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Speech Therapy for Autistic Kids in St. Paul

Speech therapy is one of the most common and useful supports for autistic children - and it is about communication in every form, not just talking. A good speech-language pathologist works on whatever helps your child connect, including gestures, picture systems, and AAC devices.

St. Paul has solid pediatric speech options, and Twin Cities families can pull from both sides of the river. The usual challenges are waitlists and sorting out funding.

This page explains what speech therapy for autism involves, how it is paid for in Minnesota, and where to find a provider in the St. Paul area.

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Gillette Children's - Speech and Language Therapy

Children's specialty hospital (St. Paul)

Speech-language pathologists support children with language, social communication, and eating and swallowing difficulties, including augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), at 200 University Avenue East, St. Paul.

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The Bridge - Speech Therapy

Speech alongside ABA (St. Paul)

Offers speech and language services alongside its ABA therapy, built around an individualized plan, at 690 Cleveland Avenue S., St. Paul, and Mendota Heights.

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Functional Kids Clinic

Pediatric therapy clinic (Maplewood, east metro)

Speech-language pathologists treat language, phonological, fluency and feeding needs, list autism as a specialty area and work on social language and AAC, at 2495 Maplewood Dr, Suite 313, Maplewood.

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Family Achievement Center - Woodbury

Pediatric therapy center (Woodbury, east metro)

Offers speech and language therapy, feeding therapy, AAC, PROMPT and social skills work, naming autism spectrum disorder among the needs it treats, at 2101 Wooddale Dr, Suite A, Woodbury.

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