Nurturing Communication Skills from the Inside Out
At Talk in the Nest, we believe that every child is unique and deserves personalized care. Our mission is to provide exceptional speech therapy that caters to your child's needs, helping them overcome their challenges and achieve their full potential.
The Values that Guide Our Practice
Compassionate Care
Every child deserves understanding and respect. We create a warm, supportive environment where children feel safe to express themselves. Communication challenges are frustrating, but we provide the patience and encouragement that your child needs to succeed.
Commitment to Excellence
Excellence drives everything we do. Our experienced, passionate speech-language pathologist pursues ongoing postgraduate training to stay current with research and deliver the highest standard of evidence-based care.
Holistic Approach
We support the whole-child— addressing sensory, emotional, and cognitive needs while emphasizing relationships and co-regulation. By nurturing curiosity and a love of learning, we help children develop lifelong communication skills.
Personalized Care
We empower children to find their unique voice through personalized speech therapy. Recognizing that no two children are alike, we tailor each therapy plan to their individual strengths, challenges, and goals—fostering confidence and meaningful progress.
Family-Centered Therapy
Parents know their children best. We offer education, guidance and coaching to empower families to support communication at home. This collaborative approach helps children make faster, lasting progress.
Diversity and Inclusion
We celebrate the diversity of our families and are committed to inclusive, culturally responsive, neurodiversity-affirming care. Every child deserves quality speech therapy, regardless of background or ability. We also acknowledge the field’s history of bias and strive to uncover and address it in our practice.
Our Services
We are dedicated to positively impacting your child's life through comprehensive and compassionate speech therapy services.
Evaluations help us learn about your child’s strengths and needs through:
Parent questionnaires
Observations during play
Standardized assessments
We may look at your child’s speech, language, social communication and/or auditory development skills. You will receive findings and recommendations that guide length and frequency of therapy.
Evaluations
Children learn best during play! We follow your child’s lead, engage in their favorite activities, laugh together, and encourage them to try new and hard things. Each session is individualized and flexible, designed to meet your child’s needs.
Parents and caregivers are a critical part of our process. We invest time into supporting you so that you can help your child reach their goals even faster. Parent coaching provides personalized guidance that may replace direct speech therapy.
Therapy
Our Approach to Speech Therapy
Our SLP is highly trained and qualified to serve a variety of communication concerns with a particular expertise in the following areas.
We believe that children deserve the opprotunity to communicate effectively, no matter their diagnosis.
Speech and Language Delays
Language (receptive & expressive, gestalt language processing)
Speech (articulation, phonological disorders, apraxia of speech)
Listening and Spoken Language for children who are deaf/hard of hearing (auditory-verbal therapy)
Auditory Processing Disorders
Selective Mutism
Our innovative model offers the option of in-home, nature-based and virtual sessions. …. everything is evidence-based
Speech and Language Therapy
At Talk in the Nest, therapy takes place during your child’s favorite activities. We focus on your child’s unique talents while building new communication skills through play, incorporating toys and routines that they enjoy. Our sessions find natural opportunities for connection and communication, allowing your child to:
Learn functional, everyday words and phrases
Express themselves more clearly
Connect with others
Reduce frustration and communicate with confidence
Listening and Spoken Language for Children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Also known as auditory-verbal therapy, our Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) therapy is available either in-home or via teletherapy. We guide parents to teach their infants and children with hearing loss the skills they need to become successful listening and spoken language communicators.
During therapy sessions, we use interactive and developmentally appropriate strategies such as the “learn to listen” sounds (paired with toys), as well as books and games that help your child:
Develop listening skills
Speak clearly
Communicate with confidence
Succeed in school alongside hearing peers
Parents play a central role in the success of LSL therapy. Our specialist will empower you to use strategies that support your child’s language skills throughout your everyday routines. With guidance and support, you'll become confident in helping your child thrive in their communication journey.
Nature-Based Speech Therapy
Many children thrive and express themselves more freely in natural settings. If this sounds like your child, we will incorporate nature as a therapeutic partner. We will work toward your child’s speech and language goals outdoors—in a sensory-rich environment that supports self-regulation, attention, social-emotional growth, and cognitive development. Activities may include going on a leaf hunt, balancing on logs, or imaginative play in a stick fort. Nature-based speech therapy will help your child:
Learn to understand and use new vocabulary words
Develop stronger social communication skills
Improve listening skills
Develop clearer speech
Parent Coaching
While parent guidance and home activities are always part of our therapy sessions, parent coaching is designed just for you—to support and guide you in your role as your child’s first and most important teacher.
Whether your child is a “late talker” or you’d like to bring more language learning into your day, we’ll create a plan that fits your family’s rhythm—without the commitment of weekly therapy sessions. This service is also ideal for homeschooling families who want to weave speech and language strategies into their homeschool day.
During our sessions, we’ll cover topics such as:
Understanding your child’s evaluation and co-creating meaningful goals
Using practical strategies to support early language development
Navigating school-based speech therapy and advocating for an IEP
Parent coaching gives you the tools, confidence, and peace of mind to support your child’s growth every day. We’ll work together so you feel informed, empowered, and ready to help your child thrive.
Start Your Child's Speech Therapy Journey
Ready to get started? Take the first step by contacting us today. Together we can make a difference for your child.