Your pediatrician said wait. You feel something. I'm Maya — a speech-language pathologist in Pittsburgh. I teach parents the play-based techniques that move language at home, between sessions.
Book intro call →You've Googled “when should I worry about speech delay” twice this week. Your kid points instead of talks. They babble but don't put two words together. The 18-month visit said it's probably fine.
You don't want to wait and see. You want to know what to do this week.
Most speech therapy is 30 minutes once a week with a stranger. I do six weeks. We meet 50 minutes, weekly. The other 23.5 hours of the week, your kid is with you — so the real work is teaching you the specific play patterns that pull language out.
You'll learn to narrate from your kid's eye-level, to use the “expectant pause”, to build joint attention, to make your bath time a language session. Boring-sounding moves that work startlingly fast for the right kid.
Tell me about your kid. I'll tell you honestly whether parent-coaching is the right fit or whether you need a different specialist first. No pressure, no quote.
Weekly 50-min Zoom or in-person session in Pittsburgh. Recorded so you can rewatch. Custom play-prescription each week based on what your kid is doing now.
Once you graduate, we touch base monthly for as long as you want. Most families do six months. Some stay on for a year.
At 24 months: under 50 words, no two-word combos. At 18 months: under 20 words. At 36 months: hard for unfamiliar adults to understand. If any of these, talk to someone (not necessarily me — see below).
30 minutes on Zoom. I ask about your kid, your concerns, and what you've already tried. You ask me anything. I tell you honestly if I'm the right fit. About 1 in 3 families I tell to see someone else first — usually an audiologist or a developmental pediatrician.
No. I'm self-pay so I can spend my time on your kid, not on billing codes. The 6-week program is $1,800 — you can submit superbills for possible out-of-network reimbursement, no promises.
Either. I'm in Pittsburgh's South Side. About 60% of my families do Zoom because toddlers cooperate better in their own kitchens. The other 40% come in.
Tell me about your kid on a free intro call. If we're a fit, we book. If not, you leave with a real next-step.
Book intro call →Pittsburgh · 15 families a year · hello@parentliftspeech.inc