Your closest center: Gracent Pediatric Therapy - Missouri City, TX
Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: Closed
We accept most major insurance plans:
Friendswood is split between Friendswood ISD and Clear Creek ISD, so which team runs your child's school evaluation comes down to your address. Our Missouri City center works with families on both sides of that line, and we can begin therapy privately while the district process runs.
We practice ABA the way it should be done now: assent-driven, play-based, and coordinated with your child's speech and occupational therapists rather than run in isolation. Friendswood children attend at Missouri City.
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Answers bring relief and direction. Our team uses gentle, play-based assessments that help you finally understand what’s happening and what to do next.
Children Under 5:
Assessments can be scheduled within two weeks in our Naperville, Deerfield, and Arlington Heights centers.
Children 5 & Up:
We are currently booking appointments 6-8 weeks into the future.
School Readiness is a half-day program that builds the skills a classroom actually asks for - sitting with a group, following a routine, asking for help. Friendswood children attend at Missouri City.
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Our speech-language pathologists support children at every stage of communication, from first words to clearer speech, stronger understanding, and more confident expression.
We focus on skills that show up in real life — asking for help, joining conversations, expressing feelings, and being understood by peers and adults.
Therapy is playful, purposeful, and personalized, helping children feel heard and understood wherever they go.
From morning routines to playground adventures, our OTs help children build comfort, confidence, and coordination — so daily life feels easier for everyone.
Occupational therapy supports skills like dressing, eating, handwriting, emotional regulation, and sensory processing. We help children feel more comfortable in their bodies, more regulated in their emotions, and more confident navigating everyday tasks at home, school, and play.
Our therapists help kids understand emotions, build coping skills, and feel more confident navigating friendships, school, and daily life.
Through age-appropriate, evidence-informed therapy, children learn how to name feelings, manage anxiety, handle frustration, and build emotional resilience.
We support the whole child, helping them feel calmer, more confident, and more capable in the moments that matter most.
At Gracent, your child's ABA, speech, and occupational therapists don't work in silos — they work side by side, on one plan.
Identifies the patterns behind behavior and builds a plan to support communication, regulation, and learning.
Provides the words, gestures, or tools to express feelings, needs, and ideas.
Supports regulation, motor skills, and sensory needs so their body feels calm, capable, and ready to try again.
And one day, you'll see it: a smooth transition, the right words, or proudly doing something that once felt out of reach. That's not a single moment, it's the result of connected care, designed for your child.
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Friendswood families reach us at our Missouri City center. Therapy only works if you can get there three afternoons a week, every week, so we would rather talk the drive through up front than have it fall apart in month two.
Two districts cover Friendswood - Friendswood ISD and Clear Creek ISD. Whichever one you are in, we coordinate on IEP goals and evaluations so therapy supports the school day instead of running parallel to it.
We see families from the neighboring Pearland, League City and Webster communities. The skills we work on are the ones that show up in those places - regulating in a busy room, joining in with other children, ordering for themselves on a Saturday outing. Therapy that travels off the mat and into their actual life.
Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday and Sunday: Closed
Missouri City - we are at 4722 Riverstone Blvd, Missouri City, TX 77459, and it is the closest Gracent center to Friendswood. ABA, speech, occupational therapy and school readiness all run from that building, on one shared plan. 281-374-1847 reaches the team directly.
It depends on your street. Friendswood straddles Friendswood ISD and Clear Creek ISD, so the school-side answer differs house to house. Under age 3 it is simpler: ECI (Early Childhood Intervention) handles evaluations statewide. Either way you can begin with us in parallel - a benefits check first, then an assessment.
From about 18 months up through the school years. Our youngest clients are toddlers, where starting early changes the most, and we continue with children and teens as their goals change.
We accept most major insurance plans and will run a benefits check with you before your child starts, so you have a clear picture of coverage and any out-of-pocket costs before day one.
We serve Friendswood and the wider Galveston County area, including the neighboring Pearland, League City and Webster communities. Ask us on 281-374-1847 about your specific location — a drive that looks fine on a map is not always fine three afternoons a week.
Two things. Plans are shaped by your child's strengths and assent, not by a fixed hour count, and the disciplines actually coordinate, so progress in one shows up in the others.
Usually, yes. We take most major Texas plans and run the benefits check ourselves before anything is scheduled, so you see the numbers before you commit rather than after the first invoice.
Availability changes, so the honest answer is to call 281-374-1847 and ask. We will tell you what we actually have at Missouri City rather than put you on a list and go quiet.
Yes — early ABA is one of the things we do best. We welcome children as young as 18 months, and starting early helps skills carry into preschool, kindergarten, and everyday family life. Every plan is paced for a young child.
ABA coverage in Texas is normally tied to a diagnosis, so that piece usually has to come first. Speech and occupational therapy are a different matter and can often begin straight away at our Missouri City center.
Tell us about your child. We’ll listen, ask questions, and help you understand next steps based on your needs and availability.
Meet the team, see the space, and talk through how we’d support your child, so you can feel confident before moving forward.
We’ll help you get started quickly and smoothly, with a plan built around your child.
Gracent Pediatric Therapy — formerly Pine Cone Therapies in Texas and includes three North Shore Pediatric Therapy centers in Illinois — is part of the Gracent network and a sister company to North Shore Pediatric Therapy. Together, we’re creating connected, compassionate care for children and families across every stage of growth.
Services at North Shore Pediatric Therapy and Gracent Pediatric Therapy centers are provided by affiliated professional corporations.
