Springboard Speech & Language Services

About Springboard Speech & Language Services

Springboard Speech & Language Services is a pediatric private practice based in Winchester, Massachusetts, serving children from birth through age 18. The practice offers speech and language services in the clinic, through teletherapy across Massachusetts, and in some cases through home, preschool, child care center, and school visits. For younger children, travel services are offered for an added fee, and the website notes service availability in Winchester, Arlington, Medford, Woburn, Melrose, Wakefield, and Lexington. Core services include phone consultations, comprehensive evaluations with detailed written reports, individualized 1:1 therapy sessions, parent and caregiver coaching, and remote therapy. Areas described on the website include speech sound disorders, receptive and expressive language difficulties, voice disorders, late talking, and orofacial myofunctional disorders. The practice also states that it provides treatment and support related to autism spectrum disorder, global developmental delays, dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities, and certain genetic disorders including Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, and Fragile X syndrome.

The owner, Allison Sardo, M.S. CCC-SLP, is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist with nearly twenty years of professional experience. Her background includes work in public schools, Head Start, early intervention, and private practice. Springboard Speech & Language Services presents itself as a family-centered, neurodiversity-affirming practice that values meaningful relationships with children and caregivers. The website describes an approach that is tailored to each child’s communication profile, strengths, and interests, with care grounded in current evidence-based practice. For young children, therapy may use play and parent coaching to support language growth in daily routines. For older children, the practice describes using visual, verbal, and tactile-kinesthetic methods to target speech and language skills, along with collaboration across the child’s broader care team.

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