Speech for Young Talkers, a Speech Therapy Corporation

04/14/2025

Meet the team Mondays! We thought you might like to see the wonderful faces of our therapists and the office manager that work together at S4YT.

04/10/2025

Hello families! SPOTS ARE FILLING UP! We will be offering a preschool social skills group starting Fridays May 9th at 10am. We are also accepting insurance (Anthem PPO and Blue Shield PPO). This is a great opportunity to get your child ready for school! If you are interested in registering your child or would like some more information, please give us a call or email.

04/05/2024

Hello everyone! Our social skills program, Social Zones, starts soon and we are currently accepting registration packets. The first day is Saturday May 4th at 9:30am. This is a 6-week curriculum hosted on Saturdays in our Porter Ranch office. Space is limited so contact us if you would like to sign your child up or receive more information. We look forward to working with you family!
818-488-1638 or [email protected]

04/28/2022

Speech for Young Talkers is offering an in-person social skills group this summer. The program begins Tuesday June 7th from 4:30 PM-6:00PM. The weekly sessions consist of social building activities, sensory-motor activities, and group time. This is a great opportunity for children to improve self-regulation and their social communication skills. Call or Email us if interested.

02/01/2022

Happy Birthday to S4YT's owner and founder, Linda!

01/20/2022

Babies as young as 9 months who look at objects in unusual ways may be at greater risk for a diagnosis of autism, finds a UC Davis Health Study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

01/17/2022

According to a study in the journal Cognition, multi-word sentences may play a larger role than previously thought in babies’ language learning and processing.

Multi-word sentences, not just single words, may play a larger role than previously thought in babies’ language learning and processing.

01/13/2022

Happy Birthday to our administrator, Chiara Jacquelynn Perbil! She has been such a joy to have at S4YT over the years. Soon she will be done with her graduate program to become a speech therapist. Thank you for all that you do!

01/10/2022

Parent involvement is very important with your child's developmental skills

Differences in parent beliefs about child development and engagement with their children appears tied to children’s cognitive and social development, finds research from the University of Chicago published in Nature Communications. Additionally, intervention to enhance parent-child engagement show...

01/06/2022

Why early intervention is important!

Infants exhibiting autism symptoms had lower odds of receiving a clinical diagnosis by age 3 when participating in a social communication intervention.

01/03/2022

Happy New Year! Our office is officially back from the holiday vacation! Exciting news...we have a new therapist joining our team this month and are accepting new clients. If you are interested in receiving speech therapy services, please contact us (818) 488-1638.

12/29/2021

Literacy activities to build reading skills with your child over winter break.

If you’re anything like me, you want to include books and literacy activities in sessions. However, it can be hard to find time to fit them into already packed sessions. I find these simple approaches offer quick ways to expose young clients to key preliteracy skills. I also incorporate many o...