Frequently Asked Questions

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Frequently Asked Questions *

  • 🗣 Direct 1:1 Speech & Language Therapy

    Individualized, relationship-based therapy sessions designed to support communication across environments. Sessions may target:

    • Articulation & phonological development

    • Expressive & receptive language

    • Developmental communication skills

    • Social communication

    • Fluency (stuttering-affirming approach)

    • AAC support & functional communication

    • Communication related to neurological differences (e.g., cerebral palsy, medically complex profiles)

    👨‍👩‍👧 Family Education & Coaching

    • Parent coaching to support carryover at home

    • Education regarding communication development

    • Home strategies and modeling techniques

    • Collaborative goal planning

    🤝 Coordination of Care

    • Collaboration with pediatricians, specialists, educators, and therapists

    • Communication support planning across settings

    • Written summaries when appropriate

    📝 Evaluations (Availability Limited)

    Evaluation services may include:

    • Informal assessments

    • Dynamic assessments

    • Language sampling

    • Articulation screening

    • Review of outside reports

    Formal standardized testing and comprehensive written evaluation reports are available on a case-by-case basis depending on clinical need and materials available.

  • Yes, We Talk is accepting new patients at this time

  • Sessions take place in a private outpatient therapy setting thoughtfully designed with materials and supports to promote communication growth, engagement, and learning.

  • Speech and language therapy services and treatment plans are made in collaboration with you, the family. The discussion is based around the child’s individual needs, availability to attend appointments, ability to carryover activities suggested within the home, your child’s response to treatment, and consistently and attending appointments.

  • Three ways to get started:

    darcia@wetalkspeech.com

    754-816-0627

    Contact form within website

  • You can reach us anytime via email or phone. As the owner and provider, I will get back to you as soon as I can:

    darcia@wetalkspeech.com

    754-816-0627

    Contact form within website

  • Private pay.

    Early Steps Provider.

    Superbills provided at your request for your submission to your insurance company at your discretion.

  • You can expect:

    • Direct communication with me as both the owner and your child’s Speech-Language Pathologist

    • Thoughtfully planned, individualized sessions

    • A whole-child approach that considers regulation, learning style, known expectations, and functional participation

    • Honest, transparent guidance about progress and next steps

    • Compassionate care

  • With over 18 years of clinical experience serving infants, children, and adolescents, therapy is guided by both evidence-based practice and seasoned professional judgment. Experience matters — especially when tailoring intervention to complex, individual communication needs.

    Therapy sessions incorporate structured, task-oriented activities alongside movement-based and play-integrated learning experiences. This balanced approach supports attention, engagement, and skill acquisition. Clear and supportive expectations are established to promote participation, confidence, and consistent progress. Communication is more than speech sounds and speaking. It is complex. It involves regulation, confidence, connection, play, language skills, cognition, and functional participation in everyday life. I strive to support the child to succeed in and out of therapy sessions.

    • “Intentional structure. Engaging experiences. Meaningful communication.”

    • “Where engagement, structure, and connection work together for real progress.”

    Let’s play, Let’s learn, Let’s communicate!