Zebra Speech

03/12/2026

March Free Screening Days

Ages birth - 6 years old

15 minute in person meeting with a pediatric speech-language pathologist (SLP)

03/10/2026

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You may have found this blog post because your child was recently diagnosed with a fluency disorder. Or maybe, you just want to learn more about fluency in our speech. Whatever the reason, fluency can be a confusing topic and this blog is here to help!

02/23/2026

For every child, the specific skills that are targeted in therapy are different. Treatment begins with a careful review of the evaluation results and establishment of baseline levels for skills your clinician identifies as the treatment priorities. Each clinician will determine the target skills and the activities that will be used to elicit skills within the session. The developed plan is in place for three months at a time. The target skill may be accurate production of a speech sound, use of a particular grammar form, generation of a sentence construction type, or simply building vocabulary, for example. Often times, target sounds or forms are embedded in play, craft activities, board games, or other imaginative adventures within the treatment room. Regardless of how the session may appear superficially, all of our treatment sessions are methodical, hierarchical and systematic in nature based on a Treatment Plan. Specific skills are targeted to meet predetermined objectives with set mastery criterion and with mastery observed for a period of time to show consistency.

02/03/2026

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From the moment they are born, children are a constantly absorbing information from the world around them. Though it may not be evident, newborns exhibit the understanding and development of many social skills that are precursors to more mature speech and language skills.

01/28/2026

01/20/2026

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Children play by engaging in activities that are fun and enjoyable; but, play is more than just fun and games! Play is crucial to language development and provides the opportunity for children to engage and interact in the world around them. Here is a quick guide to what play skills should be expect...

01/14/2026

Therapy starts at once weekly. We do not offer options for a lesser frequency than once weekly. Consistency is important to our clinicians’ ability to build new skills therapeutically. Most children enroll in our services from 1-3 times per week, but we offer up to 6 days per week depending on a child’s level of need and availability matching.

As a general rule, the greater the treatment frequency, the quicker that we are able to work through hierarchical skills and complete therapy. Consistent attendance at the recommended frequency is critical to treatment progress, such as mastering skills, building independence and generalization of skills.

09/17/2025

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Are you looking for fun games to play with your preschooler that promote early literacy skills? You’ve come to the right place! Below are fun and easy games that your preschooler will love to play at home and that will help them develop their pre-literacy skills (letter identification, identifying...

08/20/2025

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Have you ever seen that symbol before? While it does look like an unfinished question mark, it’s actually a symbol within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) used to represent something called a glottal stop and you’ve probably used it without even realizing it! What is a glottal stop? In ...

07/02/2025

Our Locations: Braintree, Brookline, Franklin, Marlborough, Southborough, and Stoneham