Speech Therapy for Kids in Southlake, TX
Speech and feeding therapy for Southlake kids from 18 months through school age, at our center on Greenbriar Drive.
- Led by an experienced speech team, with ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists
- A one-hour first visit built around play
- Speech, OT, and ABA coordinated under one roof
- We check your insurance before your first visit
Call 817-934-6501 and we'll walk you through the next steps.
Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: Closed
We accept most major insurance plans:
Is it time to talk to a speech therapist?
Some Southlake parents notice it at a playdate, when other kids are chatting and theirs is quiet. Some notice it at the dinner table, when a short list of "safe" foods keeps getting shorter. If something has you wondering, that's reason enough to ask.
- Fewer than 50 words, or no two-word phrases, by age 2 (a common threshold from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Speech that family understands but others don't
- Trouble with textures, chewing, or trying new foods
- Difficulty taking turns or joining play with other kids
What speech therapy looks like at our Southlake center
Your first visit is a one-hour assessment with a speech-language pathologist, who plays with your child, listens, and asks what you're seeing at home. Then you'll get a plan with goals you can picture: ordering at a restaurant, telling a teacher they need help, enjoying a family meal.
Jessica Roberts-Grant, M.S., CCC-SLP, our assistant clinical director of speech-language pathology, guides the speech team, drawing on more than 15 years with young children, including AAC and autism. We support late talking, speech sounds, understanding language, social communication, AAC, and feeding. See how we approach speech and feeding therapy.
Your speech therapist plays with your child, listens to how they communicate, and asks what you're seeing at home.
Goals tied to real moments: asking for a snack, being understood at preschool, mealtimes that feel calmer.
Play-based sessions, and one or two things to practice at home each week, so progress keeps going between visits.
Meet Our Speech Team
Jessica Roberts-Grant
Michaela Bugumba
Michelle Spencer
Speech, OT, and ABA together in Southlake
At our Southlake center, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and ABA therapy share one building and one plan. If your child needs more than one kind of support, their therapists coordinate goals, and you keep one schedule instead of three.
Finding their words
First words, being understood, picture and device communication, and mealtimes that feel calmer.
Confidence in everyday moments
Fine motor, sensory, and self-care skills, from getting dressed to holding a crayon.
Skills for independence
Play-based, child-led support for communication, social, and daily-living skills.
The bigger picture
If speech is only part of the story
Some Southlake kids who come to us for speech are also showing differences in play, social connection, or flexibility with routines. That can be a sign of autism, or it can be something else, and it helps to have people who can tell the difference.
- Start with your speech therapist. She'll tell you honestly what she's noticing.
- We'll help you with next steps. Our team can explain your options for an autism evaluation.
- Continue here. If ABA therapy would help, it happens in our Southlake center, alongside speech and OT.
ABA therapy
Support that grows with your child
If an autism diagnosis is part of your child's story, ABA therapy happens in the same building, with a team that already knows your child. It's play-based, led by your child's strengths, and built around your family's goals.
Learn about ABA therapy at this center →Why Southlake families choose private speech therapy
If your child already gets speech through ECI or Carroll ISD, you might wonder whether private therapy is worth it. Here's what it adds:
- Help without an eligibility test. Plenty of kids who are struggling to talk don't meet ECI or school cutoffs.
- One-on-one, every time, instead of small groups fit around the school day.
- Goals your family picks, like mealtimes, playdates, and being understood by grandparents.
- Feeding support, which school speech services typically don't cover.
- Year-round. No pause for summer or school breaks.
Turning 3 or starting school?
That's when many families add private therapy. Texas Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) ends at 3, and not every child qualifies for school services. Private speech therapy keeps progress going, and we'll coordinate with your child's school team.
Most families use insurance, and we check your benefits before your first visit.
Southlake, Colleyville, Grapevine, Trophy Club, Westlake
Aetna, BCBS of Texas, TRICARE, UnitedHealthcare, United Behavioral Health
Coverage varies by plan. We check yours before your first visit.
More about this center →Getting to our Southlake, TX center
Gracent Pediatric Therapy - Southlake, TX
We're on Greenbriar Drive off Davis Boulevard, near West Continental Boulevard on Southlake's west side.
Typical drive times: about 12 minutes from Colleyville, Trophy Club, or Westlake, and 16 from Grapevine.
Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: Closed
Start speech therapy with one call
Reach out to us
Tell us about your child. We’ll listen, ask questions, and help you understand next steps based on your needs and availability.
Come in for a tour
Meet the team, see the space, and talk through how we’d support your child, so you can feel confident before moving forward.
Start care with confidence
We’ll help you get started quickly and smoothly, with a plan built around your child.
Speech therapy questions from Southlake parents
Is it a late talker or a language delay?
A late talker says fewer words than expected but understands well and is on track otherwise. A language delay can affect understanding too. A speech-language pathologist can usually tell which in a single one-hour assessment.
Can speech therapy help with picky eating?
Yes. Our speech-language pathologists provide feeding therapy for children who struggle with textures, chewing, swallowing, or trying new foods.
My child is in ECI. Should we keep it?
Yes, and you can add private therapy alongside it. We're glad to coordinate with your ECI team, and when ECI ends at 3, private therapy keeps your child's progress going.
Will insurance cover speech therapy?
Many plans do. In Texas we accept Aetna, BCBS of Texas, TRICARE, UnitedHealthcare, and United Behavioral Health. Our intake team checks your plan before your first visit.
What should we bring to the first visit?
Your insurance card, any past evaluations or school plans, and a short list of the words or signs your child uses. And your questions.
See What's Possible for Your Child
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Our commitment to you and your child:
- For our clients, treatment hours are determined on an individualized basis, without predefined blocks.
- Our BCBAs weigh the priorities of the family, the availability of the child given other therapeutic services they may be receiving, and the level of support needed to facilitate the best outcomes.
- All of our treatment plans have terminal goals that are reported every 6 months and discussed every 3 months directly with the family, to ensure we are always moving towards fading the level of support needed and increasing daily independence.
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.
- ABA services are provided by North Shore Pediatric Therapy, Ltd.
- Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapy services are provided by Pediatric Therapies, Ltd.
- Neuropsychological services are provided by Chicago Neuropsychological Institute
