Speech Therapy Clinics in Miami, FL

Out-of-pocket speech therapy in Miami typically runs about $100–$200 per session at private clinics, with evaluations usually costing more. Many Miami providers accept Florida Medicaid and managed-care plans such as Sunshine Health and Simply Healthcare, which can reduce your cost to a copay or to $0 for covered, medically necessary services. Several clinics are private-pay and can provide a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement, so confirm rates and coverage directly with the provider.

Many Florida health plans cover speech therapy when it is medically necessary, and Florida Medicaid and managed-care plans (Sunshine Health, Simply Healthcare, Molina, WellCare, and others) cover speech therapy for eligible children. Families can also use the Step Up For Students Family Empowerment Scholarship for Unique Abilities (FES-UA) to fund therapy and services for qualifying students. Several Miami clinics, including Best Pediatric Therapy Center and SPEC, accept scholarship funding. Verify benefits before starting.

Yes. Miami has one of the largest Spanish-speaking communities in the country, and many speech-language pathologists here are bilingual. Best Pediatric Therapy Center, Exceptional Speech Therapy, Miami Speech Institute, SPEC, SLP Miami Therapy, the UM Mailman Center, Always Keep Progressing, and Step by Step Speech Corporation all describe bilingual English/Spanish services. Bilingual evaluation matters because it helps distinguish a true language disorder from typical dual-language development.

There is no age that is too early. Florida's Early Steps program provides early intervention for children from birth to age three, and many Miami clinics evaluate toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children — the UM Mailman Center sees patients from infancy through age 23. If you have concerns about your child's speech clarity, vocabulary, feeding, or social communication, an evaluation can be done at any age.

Yes. Several Miami-area providers — including Exceptional Speech Therapy, SPEC, Always Keep Progressing, Step by Step Speech Corporation (statewide teletherapy), and the UM Mailman Center — offer teletherapy, home-based, and school-based services in addition to clinic visits. Dream Hope and Believe also provides home exercise programs that extend therapy between sessions.

Miami speech-language pathologists commonly treat articulation and phonological disorders, receptive and expressive language delays, childhood apraxia of speech, stuttering and fluency disorders, social/pragmatic communication difficulties (including for autistic children), auditory processing concerns, oral-motor and feeding/swallowing difficulties, and they provide AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) support.

It varies by clinic rather than by city, so it is worth asking when you call — a clinic with a long wait for weekly therapy will often book an evaluation much sooner, and some hold cancellation slots. Because of that, most families contact more than one clinic on this page rather than waiting on the first. If your child is under three, your state's early intervention program runs on its own timeline and is worth starting in parallel.