Pediatric Speech & Language Therapy

  SPEAKING SUCCESS INTO EACH CHILD SERVED  

Happy Speech, pllc provides speech and language therapy for children in Forsyth and Davie counties, including Winston-Salem, Clemmons, Advance, Mocksville and surrounding areas in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina. Our therapy is designed to be as fun as it is successful!

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About Happy Speech

Happy Speech is a therapist owned company providing private speech and language therapy services to the pediatric population in Winston-Salem Forsyth County, Davie County, and the surrounding areas in North Carolina. Speech and Language Pathologists at  Happy Speech are licensed by the state of North Carolina and are members of the American Speech & Hearing Association (ASHA). At  Happy Speech, we desire our patients to make progress in therapy and meet their goals. Whether we are working to decrease phonological processes, articulation sound errors, increase intelligibility, or increase receptive and expressive language skills, our therapists utilize current methods and hold to evidence based practices when they serve our families.

Wondering if  Happy Speech is the right fit for your child? Contact us today to schedule a free phone consultation!

Heather Gladd Speech Therapist

Meet the Therapist

Heather Gladd M.S., CCC-SLP, owner of  Happy Speech is currently licensed by the State of North Carolina and ASHA certified. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2003 and completed the teaching credentialing program in 2004 at the Master’s College in Santa Clarita, California. She held Secondary Teaching Licenses in California, Maryland, and North Carolina and has 8 years of experience teaching secondary education in the high school setting. She then pursued a secondary degree at East Carolina University and graduated with her Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2017. In addition to offering private therapy, she also works part time as an SLP for the local public school system in Davie County and does contract work in neighboring areas. When she is not in the therapy room, she is spending time with her husband, two children, and their dog. She enjoys family outings exploring North Carolina, time with friends around the fire pit, game nights, jogging, learning to golf, cooking with her children, serving her community, and growing in her relationship with Jesus.

Providing Patients with a Cheerful Voice

Kind Words from our Happy Clients …

“I made an appointment to have Heather screen my son for a possible stutter and some language concerns that I had. Heather was nothing short of wonderful. She was very professional with her approach, her assessment tools , and overall attitude in working with my son. He is 4 years old, and he had no idea he was being screened; Heather made it so age appropriate and engaging for him. After the screening, she answered all of my questions very clearly, and she made sure that I had all the information I needed before the session was over. I cannot recommend Heather enough for any speech or language concerns you may have.” — Paige, mother of 4-year-old boy

“I was referred to Happy Speech by an educational diagnostician for a speech evaluation for my 8-year-old daughter. From the first conversation through ongoing therapy, our experience has been exceptional. My daughter absolutely loves her time with Heather and we are so impressed by the quick progress she has made. In addition to working through speech issues, Heather also identified weaknesses in our daughter’s phonemic awareness due to her dyslexia and and has provided amazing support that resulted in immediate improvements in her reading. We highly recommend Happy Speech for anyone needing pediatric speech and language services.” — Lynn, mother of 8-year-old girl

Services We Provide

There are many super star SLPs you can choose from in this area to evaluate, diagnose, and provide services for your child, and we are thankful you are considering visiting Happy Speech. Speech and Language Pathologists here provide an initial phone consultation to answer basic questions and determine what informal or formal screenings are necessary. We then complete evaluation(s) and provide a comprehensive report in order to help families determine strengths and weaknesses and if their child has speech or language difficulties. Therapists work with the family to develop individualized treatment plans, therapeutic services, and progress monitoring in order to increase the patient’s speech and language skills over time. Each treatment plan is tailored specifically for our individual clients. We advocate for the child and the family by providing various therapy locations to meet the unique needs, such as face-to-face therapy options in the home, out and about in the local community, as well as teletherapy* options.
*Teletherapy only provided in North Carolina and for residents of North Carolina at this time.

Please know if we cannot meet your specific needs, we will do our best to refer you to another local company. We currently have openings in the afternoons and early evenings (Monday through Friday) specializing in pediatric speech and language delays and disorders with focuses in the following areas:

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Articulation Sound Errors

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Phonological Disorders

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Motor Speech Disorders (i.e. Apraxia)

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Receptive and Expressive Language including explicit needs with:

– Vocabulary
– Word Order
– Word Structure
– Phonology
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Social Communication - Pragmatics Speech and Language

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Fluency Disorders (i.e. Stuttering)

Our team knows families we serve need support as they help their children reach their goals during treatment. We also offer parent coaching and modeling as well as access to asynchronous videos in order to assist families in supporting correct sound production and communication inside and outside of the home. At Happy Speech PLLC., we want to support increased generalization of skills beyond the therapy room—our clients’ communication independence is the number one goal.

Resources

This is a partial list of resources included to provide information for families and patients. By no means is this list exhaustive. If you have concerns with your child’s speech or language, please reach out to  Happy Speech.

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Serving Davie and Forsyth counties and surrounding areas in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina.

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📍 149 Yadkin Valley Rd, Suite 203
Advance, NC 27006

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