Begin with what you’re noticing.
Speech therapy with room to move, play, and explore, beyond the walls
Maybe this sounds familiar
Your child has so much to share, but communicating does not always come easily.
They may be using fewer words than expected, communicating through scripts or echolalia, becoming frustrated when others do not understand them, or having difficulty producing certain speech sounds.
Perhaps your child uses AAC, learns language differently, or finds traditional therapy rooms overwhelming.
Here, sessions follow your child’s interests and pace, with communication goals woven naturally into the play and exploration that unfold.
Support for growing communicators.
Every child communicates differently.
Early communication & late talking
Gestures, sounds, first words, and early word combinations.
Language development
Vocabulary, sentences, questions,, and expressing ideas.
Social communication
Joining play, sharing ideas, and back-and-forth interaction.
Echolalia & gestalt language
Scripts, familiar phrases, and growing language.
Speech sounds
Support when speech is difficult for others to understand.
AAC users
Pictures, signs, gestures, and speech-generating devices.
Why play, movement, and nature?
Communication grows from real experiences.
Children have more to communicate about when something genuinely captures their attention.
The natural world is full of things to notice, compare, wonder about, predict, describe, and investigate.
Nature also lends itself to open-ended play. A stone, shell, stick, seed pod, bowl of water, or handful of dirt does not come with one correct way to use it. Children can decide what something becomes, what happens next, and what they want another person to know about it.
Those moments give me meaningful opportunities to support language, speech sounds, conversation, and interaction within something your child is already interested in.
NATURE CAN:
Support stress recovery
Time in and around nature can help reduce stress and create a calmer, less demanding atmosphere. For some children, that can make it easier to engage, connect, and communicate.
Offer open-ended play
Natural materials don’t come with one right way to use them. They invite children to imagine, experiment, problem-solve, and decide what happens next
Create shared curiosity
Finding something interesting together creates a genuine reason to look, wonder, comment, ask questions, and share ideas.
A place to play, connect, and communicate.
Where sessions take place
A dedicated Main Line therapy space is being finalized, with additional details coming soon.
Studio
A dedicated Main Line therapy space is in the works. More details will be shared once everything is finalized.
How it works.
Getting started is simple
Tell me about your child
Meet and explore
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Complete a brief questionnaire so I can learn about your child’s strengths, your concerns, and what you are looking for.
We will meet for a play-based evaluation and spend time learning how your child communicates, connects, and engages best.
Make a plan together
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If we are a good fit, we will choose a schedule, then begin therapy with goals shaped around your child.
A little about me
Hi, I’m Corey
I’m an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist with a background in early intervention, years spent working with and educating young children, and experience in nature education.
Children learn and use communication in the middle of real life: while playing, solving problems, making choices, asking questions, and connecting with other people.
I created Barefoot Playroom to offer families therapy that builds clear communication goals into those meaningful moments.
Corey Cave, M.S., CCC-SLP
Frequently asked questions
A few things families ask.
