Joy Speech & Dyslexia

About Joy Speech & Dyslexia

Joy Speech and Dyslexia is a private practice in Friendswood, Texas that works with pediatric clients who have communication and literacy challenges. The clinic offers evaluations, speech and language therapy, dyslexia therapy, myofunctional therapy, school contract services, and IEP or ARD review and support. Areas named on the website include articulation, phonological disorders, expressive and receptive language needs, social or pragmatic language, fluency and stuttering, developmental delays, learning disorders, dyslexia, and orofacial myofunctional disorders such as tongue thrust, oral resting posture concerns, and tethered oral tissues. Services are described as individualized and family aware, with treatment plans developed from standardized testing, observation, and parent interview when an evaluation is needed.

The practice presents its care model as collaborative, practical, and relationship centered, with an emphasis on helping families support progress beyond the therapy room. Speech and language therapy is provided one on one and may be scheduled in 30, 45, or 60 minute sessions, with home practice encouraged for carryover and generalization. Dyslexia therapy uses Neuhaus Basic Language Skills with supplemental curriculum and includes structured literacy work in areas such as phonemic awareness, decoding, spelling, fluency, comprehension, handwriting, vocabulary, and oral and written expression. The clinic is led by Renee Penny, M.A. CCC-SLP, CALT, and Nikki Riley, M.S., CCC-SLP. Renee’s background includes speech-language pathology and certified academic language therapy, with experience serving children ages 3 to 16 in areas including literacy disorders, fluency, articulation, phonology, childhood apraxia of speech, autism, and language disorders. Nikki’s background includes early childhood intervention and school-based speech therapy, with experience in articulation, fluency, language disorders, autism, social communication, assistive technology, and orofacial myology.

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