Pediatric Speech Language Therapy

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South Orange, NJ

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We are a local speech therapy private practice, located out of South Orange, NJ. We provide home-based services or can see your child at his or her daycare or preschool setting. We service towns within a 15-minute radius of the South Orange and Maplewood, NJ.

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Family Centered Speech and Language Therapy

Melissa Maniches runs a local pediatric speech therapy practice in South Orange, NJ. Therapy takes place in your child’s natural setting; home or preschool/daycare. Our mission is to provide evidence-based and highly personalized therapy using a play-based approach. Including family members and/or caretakers into our sessions is essential to helping your child achieve his or her goals. Our practice specializes in early language development and speech-sound disorders.

Meet our SLP, Melissa

Personalized Speech & Language Therapy

Our Specialties

  • Developmental Delays

  • Phonological Delays/Disorders

  • Articulation Disorders

  • Childhood Apraxia of Speech

  • Language Delays/Disorders

  • Social and Play Skills

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Evaluations

Based on your child’s needs, we will begin with an evaluation or an informal assessment to guide our treatment plan and goals for therapy. We will also accept previously conducted evaluations if deemed recent and appropriate.

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Therapy

Frequency and duration of therapy sessions will depend on your child’s needs and goals. Sessions usually are conducted for 30-minutes or 45-minutes on a weekly basis.

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Our Process

Getting Started with Speech Therapy

Step 1

Contact us to begin with a free consultation to discuss your concerns and your child’s skills.

Step 2

Based on your child’s needs, we will begin with an evaluation or an informal assessment to guide our treatment plan and goals.

Step 3

Begin speech therapy! We will schedule your child’s speech therapy sessions on a weekly basis (duration will vary based on your child’s needs).

Insurance & Billing

We accept only private pay. We also accept HSA credit cards and can provide a superbill for reimbursement of out-of-network benefits upon request.