Insurance & Billing
Rossi Pediatric Therapy Services is an in-network with numerous insurance plans and are a provider for Regional Center of the East Bay. We are adding new insurances, so please contact us for more information.
We also accept private pay clients and provide support for out-of-network insurance reimbursement via superbills. For many families, out-of-network reimbursement covers a large percentage or all of the therapy service fees. Please contact us for support on contacting your insurance company to learn about your speech therapy benefits and reimbursement.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between speech and language?
Speech according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is how we say sounds and words and includes:
Articulation
How we make speech sounds using the mouth, lips, and tongue. For example, we need to be able to say the “r” sound to say "rabbit" instead of "wabbit.”
Voice
How we use our vocal folds and breath to make sounds. Our voice can be loud or soft or high- or low-pitched. We can hurt our voice by talking too much, yelling, or coughing a lot.
Fluency
This is the rhythm of our speech. We sometimes repeat sounds or pause while talking. People who do this a lot may stutter.
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association language refers to the words we use and how we use them to share ideas and get what we want. Language includes:
What Words Mean
Some words have more than one meaning. For example, “star” can be a bright object in the sky or someone famous.
How to Make New Words
For example, we can say “friend,” “friendly,” or “unfriendly” and mean something different.
How to Put Words Together
For example, in English, we say, “Peg walked to the new store” instead of “Peg walk store new.”
What We Should Say at Different Times
For example, we might be polite and say, “Would you mind moving your foot?” But, if the person does not move, we may say, “Get off my foot!”
What are speech and language disorders?
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, we can have trouble with speech, language, or both. Having trouble understanding what others say is a receptive language disorder. Having problems sharing our thoughts, ideas, and feelings is an expressive language disorder. It is possible to have both a receptive and an expressive language problem.
When we have trouble saying sounds, stutter when we speak, or have voice problems, we have a speech disorder.
Why a play-based approach to therapy?
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, With play-based therapy, you can really capture a child’s attention and make memories that will extend beyond the therapy session. These memorable moments support learning and retention and are essential when treatment sessions are infrequent.
Play is flexible, non-literal, episodic, and process-oriented. During play, the child is actively engaged and intrinsically motivated. True play has no extrinsic goals, but we sacrifice some of that to ensure that target skills are practiced.
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