Pediatric Speech, Feeding & Occupational Therapy in Bel Air and Abingdon, MD
When your child struggles to communicate, eat comfortably, or keep up with everyday life, it can affect the whole family. At Brain Builders, we provide integrated speech, feeding, and occupational therapy to help children build strong foundations for communication, feeding, and functional skills in a warm, playful environment.
Our licensed speech, feeding, and occupational therapist team works with children from birth through adolescence, combining evidence-based techniques with family-centered care. Whether your child needs support with first words, clear speech, picky eating, handwriting, or sensory regulation, we design therapy around their strengths, interests, and goals, so progress feels natural and empowering.
Connected Care: Speech, Language, Feeding & Daily Life Skills
Our therapists take a whole-child approach, blending speech and language therapy with sensory and motor support from occupational therapy. It allows us to address challenges such as articulation, social communication, attention, sensory processing, and self-help skills all under one roof.
Through comprehensive speech therapy services, your child may work with a speech pathologist or language therapist to understand and use language, more precise speech sounds, fluency, and social skills. We also support kids who need speech disorder treatment, assistive communication tools, or early intervention to meet developmental milestones.
Our occupational therapist focuses on fine motor skills, emotional regulation, sensory needs, visual-motor skills, and independence with tasks like dressing, writing, and play. By integrating occupational therapy with communication goals, we help kids participate more fully and confidently in everyday routines at home and school.
Gentle, Effective Feeding & Tongue Tie Support
Feeding shouldn’t be a daily struggle. Our dedicated feeding therapist delivers specialized feeding therapy for infants, toddlers, and children who experience picky eating, oral motor delays, sensory aversions, or difficulty transitioning to new textures and foods. Sessions are positive, child-led, and focused on building comfort, confidence, and healthy mealtime habits.
We also provide targeted tongue tie help and support related to lip ties and oral motor challenges. Our team understands how tethered oral tissues can impact breastfeeding, bottle feeding, chewing, speech sounds, sleep, and even breathing patterns. With individualized treatment and coordination with your medical providers, we create step-by-step plans that help children move, eat, and speak more comfortably.
Often, our language pathologist partners closely with our feeding and occupational therapists to address both oral motor skills and communication. This collaborative model leads to more efficient progress and a smoother experience for families.
Evidence-Based Care, Local Expertise & Family-Focused Support
At Brain Builders, every therapy plan begins with a thorough evaluation, clear recommendations, and time to answer your questions. We explain what we see, why it matters, and how speech, feeding, and occupational therapy can support your child’s long-term development.
Our clinicians stay up to date with current research and techniques in language disorder treatment, sensory integration, feeding intervention, and orofacial myology. Whether your child needs help with early language, social skills, attention, or complex feeding and oral motor concerns, you’ll have a knowledgeable team walking beside you.
We understand that scheduling, insurance, and logistics matter, too. With convenient access from Bel Air and Abingdon, MD, and flexible appointment times, we work to make therapy attainable for busy families. From the first phone call to ongoing progress check-ins, you’ll always know what we’re working on and how you can support carryover at home.
Dedicated Partners in Your Child’s Progress
Choosing the right therapy provider is a big decision. We’re honored to be that partner for families across Bel Air and Abingdon, MD. Our mission is simple: to make therapy meaningful, effective, and encouraging for children and their caregivers.
If you’re ready to explore how our combined speech, occupational, feeding therapy, and specialized tongue tie help can support your child, the team at Brain Builders is here to help you take the next step with clarity and confidence.
OUR SERVICES
Language Therapy
Language therapy is designed to improve children's receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language skills. The therapist will interact with a child by playing and talking, using pictures, books, objects, toys, or ongoing events to stimulate speech and language development. Depending on your child's needs, an augmentative communication device may be recommended.
Speech Therapy
Speech therapy services are designed for children experiencing delays in articulation and/or phonology. The therapist will work to shape and elicit new ways of producing sounds through playing, talking, and table work. Homework is typically provided each session as progress, development, and generalization for articulation and phonology requires outside practice.
Our orofacial myology exercises are aimed at improving the strength, positioning and coordination of the muscles in the mouth and throat, leading to better dental and speech outcomes. Symptoms targeted include tongue thrust, noxious oral habits such as thumb sucking, snoring, mouth breathing, drooling, lips, jaw and tongue strength, feeding, and articulation. Exercises optimize chewing, speaking, swallowing and breathing.
Our qualified specialists use the latest techniques and technologies to provide personalized treatment plans, tailored to the individual needs of each client. We work with children and adults alike, helping them achieve optimal orofacial health and function.
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Our occupational therapy services are designed to help individuals of all ages work on a range of skills, including sensory processing, emotional regulation, fine motor skills, handwriting, gross motor skills, self-help skills, social and play skills, sensory-related feeding difficulties, visual perceptual skills, and cognitive development. Our experienced therapists work closely with each client to create a personalized treatment plan that focuses on their specific needs.
Feeding therapy addresses problems with chewing and swallowing, coughing, or gagging. It may also involve refusing foods or transitioning to solids from being fed via a g-tube. Delays can begin at birth with breast and bottle feeding, trouble transitioning to a bottle, poor oral motor control with foods or drinks, or picky eating and sensory aversions. Over time, they may develop restrictive diets and refusal of foods.
Breast, Bottle & Oral Motor Feeding
Tongue and lip tie issues can cause significant discomfort, especially for newborns. Impacts can present concerns with feeding, articulation, sleep, breathing, and body and teeth alignment. Our Orofacial Myology clinic is here to help. Our team of professionals is experienced in identifying and addressing tongue tie and lip tie conditions. We use the latest techniques and treatments pre and post surgery and collaborate closely with release providers to ensure that our patients receive the best possible care.
