory differences, motor planning, or feeding. That may mean shared goals, coordinated caregiver education, or co-treatment sessions. Our goal isn't more therapy. It's the right support for your child.
Our Philosophy
We don't ask, “How do we make this child communicate more typically?”
We ask, “How can we help this child communicate more effectively, confidently, and authentically?”
— IPT Speech Team
Ways to Partner Together In Support of Your Child!
Understand Your Child: Evaluation
A Speech-Language Pathologist completes an individualized evaluation, typically 60–90 minutes depending on the areas assessed. We'll review your child's strengths, areas for support, and recommendations with you, along with a written report and plan of care when appropriate. A diagnosis is not required.
Make Progress: Individual Speech Sessions
There's no standard session, because there's no standard child. Your child might play a game, move through the sensory gym, tell stories, use AAC, or work through a real social situation. It looks like play, with intentional clinical reasoning behind every moment.
Build Your Toolbox: Caregiver Coaching & Consultation
You know your child best. We share practical strategies that fit naturally into daily routines, not another list of homework, and can consult with teachers and other members of your child's team.
Is Speech Therapy Right for My Child?
You don't need to know exactly what your child needs. Tell us what you're noticing, and we'll help you find the right next step.
An evaluation may help if your child:
- Is often hard for others to understand
- Gets frustrated when trying to communicate
- Uses fewer words or shorter sentences than expected
- Has trouble following directions or telling a story
- Stutters or has difficulty with the flow of speech
- Struggles with conversations or peer interactions
- Needs another reliable way to communicate, such as AAC
- Has chewing, swallowing, or feeding concerns
Meet Our Speech Team
Different strengths, one shared philosophy: communication should be meaningful, functional, and centered around the individual child.
Sierra Weir
Senior Speech Therapist / Lead Clinician
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, I believe every child possesses inherent strengths that can be nurtured through precise, individualized intervention and developmentally tailored activities. Supporting children, adults, and families as they develop or rehabilitate communication, feeding, voice, articulation, language, and social skills has remained central to my professional purpose.
Jenny Agredano
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
I have a strong passion for helping children develop the communication skills they need to feel confident, understood, and connected with the people around them. I believe that communication is an important part of everyday life, which is why I strive to make speech and language therapy engaging, meaningful, and individualized for each child.
McKenna Bell
Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant
I am incredibly passionate about helping children and adults find their voice, build their confidence, and feel understood. Being diagnosed with learning disabilities and language disorders has allowed me to better understand what many of my clients may be going through.
We're here to answer all your questions.
Schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation to discuss the best approach for your child.