Pediatric speech therapy in Culver City for talkers of every age
Culver City kids can work with a licensed speech-language pathologist in the living room, the classroom, or a video window.
Birth up to 18
Home or school, or a video session
None for home or video therapy (October 2026)
Maybe your two-year-old understands what you say but answers mostly with gestures. Or maybe classmates keep asking your kindergartner to repeat things. Pediatric speech therapy in Culver City can be part of your regular week at home. Here is what a speech-language pathologist does: help a child understand what others say, put thoughts into words, and make speech sounds clearly. The work looks like play, and parents learn how to keep it going from one visit to the next. No diagnosis or referral is needed.
Where in Culver City can speech sessions happen?
Culver City homes, schools, and video calls all work. The city sits inside our home-visit area.
Your child's school, preschool, or daycare can be the setting, too. That takes your signed consent and the school's approval, and then we coordinate the visit with the teachers. Evaluations for Culver City children take place in the home, at the school, or over video.
Culver City speech questions? Ask us
A licensed therapist and our team read every note you send, and our team gets back to you within one business day of receipt.
Culver City homes, classrooms, and video calls.
What does pediatric speech therapy in Culver City cover?
Culver City kids work on understanding and using language, clear sounds, fluent speech, and getting along in conversation.
Our language therapy helps with understanding words and building sentences. Articulation therapy helps with tricky sounds. Some Culver City children need help with social communication instead, or with stuttering. Others work on childhood apraxia of speech. We also offer myofunctional therapy, and a speech therapist can lead feeding therapy when the evaluation points that way.
How does Culver City Unified help with speech and language?
Culver City Unified offers a range of special education services to eligible students ages 3 through 22. Speech or language impairment is on its list of qualifying disabilities.
The district's assessment page says that once the school has your consent to assess, it has 60 days to finish the evaluation. While private therapy continues, our team can coordinate with the school team if you give written consent.
For hearing needs, the Tri-City SELPA serves all its member districts, Culver City Unified among them. It offers educational audiology and services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
What can Culver City toddlers and preschoolers join?
Culver City Unified's Office of Child Development runs a toddler program at its center. It is for 2 year olds, from 24 to 36 months.
In October 2026, its website also said it was enrolling for a Spanish immersion program for preschoolers. El Marino Elementary on Port Road is a public K to 5 school. The state school directory lists it with multilingual instruction.
The Culver City Julian Dixon Library has Spanish and Japanese language collections, LA County Library says.
How soon can a Culver City child start speech therapy?
Fast. Culver City evaluations happen inside 3 business days of the free consultation. There is a rush option, too.
Your child doesn't have to wait for the report to begin. The earliest first session is 5 days after you call. The written findings follow, at most 14 business days after the evaluation, with a therapy plan when speech therapy is recommended.
See the pediatric speech evaluation in Culver City for how it works.
Heading our speech therapy is co-founder Nita Anavim, M.S., CCC-SLP, who also works with children herself.
How can Culver City families pay for speech therapy?
Culver City families can have Village, our partner, bill their insurance. Or they can pay privately and get a superbill. On the free call, we look at your plan with you.
Village accepts TRICARE plus PPO plans sold by several major insurers, charging a fee of its own per visit. Your insurer may pay back part of a private-pay superbill, out of network. Here is how Village insurance works, and here are all the ways to pay.
Culver City parents ask
Does Westside Regional Center charge for intake?
No. Its intake page says intake is a free service, provided to all regardless of citizenship status.
We are raising our child with two languages. Is that okay?
Yes. According to the NIDCD, being raised with two languages is not a cause of developmental language disorder. Mention the languages your child hears when we talk.
Can an evaluation show that therapy is not needed?
It can. When an evaluation finds that therapy is not needed, we say so plainly. Good news is useful news too.
We also bring speech therapy to Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Brentwood. For occupational therapy in Culver City, or anything else we offer here, go to the Culver City page.
Not sure if your child needs therapy?
Start with a free 15 minute consultation. No commitment, just clarity on whether your child would benefit and what the next step looks like.
Speech therapy and occupational therapy for children ages 0 to 18.
“Tell your child the names of objects when he points to them and wait a few seconds to see if he makes any sounds before handing it to him.”
More than a third of Culver City residents age 5 and older, 36.5 percent, speak a language besides English at home, Census Bureau QuickFacts reports for 2020 to 2024.
Whatever made you start looking, you are asking the right question at the right time. Let's talk about it.
Request your free 15-minute consultation
Tell us what you are noticing about your child. A licensed therapist and our team read every message. Within one business day, our team calls to learn what you need and check insurance, then sets up a free call with Nita, Rachel or both. The consultation is free, lasts about 15 minutes, and carries no obligation. There is no waiting list. If you would rather talk now, call (805) 702-3427.
A licensed therapist and our team read every note you send, and our team gets back to you within one business day of receipt.
