About KateSaid Speech Therapy

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If you would like to speak Kate about your concerns, you can book a free consultation.  A free consultation consists of a 15-20 minute phone call where you can talk with Kate about your concerns without committing to a full evaluation. Kate will ask questions about your child’s development, address any concerns you may have, and provide recommendations for your child. 

Speech therapists, or speech-language pathologists (SLPs), work with children in four main areas: articulation (speech sounds, intelligibility, motor speech disorders), language (receptive and expressive), pragmatics (social language skills), stuttering/fluency, and feeding (oral motor, swallowing, some sensory).

Language therapy is part of speech therapy. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) assess and work on receptive language (what a child understands) and expressive language (how a child communicates his or her wants, needs, and desires).

Typically, a child should be 100% intelligible to unfamiliar listeners by age 4. For younger children, unfamiliar listeners should be able to understand roughly 25% age 1, 50% by age 2, and 75% by age 3.

KateSaid Speech Therapy is located in the Fairfax County, Virginia area and proudly serves families from across Northern VA  including Fairfax, Centreville, Warrenton and surrounding Fauquier County, Fairfax County, and Prince William County.  Offices are located in Centreville and Warrenton with a location in Fairfax Station opening in 2025.

No; however, KateSaid Speech Therapy takes all major credit cards, FSA cards, payment with Zelle and PayPal, cash and checks.  I can provide a superbill for you to file with your insurance company as well.

An evaluation allows a speech therapist the opportunity to assess your child’s development. This assessment may include a standardized test, observation through play, medical history information, and/or parent report. In most cases, it includes all four. Through the evaluation, it will be determined if treatment is necessary. Treatment at KateSaid Speech Therapy cannot be initiated unless an evaluation has been completed or has been completed elsewhere in the last 12 months.

KateSaid Speech Therapy is available Monday – Friday from 9:00AM – 6:00PM and on Saturday by special request appointment.  Appointments in the Centreville office are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays only.

KateSaid Speech Therapy is available to provide screenings to children at daycare centers, private schools, religious preschool programs or my office. Screenings are abbreviated evaluations to determine if a child could benefit from further evaluation or if a child’s level of performance is age appropriate and no further evaluation is needed. If your child is found to have mild difficulties yet a full evaluation is not recommended, home programming ideas will be discussed so parents can facilitate these skills at home. If an area of concern is identified, a full evaluation will be recommended.  

Yes. Once an evaluation has been scheduled, our office will provide you with a link to a series of documents that KateSaid Speech Therapy needs to be completed prior to your child’s evaluation. It includes a case history form that gives us the background information pertinent to your child’s development. We request that all paperwork be completed in full and returned to us two days prior to your first appointment. If there is a delay in filling out the paperwork, your appointment may have to be rescheduled to a more convenient time.

KateSaid provides pediatric services for children from birth to 21.

Yes. KateSaid Speech Therapy believes that a collaborative and multidisciplinary effort between the child, his/her family and his/her other support networks and providers helps to achieve results and reach the highest level of success. Kate provides therapeutic intervention in the areas of receptive and expressive language and overall functional communication.

Yes. Parents are a very important part of treatment at KateSaid Speech Therapy. Parents are often invited into the treatment rooms to observe therapy if the situation is appropriate, and parent education is an integral part of every therapy session. Each session is designed to allow time for the parent and therapist to discuss progress and what was done during the therapy session. Home programs are provided to the parent to increase carryover in all settings and help the child be more successful in reaching their goals.

You can obtain an email copy of my privacy practices by requesting it and you will be provided a HIPAA document at the time of client intake.

To schedule an appointment, contact the office by calling 404-904-5751. 

Once your child’s initial appointment has been scheduled, you will receive a new patient intake packet to complete electronically. Prior to your first appointment,  KateSaid Speech requests all applicable paperwork be completed ahead of time. Due to the amount of information required, it’s suggested you start about a week before your first appointment.

New Patient Information Checklist

In addition to the New Patient Intake Forms you will complete electronically, KateSaid will need to have the following items on file prior to evaluation or treatment:

• Current Evaluation – Any speech, occupational, and/or physical therapy evaluations within the last 12 months (if applicable)
• Hearing Screening- Any hearing screening/test within the last 12 months (if applicable)