Steele Speech Services LLC

About Steele Speech Services LLC

Steele Speech Services LLC is a pediatric speech-language pathology practice serving Grosse Pointe, St. Clair Shores, and other Metro Detroit communities. The practice describes itself as working with children ages 18 months and older and offering speech and language support in settings that can include the home, daycare, and school. Its clinic services include complimentary phone consultations for prospective families, comprehensive speech and language evaluations, and individualized treatment sessions planned around each child’s needs. The website also notes school contract services for charter, private, and public schools in Michigan, with in-person, virtual, and hybrid options available.

The practice highlights support for children with speech sound and language needs, including speech delay, late talking, articulation and phonological concerns, childhood apraxia of speech, stuttering, autism-related communication differences, selective mutism, AAC needs, and early literacy development. Steele Speech Services states that evaluations may look at areas such as receptive and expressive language, speech motor skills, fluency, voice, feeding, oral motor function, AAC, and social communication. The site emphasizes a neurodivergent-friendly style of care that uses play, relationship-building, and strengths-based support to help children develop communication skills. Kaitlyn Steele, M.S., CCC-SLP, is the owner and a Michigan-licensed speech-language pathologist with ASHA certification. Her listed training and experience include childhood apraxia of speech, autism spectrum disorder, preschool language development, speech sound disorders, and AAC. The team page also introduces Claire-Elizabeth Gawel, M.A., CF-SLP, whose background includes graduate training in communication sciences and disorders and clinical experiences in teletherapy, outpatient neurorehabilitation, and elementary school settings. Overall, the practice presents itself as a child-focused service designed to support communication growth while working closely with families and school communities.

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