Helping Children Build Strong Foundations
At 1st Foundations Pediatric Therapy, we provide personalized virtual feeding and speech-language therapy for children from birth through school age. Every child is unique, and every treatment plan is tailored to meet their individual needs while empowering parents to support progress at home.
Services
Our Approach
We don't just work with children—we partner with families. Lasting progress happens when therapy extends beyond the session. That's why we provide practical coaching and strategies you can use during everyday routines like meals, playtime, bath time, reading, and family conversations. Our goal is to help you feel confident supporting your child's development long after the session ends.
Feeding Therapy
Does your child...
- Struggle with bottle or breastfeeding?
- Have difficulty transitioning to purees or table foods?
- Eat only a limited variety of foods?
- Gag, choke, or cough during meals?
- Have oral motor or chewing difficulties?
- Refuse meals or become distressed at mealtime?
- Need support following a tongue or lip tie release?
- Have a medical condition affecting feeding?
We Can Help
Treatment may include:
- Infant feeding support
- Bottle and breastfeeding transitions
- Introduction to solids
- Oral motor skill development
- Chewing and drinking skills
- Sensory feeding strategies
- Picky eating intervention
- Parent coaching
- Collaboration with physicians and other providers
Speech & Language Therapy
Does your child...
- Use fewer words than expected?
- Have difficulty being understood?
- Struggle to follow directions?
- Have trouble expressing wants and needs?
- Become frustrated when communicating?
- Need help developing language skills?
- Have speech sound errors?
- Need AAC support?
We Can Help
Treatment may include:
- Early language development
- Speech sound therapy
- Expressive language
- Receptive language
- Parent coaching
- Social communication
- AAC support
- Home programming
Comprehensive Evaluations
Every evaluation is individualized and designed to identify your child's strengths and areas of need.
Evaluations may include:
- Parent interview
- Clinical observation
- Standardized assessments (when appropriate)
- Functional assessment
- Individualized recommendations
- Written report
Parent Coaching
Sometimes the best therapy starts with empowering you the parent. These virtual sessions are one-on-one (without the child present) and are designed for caregivers who want:
- Individualized strategies
- practical guidance
- answers to your questions
- Home activities
- Ongoing education
- Coaching for
- feeding
- speech and language development
- mealtime routines
- carryover strategies
- preparing for an evaluation
Virtual Therapy
Virtual therapy offers:
- Therapy from the comfort of home
- Less travel
- More scheduling flexibility
- Parent involvement
- Real-life practice in your child's natural environment
- Secure HIPAA-conscious platform
Areas We Treat
Feeding
✔ Bottle refusal
✔ Breastfeeding support
✔ Transition to solids
✔ Oral motor delays
✔ Picky eating
✔ Sensory feeding
✔ Chewing difficulties
✔ Drinking from straw/open cup
Communication
✔ Late talking
✔ Speech delays
✔ Language delays
✔ Articulation
✔ Childhood apraxia of speech
✔ AAC
✔ Parent coaching
Ready to Get Started?
If you have questions about your child's feeding or communication, schedule a free 15-minute consultation. Together, we'll discuss your concerns and determine the best next steps.
