Beach Speech Therapy, LLC

Beach Speech Therapy, LLC is a speech therapist in Gulf Shores, AL. The practice provides pediatric speech and occupational therapy with a focus on neurodivergent-affirming, child-led, play-based sessions. Services include speech sound assessments and therapy, language assessment and therapy, Gestalt Language Development, Natural Language Acquisition, fluency assessment, sensory processing assessments, and occupational therapy covering fine motor control, gross motor control, daily life skills, sensory processing, feeding difficulties, and attention. Parent consultations and SLP mentorship are offered nationwide via Zoom. The practice holds a rating of 5.00 based on 7 reviews.

Treatment sessions are child led and play based, drawing on each child's own interests and frequently incorporating movement. For children with phonological deficits and reduced intelligibility, clinicians use the Cycles Approach, combining verbal, tactile, and visual cueing with work at the sound, syllable, word, phrase, and sentence level. Sessions for gestalt language processors and Autistic children are guided by observation and child-led play to gather language samples and support the six stages of Natural Language Acquisition.

The clinic is located on East 21st Avenue, about a quarter mile from Gulf Shores Parkway, with Meyer Park roughly 0.2 miles away and Gulf Shores Elementary/Middle School about 0.4 miles from the office.

The team is led by founder Lia Douglas, MS, CCC-SLP, a 29-year veteran speech-language pathologist who is Natural Language certified and works extensively with autistic children. She is joined by Rachel Price, MS, CCC-SLP; Rebecca McGraw, MA, CCC-SLP; Anna Thacker, OTD, OTR/L; and Whitney Brasell, MS, CF-SLP, a recent University of South Alabama graduate who joined the practice after completing her externship there.