Our South Denver Center Was Built From a Dream…
To create a space where speech-language pathologists, behavior analysts, and families work side-by-side to help children with complex communication needs truly learn to communicate.
At Integrated Speech & Behavior, everything we do is grounded in connection, science, and meaningful outcomes. Our center is designed for children ages 3–8 who are non-speaking or minimally verbal, and who benefit from AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) or speech-generating devices.
We offer two in-center service models:
Model 1
Speech & AAC Therapy
Frequency: 2x per week
These sessions focus exclusively on speech and communication development for children who do not need ABA services.
Therapy may target:
- AAC setup and strategic planning
- Vocabulary training in the AAC device or vocal vocabulary fluency using specific meaning languag targets
- Replacing inappropriate or idescyratic behavior with replacement communication in AAC
- Speech sound development and motor planning
- Specific skills for AAC fluency: matching, categorizing, understanding symbols
- Receptive language development
- Introduction to literacy when appropriate
- Communication repair and initiation
Every program is designed to honor what matters most — the child’s voice, the family’s values, and the power of fluent, confident communication through AAC.
Model 2
Integrated ABA & Speech Therapy
Frequency: Speech therapy 3x per week within a full-day or half-day ABA program
This is the heart of our center — where speech-language therapy and ABA merge into one transdisciplinary model.
Every learner’s day includes:
- Structured teaching and communication-rich play
- Engaging group lessons and literacy development
- Vocal speech practice (when appropriate)
- Daily living skills and school-readiness routines
- Embedded AAC instruction woven through all activities
Our speech-language pathologists, BCBAs, and RBTs collaborate continuously — problem-solving, innovating, and refining programs in real time. Speech therapists coach and train RBTs so that every child practices communication consistently, across people, settings, and contexts.
This model allows for:
- Consistent, intensive teaching opportunities throughout the day
- Integrated data collection and real-time progress monitoring
- Shared professional growth and cross-disciplinary learning
- Potty training
- Faster, more meaningful communication gains