Education Station Speech Therapy Sources of Funding

How to Find Help to Pay for Your Child's Speech Therapy

Private Insurance

Public School

Early Childhood Intervention

Grades kindergarten through 12

"...Scottish Rite clinics provide diagnostic evaluation and treatment of speech and language disorders, as well as learning disabilities... There are 113 Scottish Rite clinics, centers, and special programs for children and therapists located throughout the U.S. Each facility is staffed by speech-language pathologists or other trained personnel.

"...As a rule, the Scottish Rite Clinics for Childhood Language Disorders accept preschool children who have difficulty speaking or understanding the spoken word or school-age children who have difficulty learning to read. Some centers also offer literacy training for adults. Inquiries on age groups and program offerings in specific areas should be addressed to the director of the local Scottish Rite facility. Equally important, all services are available regardless of race, creed, or the family's inability to pay."
http://www.scottishrite.org/what/phil/ritecare.html

Directory of Scottish Rite Clinics, Centers, and Programs:
http://www.scottishrite.org/what/phil/rc-directory.html

"Helping children and adults with disabilities is who we are... it's what we do. Easter Seals children's services help kids with disabilities succeed in school... Easter Seals services are comprehensive and individualized to meet each client's needs, family-focused to meet each family member's concerns, outcome-oriented with a goal of enhanced independence, and cost-effective benefiting from public support."
http://www.easter-seals.org

Locate Easter Seals Near You:
http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer

Understanding Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Listing of States' Medicaid Websites

Also see Family Voices' State Information Pages for an overview about your state and links to more information:
http://www.familyvoices.org/states.php

Universities that offer speech-language pathology degrees often have speech therapy clinics. Here is a listing of the web pages for many of them: Universities' Speech Therapy Clinics

"Information and referral (I&R) services link people in need with the community services designated to meet those needs. Local United Way organizations operate or support more than 500 I&R services in communities nationwide. Trained specialists at each of the I&R services are responsible for coordinating many diverse but integrated activities. These include:

Assisting callers in need by referring them to agencies that provide help with housing/rent, utility payments, food, clothing, medical services, rehabilitation, elder care, counseling and a range of individual and family needs.

Developing and maintaining a database of all available community services.

Collecting and reporting data on client needs that can be used in planning and prioritizing the use of community resources.

Acting as advocates, when necessary, for those who are unable to represent themselves.

Providing training to other agencies and organizations."

http://www.unitedway.org/