Evaluation and Speech Therapy Services in Tustin, CA
Here’s the First Step
Our Evaluation Process
JDB Speech Language Services offers speech, language, and literacy evaluations for children, teens, and young adults. In order to gain a comprehensive picture of our clients’ skills, we use the following methods:
Parent or client interview
Review of records
Language samples and informal measures
Standardized assessments
Once the evaluation is complete, we will share the results with your family and work together to develop meaningful goals for speech therapy. You will receive a written report that includes our findings and recommendations.
Let’s Work Together
Our Approach to Therapy
At JDB Speech Language Services, our approach is rooted in the belief that everyone deserves to share their voice. Our mission is to improve our clients’ quality of life by helping them communicate, read, and build relationships.
We specialize in supporting clients with diverse learning profiles and complex communication needs. By building on strengths and fostering a growth mindset, we strive to make speech therapy sessions feel meaningful and impactful for all clients, from ages 2 to 22.
Our Specialties
Speech Therapy for Speech Sound Disorders
Does your loved one struggle to say one or more speech sounds? We embed speech sound practice into play and movement activities, helping our clients gain confidence to say the words they want to say. At JDB Speech Language Services, our speech therapy sessions focus on helping clients of all ages:
Articulate speech sounds
Speak clearly so that others understand
Build phonemic awareness skills for reading
Improve motor planning and coordination
Monitor their own speech sounds independently
Dyslexia Intervention and Literacy Support
We support reading and spelling for individuals of all ages through a structured literacy approach, founded in the Orton-Gillingham method. Our sessions are tailored to build on prior knowledge, teach new skills in a clear order, and offer ample opportunities for repetition. Our reading therapy sessions help clients:
Build phonological awareness (pre-reading skills)
Decode (read) and encode (spell) words with letters
Comprehend what they read
Use technology to support their performance in school
Succeed in the academic setting
Language Therapy & AAC
We support language development in the way that works best for each client, whether spoken, written, or communicated using AAC. In order to build skills that are essential for success in social relationships, school, and the workplace, our language therapy sessions focus on helping clients:
Process what others are saying and follow directions
Understand and answer questions
Make inferences and “read between the lines”
Express their true, authentic thoughts
Effectively use their AAC system to communicate
Social Skills & Self-Compassion
At JDB Speech Language Services, social skills are never one-size-fits-all. Our goal is for each client to find "their people" and connect with others in their own way! Using a modified PEERS program that incorporates mindfulness, self-compassion, and collaborative problem-solving, we help clients of all ages:
Learn about their own core values and needs
Develop and maintain authentic friendships
Practice perspective-taking to become more aware of what others are thinking or feeling
Make social and professional connections in college and work settings