Bilinguistics Speech and Language Services

Specialties

Your child’s communication skills will improve! Our speech therapists specialize in speech and language disorders in special populations like autism, Down syndrome, and cleft lip and palate. We engage our clients’ parents and work closely with families to create speech therapy that is easily embedded in the family’s routine. Conveniently receive home speech therapy, community-​based speech therapy (e.g., daycare, preschool), or individual and group speech therapy in our clinic. We look forward to meeting you!

History

Established in 2002.

Your family will receive the greatest continuation of services as we work with all 5 local Early Childhood Intervention agencies and 23 school districts. This is in addition to the private speech therapy that we conduct in homes, childcare settings, and our clinic. The success that we have had with children in our community has led us to become national educators in our profession. We teach at the University of Texas and present nationally on assessment and intervention in the field of speech pathology. Our staff members speak 9 languages and work extensively with special populations.

Communication Areas: articulation/​phonology, language delay, language disorders, auditory processing, stuttering/​fluency, resonance/​voice disorders, swallowing/​feeding, social/​pragmatic language

Special Populations: autism, Down syndrome, cleft lip/​palate, apraxia, learning disability, intellectual disability, selective mutism, hearing impairment, multiple disabilities.

Meet the Business Owner

Ellen K.

Business Owner

Dr. Kester founded Bilinguistics to meet the speech and language needs of children from diverse backgrounds. She is an active member of the Texas Speech-​Language Hearing Association, serving as Councilor of Professional Services and Chair of the Research Grants Committee of the Texas Speech-​Language Hearing Foundation. She frequently provides workshops on bilingual language development and effectively evaluating and intervening with children exposed to more than one language. Dr. Kester and her team at Bilinguistics focus on bringing the most current research to clinical practice to maximize the communication skills of their clients.