Háblame Speech Therapy

About Háblame Speech Therapy

Hablame Speech Therapy is a pediatric speech and language practice based in Berwyn, Illinois, with services described for families in the Chicagoland area. The website presents the practice as a bicultural and bilingual provider focused on children and multilingual learners. Care is described as individualized and patient-centered, with 1:1 speech therapy available in the home, at a child’s day care or school, or through telehealth. The site also highlights a family-centered model that values collaboration with families, caregivers, and therapists. On its services pages, Hablame Speech Therapy lists expressive and receptive language delays, expressive and receptive language disorder, speech sound disorders, AAC, and professional SLP consultations among its specialty areas. The site also offers a free 15-minute consultation to discuss a child’s communication needs and whether a full evaluation may be appropriate.

The founder is Melissa Tapia, M.S., CCC-SLP/L, who is identified on the website as a certified bilingual speech-language pathologist in Illinois. The site states that she is a bicultural, bilingual clinician and notes additional credentials including a Professional Educator License Type 73, a Spanish Bilingual Educator license from ISBE, and ATCP accreditation with a specialty in AAC. Hablame Speech Therapy also describes experience with comprehensive bilingual evaluations and AAC evaluations, including school-age evaluations in fluency, articulation, language, social communication, and AAC. The practice says its approach is culturally and linguistically responsive and designed to support meaningful communication for each child, including spoken language, AAC, or other forms of communication. According to the site, treatment planning is based on evaluation results and is tailored to each child’s goals.

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