Koalaty Speech and Feeding Therapy Services

Providing “koalaty” and child centered speech and feeding therapy services to Lakeland and surrounding areas.

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Koalaty Speech and Feeding

Providing “koalaty” and child centered speech and feeding therapy services to Lakeland and surrounding areas.

Koalaty speech and feeding therapy services provides speech, language and feeding services tailored to your family and child’s needs. We focus on child led interactions through play or daily routine interactions to best assist your child to communicate or feel comfortable trying new foods. We also make it a priority that the family also feels comfortable and guided through therapy. We can provide services in the community or in home.

Established

2024

Focus

Pediatric Speech Language and Feeding

Services

AAC
  • Conducting trials with AAC devices to determine which one best fits your child’s needs.

  • Working closely with an AAC representative to order your child’s device.

  • Conducting Treatment with the device to assist with carryover in the home and surrounding environments.

Feeding Therapy
  • Working with picky eaters to assist with broadening their repertoire of foods.

  • Building oral motor skills to assist your child with consuming unfamiliar or difficult foods.

  • Assistance in infant feeding including bottle feeding and introduction of those first foods.

Articulation Therapy
  • Conducting formal evaluations to determine what speech sound errors your child is experiencing.

  • Working closely with the family in speech sessions to ensure functional targets are presented in each session.

Fluency/Stuttering
  • Conducting formal evaluations to determine the presence of a fluency disorder.

  • Working closely with families to ensure that fluency strategies are generalized into the child's surrounding environment (School, Home, Community).

Language Therapy
  • Conducting formal evaluations to determine your child's strengths and weaknesses in academic and social language contexts.

  • Working closely with families to ensure language strategies are carried out in the Home, School, and Social environments.

In-person visits at home, school or daycare
  • VPK SIS Provider

  • Step Up for Students approved provider

  • Private Pay

Speech, Language and Feeding Screenings
  • Contact us today to schedule an in person or over the phone screening to determine if your child needs a formal evaluation.

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Charity Bobo

Owner, Speech Language Pathologist M.A., CCC-SLP

Charity is a certified speech language pathologist from the Florida department of health. She holds an undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from University of Florida and a Master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders from the University of Central Florida. She also has a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). Prior to starting Koalaty Speech and Feeding Therapy Services LLC, Charity gained experience from her time in a private practice setting, private school settings, and outpatient hospital setting. She always makes sure she puts the needs of her patients first and ensures she is always conducting therapy sessions using evidence based practice.

Speech Language Pathologist

SOS Trained Provider

ASHA Member

American Heart Association CPR and AED Training

Simon Says: Myofunctional Therapy Trained

Soffi Trained

PIOMI

Vital Stim Certified