Pediatric Speech Therapy Services in Charlotte & Raleigh

Comprehensive Evaluation → Parent & Family Partnership → Ongoing Weekly Support

Your Child’s Therapy Journey at ACT Therapy Services

1. Comprehensive Evaluation

We start by getting to know your child as a whole person-not just the skill that brought you through our doors. During the evaluation, your therapist will learn about your concerns, your child's strengths, developmental history, communication or feeding needs, and how those skills impact everyday life.

We use this information to identify your child's individual needs, determine whether therapy is recommended, and create a personalized plan with meaningful goals for home, school, and everyday routines. 

Evaluation → Understanding your child and creating the right plan

2. Parent & Family Partnership

Therapy does not stop when your child leaves the clinic. In fact, most of your child's learning and development happens during the many hours they spend at home, at school, and in the community.

That's why we believe parents and caregivers are an important part of the therapy team. We help you understand what your child is working on, why it matters, and how to support progress naturally throughout everyday life-without turning home into another therapy session.

For families who want additional support, our Family Partnership Program provides individualized caregiver coaching and resources based on your child's specific therapy pathway. The program is designed to run alongside your child's therapy and extend support beyond the clinic.

Depending on your child's needs, this may include parent strategy sessions, direct access to your therapist for questions, individualized resources, school support, and opportunities for your therapist to help carry strategies into your child's natural environment.

Parent Partnership → Giving families the confidence and tools to support progress

3. Ongoing Weekly Support

Once therapy begins, your child will receive individualized sessions focused on the goals identified during their evaluation. Your therapist will continually adjust activities and strategies based on your child's progress, interests, and changing needs.

But weekly therapy is only one piece of the process. We also help families understand how to carry skills into real-life moments-during play, meals, homework, conversations, school routines, and time with friends and family.

As your child grows, we celebrate progress, update goals, collaborate with caregivers and other professionals when appropriate, and continue building toward greater communication, confidence, participation, and independence. 

Comprehensive Evaluation → Parent & Family Partnership → Ongoing Weekly Support

How can my child benefit from Speech Therapy?


Speech therapy is more than just addressing sounds and words—it's about giving your child the tools to thrive in every aspect of their life. Whether your child is working on improving their articulation, expanding their vocabulary, or developing feeding and oral motor skills, speech therapy focuses on building skills that foster independence, confidence, and meaningful connections with others.

Below, you'll find common areas we address in therapy, including specialty treatments tailored to support your child's unique needs. Explore the list to see how our services can make a difference for your child and family.

Articulation Therapy

An articulation disorder is the decreased production of sounds including substitutions, omissions, additions or distortions that may result in reduced speech intelligibility.

Language Therapy

Language therapy focuses on improving a child’s use of grammar, vocabulary, comprehension and social use of language.

Oral Motor Therapy(OMT)/Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)

Oral Motor Therapy (OMT)/Oral Placement Therapy (OPT): Oral Placement Therapy is a speech therapy which utilizes a combination of: (1) auditory stimulation, (2) visual stimulation and (3) tactile stimulation to the mouth to improve speech clarity. You can find more information about Oral Placement Therapy here

Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)

AAC is a type of communication, other than speech. AAC can include low-tech options (pictures) to high-tech options (computerized speaking devices). Our therapists are trained in selecting an appropriate type of AAC for your child which will be incorporated into the home setting as well. Learn more about our AAC offerings here

Early Intervention

Early intervention refers to the treatment of children from 0-3 years old. This is parent directed and play-based therapy that takes place at our center or your child's preschool/daycare. 

Feeding Therapy

We provide feeding therapy to infants, toddlers and children who have difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) or oral motor issues limiting their feeding and swallowing.

Executive Functioning

Executive functions consist of fundamental skills that allow the brain to organize and act on information. These skills enable people to plan, organize, remember things, prioritize, pay attention and get started on tasks. They also help people use information and experiences from the past to solve current problems. Whether it’s binder organization, time management, study skills, forgetting things or appointments, we can help provide your child with visuals, technology and training to help build executive functioning skills.

Work with our Speech Therapists

If you're interested in working with our therapists to get help with communication or motor issues, get in touch to ask questions or schedule an appointment in Charlotte, Raleigh, or Huntersville!