Pediatric Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy in Woodland Hills, CA

You can start now. We are not holding families in a queue for months, and if that ever changes this page will say so. Call (805) 702-3427 and we will tell you what is actually open this week.

Speech-language pathologist. Master of Science, trained at CSUN, certified by ASHA, licensed in California. Nita founded Therapy Clubhouse on one rule she had watched get broken repeatedly at larger practices: the clinician who evaluates your child should be the clinician who treats your child. She handles late talking, speech sound difficulties, stuttering, language comprehension and expression, and social communication.

Woodland Hills is Los Angeles Unified. Local campuses include Taft Charter High School at Ventura and Winnetka, El Camino Real Charter High School on Valley Circle Boulevard, George Ellery Hale Charter Academy on Califa Street, Woodland Hills Charter Academy on Burbank Boulevard, and Serrania Avenue Charter for Enriched Studies. Here is the part that trips families up. When you request a district assessment, LAUSD asks a specific legal question: is this difficulty affecting your child educationally? That is a narrower test than whether therapy would help your child. Plenty of children do not clear the district threshold and would still benefit enormously. A private evaluation asks the broader question, and the written report is yours to bring to an IEP meeting.

Woodland Hills has a large independent school population, including Louisville High School on Mulholland Drive, an all girls school serving grades nine through twelve since 1960, and Zucker Jewish Academy of Woodland Hills on Valley Circle Boulevard. Private school families generally have no district assessment route available, which means there is no free evaluation to wait for, no eligibility threshold to clear and no IEP timeline to work around. Private therapy is not a supplement in that situation, it is the entire pathway, and it is one of the most common reasons parents here call us. For funding, this area sits with North Los Angeles County Regional Center, 9200 Oakdale Avenue in Chatsworth, (818) 778-1900. Los Angeles County assigns by health district rather than city name, so confirm yours by address on the state DDS lookup. Children under three go through Early Start, which runs through the Regional Center and not the district. Important: we are a Tri-Counties Regional Center provider, and Tri-Counties covers Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties rather than Los Angeles County. That means Woodland Hills families are generally private pay with us. If your child is already an NLACRC client, ask them whether an out of area or out of network arrangement is possible, and we are happy to speak with your service coordinator. We would rather tell you this upfront than after an evaluation. Read more on Regional Center and early intervention.

Handwriting, scissors and utensil grip get examined where they happen. We check chair height, elbow angle, whether feet reach the floor. Small mechanical things explain a surprising share of pencil battles.

Balance and motor planning read differently on your actual stairs than on clinic equipment. A child who is confident in a therapy gym sometimes hesitates at home, and that gap is useful information.

Private pay, out of network, superbills provided so you can pursue reimbursement. For eligible families Regional Center and Early Start funding may apply. Payment details. We do not provide ABA, feeding or swallowing therapy, mental health counseling, or care for adults, and we refer out rather than stretch.

Yes, from the Warner Center apartments to the hillside streets south of Ventura Boulevard. Give us cross streets when you call.

Very often how it goes. Start where the concern is loudest.

Some, and late afternoon fills first in this area, so ask early.