Life Changing Speech Therapy

For more than 40 years, CHAT (formerly known as the Center for Speech and Language or CSLD) has changed lives through engaging therapy that works. Centered in social justice, CHAT provides life-changing speech therapy at our clinic, in schools, and via community partners to those with few—if any—other options. Our speech-language pathologists tailor services specifically to children’s needs, approach their work with deep cultural humility, and understand the need for systemic change in healthcare and education so that our students can be more sustainably supported. This understanding underlies CHAT’s work in what we call “Communication Justice,” which involves effecting change for under-resourced and under-represented people whose communication disorders and differences contribute to their inequitable treatment.  CHAT believes in building on children’s strengths and empowering them to find their voices.

"Of all of the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.