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Speech Therapy

A child with a speech disorder may have difficulties in many arenas of their lives -- learning, development, health, social, and emotional. We work closely with parents, schools, and other professionals to maximize outcomes.

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Occupational Therapy

Our OT services help children develop strength, body awareness, balance, and perceptual abilities. These are needed to acquire gross and fine motor skills and improve your child's interactions the their environment.

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Some of the many programs we offer...

Your child's program(s) will be tailored to their own unique needs and objectives.

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P.R.O.M.P.T.

Our therapists are uniquely trained to use PROMPT. We use this technique with our patients that have trouble with motor-based speech movement such as Childhood Apraxia of Speech. PROMPT uses specialized oral-musculature touches to encourage production of speech sounds.

Myofunctional Therapy/Tongue Thrust

Our therapist are trained in Orofacial Myology, also known as Myofunctional therapy or 'tongue thrust'. We partner with local orthodontists to help decrease the need for longterm braces and/or retainers and to maintain proper teeth alignment.

Kaufman Method

Our SLPs use Nancy Kaufman’s word approximation method to teach children with motor speech disorders such as Childhood Apraxia of Speech. This method eliminates the motor complex part of words making it easier for children to speak words.

SOS Approach to Feeding

The Sequential Oral Sensory feeding program focuses on increasing a child's comfort level in exploring and learning about the different properties of foods, including texture, smell, taste, and consistency. This approach allows a child to interact with food in a playful, non-stressful way.

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Success requires teamwork... Meet our team

Our extended team includes parents, the schools, and other professionals as needed. -- Everyone working together.

Our clinical team

Our clinical team of licensed speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists is dedicated to providing excellent services for children in the Decatur area of Atlanta. We work together with parents to create the most effective treatment program for each child.

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Our admin team

Our administrative staff is a vital part of our team. They keep everything running like a well-oiled machine. If you have billing questions, insurance issues, or if you need to reschedule an appointment, they are the ones to call.

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Feeding Treatment: A Team Approach

For treating babies that require feeding therapy, there are no cases that are similar. That’s why it’s important to have a technique that uses multiple perspectives to both evaluate and treat each case. This is exactly what has been initiated at PediaSpeech recently. Jennifer McCullough M.S. CCC-SLP and Julia Marvil M.S. OTR/L have begun implementing…

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Tongue-Ties

Being tongue tied isn’t just a figure of speech. For people with a tongue tie, speaking, eating, and dentition may be affected by a small piece tissue sitting under the tongue. A tongue tie, or “ankyloglossia,” is a condition where there is a thick, tight, and/or shortened band of tissue called the lingual frenum that…

5 Tips to Thrive in Virtual School

Can you believe it’s already time to go back to school? While school looks very different this year, it is possible to make the most of it and learn from your own home with these sensory friendly tips. 1. Set up a “school” area with multiple seating options It will be important for kids to…

Teletherapy Ideas that Work!

We made online occupational therapy work in our practice in Atlanta with all ages and diagnosis! Here are some ideas that we have found to make the telehealth delivery method successful….. Admittedly, starting a new method of occupational therapy was intimidating at first, but these first few weeks have proven that teletherapy is a wonderful…

Speech Therapy Online-A Success Story

We made online speech therapy work in our practice in Atlanta with all ages and diagnosis! The progress we have seen in only 3 weeks is simply remarkable! Each day I wonder in this new world of COVID-19…how did we get to where we are today? The emotions that I have gone through over the…

PediaSpeech Goes Virtual

Over the past several weeks, we have seen our lives quickly turn upside down as schools, events, restaurants, and therapy clinics have shut down due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The last thing we want as clinicians is to pause therapy, as we know it may be a critical part of your child’s development. PediaSpeech has…

Retained Primitive Reflexes- The Basics

I have several children on my caseload that are smart, sweet kids, but have so many challenges with sensory processing, behavior and attention. They hate writing, can’t sit still, and attempt to control situations whenever possible. If this sounds like your child, the answer to these challenges may be found in his or her brain-stem,…

Using Pictures & Illustrations with Beginning Readers—Is it Helpful or Hurtful?

Learning to read can be such a difficult task for young readers. Research shows that beginning readers who use pictures and illustrations to assist with learning to read have several advantages. However, when addressing reading difficulties, those illustrations can sometimes hinder progress. Using illustrations helps with children learning to decode (sound-out) words, make predictions, sequence…

OT Holiday Gift Ideas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The holidays are a great time to enhance your toy closets with fun toys that promote the most important developmental skills. Here are some great ideas from our OT department at PediaSpeech Services, Inc. Happy giving! Squigz- These are a favorite in the clinic! They are suction…

Handwriting, Fine Motor Skills & Pencil Control Oh My!

By Cayla Woodburn As surprising as it might sound, fine motor skills impact nearly every aspect of life. Without fine motor skills, we wouldn’t be able to button our pants, brush our teeth, open our lunch, write our name, and so many more everyday activities. Many children struggle with their fine motor control, precision, grasp,…

Insurance & Billing

We accept most health insurances however we do not accept Peach State, Peachcare, Wellcare, Amerigroup, Caresource, Tricare, Kaiser, Medisource or Medicaid CMOs.

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Winn Medical Center
495 Winn Way, Ste. 210
Decatur, GA 30030

770-209-9826