Pediatric Speech Therapy
in Montgomery, AL
Why Speech Therapy?
Does your child have trouble sharing their ideas, putting words together, or speaking clearly? Do they seem to struggle with following directions or understanding social cues? These are common communication challenges that our expert speech-language pathologists (SLPs) at Excel Pediatric Therapy Services can help your child overcome. Keep reading to learn more about speech therapy and how it can benefit your child. Then give us a call at (334) 532-0220 to get started.
What Is Speech Therapy?

Speech and language therapy is an amazing treatment method that helps children build the essential skills they need to understand and use language for effective communication. For example, the ability to make friends can be a challenge if you have trouble initiating play, taking turns in a conversation, or asking questions. Our speech-language pathologists work with children to build the key skills they need to communicate their ideas and understand others. This gives them a voice and opens the door to a whole world full of possibilities!
Speech therapy is a complex subject that our highly skilled therapists have dedicated their careers to learning. Each one of our SLPs has a masters level education and has completed at least nine months of on-the-job training to ensure that we can provide the absolute best outcomes for your child. We are specialists in speech and language, which means we have the skills and experience to help your child with their specific speech and language needs.

Who Can Benefit from Speech Therapy?
Our expert team serves children between birth and 18 years old who have been diagnosed with any speech or language challenges. Contact your pediatrician for a referral if you have any concerns about your child’s speech, language, or feeding development. Your child could benefit from speech therapy if they:
- Are nonverbal
- Have limited play skills
- Have repetitive or narrow interests
- Struggle communicating their wants and needs
- Are easily frustrated when verbal communication is not understood
- Have difficulty making friends or playing appropriately with others
- Struggle staying on topic during conversations
- Have trouble recalling details of an event or story
- Struggle to answer basic questions about their day
- Constantly repeat phrases or scripts
- Prefer to show you rather than tell you
- Use generic language rather than specific details
- Can only be understood by familiar caregivers
- Have trouble taking turns in a conversation
- Struggle to keep a conversation going
- Tend to only speak about their own interests
- Don’t initiate play, interactions, or conversations
- Don’t ask questions
Can Speech Therapy Help with Feeding Challenges?
Yes! Our speech-language pathologists can help if your child has any delayed acquisition of feeding skills such as:
- Difficulty latching to breastfeed or poor lip seal around nipple of bottle
- Inefficient with breast or bottle feedings
- Displays coughing, gagging or watering of eyes during or after feedings
- Not progressing with accepting food from a spoon or advancing textures as expected
- Frequently overstuffs his/her mouth, pockets foods, or has a limited variety of accepted foods

Come See Our Clinic!

Our clinic is designed to mimic the natural environment your child will experience outside of therapy. We’re proud of our setup because it allows children to challenge themselves in a safe and supportive environment as they build skills that will carry over into their daily lives. Give us a call at (334) 532-0220 to schedule a tour of our clinic and see for yourself what makes our approach one of a kind!
A World of Play Awaits
At the conclusion of our initial evaluation, your child will be greeted with a vibrant, playful, and motivating atmosphere. Our facility is equipped with a variety of engaging and stimulating play areas, each carefully designed to support different therapeutic goals:
Small Gyms
Our two smaller gyms offer spaces for focused, one-on-one therapy sessions, and allow for personalized attention and targeted interventions. When appropriate, these gyms also offer small group play areas so our therapists can address your child’s social skills with 1-2 of their peers. These smaller gyms create authentic opportunities for interactions with other children resulting in turn-taking, sharing, approaching, requesting, and so much more.
Large Multi-Sensory Gym
Our expansive multi-sensory gym is a dynamic space filled with interactive equipment and activities designed to stimulate all senses and encourage physical, social, and cognitive development.
Play with Purpose
Each play area in our clinic is more than just fun and games. Every piece of equipment and every activity is chosen with a specific therapeutic purpose in mind. By integrating play into therapy, we can address various developmental challenges in a way that feels enjoyable and natural to children. This approach helps in:
- Building key social skills like taking turns
- Improving communication
- Increasing understanding of nonverbal cues
- Boosting confidence and self-esteem
We are dedicated to making therapy a positive and enriching experience for every child. By using play as a therapeutic tool, we tap into children’s innate curiosity and joy, making each session something they look forward to. Our experienced therapists are trained to harness the power of play to achieve therapeutic goals, ensuring that each child receives the support and encouragement they need to thrive.
Come visit us and see how we turn therapy into an adventure! At our clinic, your child’s journey to growth and development is filled with laughter, learning, and lots of play.
What Does a Speech Therapy Session Look Like?

When your child attends speech therapy at our clinic, it will often look like they are simply playing with their therapist. This is intentional, as our approach to treatment is to use a child’s innate desire to play to challenge their bodies and minds. Why? Because children learn best when they are playing, exploring, and having fun.
Our job as therapists is to skillfully guide your child toward more challenging activities to build their speech and language skills while respecting their preferences and opinions. And because we don’t take a rigid, formulaic approach, no two therapy sessions will ever look the same—because no two children are exactly the same, and their treatment should be as personalized as possible to help them achieve their goals.

What Your Child Can Learn in Speech Therapy
Speech therapy can help your child learn a ton of valuable communication skills that they will use for their whole life! Some of these skills include how to:
- Play with others appropriately
- Take turns
- Speak more clearly
- Communicate their ideas
- Accurately retell an event or story
- Tell caregivers their wants and needs
- Make friends
- Keep a conversation going
- Deal with challenging situations with peers or in play
- Eat a variety of foods efficiently and safely
- Accurately label their own feelings
- Pick up on nonverbal communication
- Manage their emotions
- Use a communication device (if needed)
- Play in a variety of ways
- Expand their interests to a variety of topics
What Our Families Are Saying
Our team is passionate about providing high-quality service to the families in our care, but you don’t have to take our word for it! Check out what some of our families have to say about Excel Pediatric Therapy Services:
My daughter has made progress in leaps and bounds.
“It's been almost two years that we have been with Excel. They have a fabulous staff who work hard and happily with your children. My daughter, who is there for speech therapy, has made leaps and bounds. Thank you, Excel!”His quality of life has improved drastically.
“Caiden has gotten so much more interactive within the last two years! His quality of life has improved drastically since he can now communicate better & is no longer constantly seeking sensory input. Anytime I come to either therapist with an issue Caiden is having, they always give me ideas to help. They also make sure I fully understand what they are working on with Caiden & answer all of my questions thoroughly.”I can truly see improvement.
“It has helped a lot because I practice everything that he learns in therapy in his day to day life and it really does help. I can truly see improvement. My son is starting to be more calm and also able to communicate verbally more easily. The staff is always willing to listen to your needs as a parent as well as provide excellent service while working with your child.”Why Choose Excel Pediatric Therapy Services
Our unique approach to speech therapy is how we provide such incredible outcomes for the families in our care. Here’s why:
We build a connection with your child
By taking the time to get to know them, building rapport, and ensuring they feel safe and comfortable.
We provide respectful and individualized care
By respecting your child’s preferences, allowing them to express their opinions, and working with them to achieve their therapy goals.
We let your child lead the way
By encouraging them to choose what activities they want to do and skillfully guiding each therapy session around their interests.
We focus on developmental progression
Instead of practicing one skill over and over, which helps them achieve their milestones more easily.
Schedule an Evaluation Today!
If you have concerns about your child’s speech and language development, communication skills, feeding, reading & writing, or other related struggles not mentioned above, speech therapy could be the support they need. Give us a call at (334) 532-0220 or fill out the form below to schedule an evaluation with our team.