San Diego Center for Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy & Educational Services is committed to helping children and young adults become successful and confident communicators in the classroom, home and throughout their lives. We work with individuals of all ages from birth to adulthood. In addition to speech therapy services and social skills groups, our center offers multidisciplinary services including occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, behavioral support, nutritional counseling, academic tutoring, ADHD coaching for parents and parent support groups. We are also a San Diego Regional Center vendor providing free services for speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy for those children that qualify. Our office integrates top professionals in the area of child development, and the professionals in our center value collaboration with one another in order to help children achieve their highest developmental potential.

Starlight Speech & Language is a pediatric speech therapy and enrichment practice. I provide in-home or in-school speech therapy and enrichment services to help meet the needs of busy families. I use the latest scientific evidence to provide the most effective therapy services. Every child deserves the ability to communicate with his family, friends and community. I'm here to help children reach for the stars!

My practice consists primarily of independent evaluations and consultation. My experience lies largely in the areas of augmentative alternative communication (AAC), working with individuals with autism, and students with significant language learning disabilities. I have spent almost 40 years working with children and adolescents with autism; in public and private school settings, in day and residential programs. I have a strong background in applied behavior analysis, but also with naturalistic and environmental approaches. I focus on development of language and literacy skills, especially for students who are primarily nonverbal. I am familiar with the whole range of augmentative communication systems, and teaching strategies for developing genuine communication skills. I also worked in a public school district with students in substantially separate language-based classrooms, both team-teaching with special education teachers and transitioning students into general education settings. I perform independent evaluations for families and schools, looking closely at specific areas of strength and weakness in order to make recommendations that will help make student successful in an appropriate academic setting. I perform AAC evaluations for a wide range of individuals with all types of disabilities and needs. I try to best match the individual’s needs to the features available in no-tech, low-tech, and/or high-technology AAC systems. I am familiar with the range of alternate access possibilities, the needs of students with cortical vision impairments, and in training partners as scanners.

Open Door Speech provides quality speech and language services in the comfort of your own home! Both in-home and tele-practice therapy sessions are available to meet our clients' unique needs. Open Door Speech believes that a natural and familiar setting paired with family involvement will encourage clients to feel comfortable when trying new strategies to enhance communication skills. Our mission is to provide individualized treatment plans to help our clients become confident communicators. Open Door Speech is available to travel to clients' homes within the city of San Diego. Tele-practice option is available to all residents of California. If you live in the greater San Diego area and are unsure about whether we can come to you or not, please send us an email! Children: Articulation/Speech sound disorders, fluency/stuttering, language disorders, social communication disorders (pragmatics) Adults: Fluency/Stuttering