Children smiling and talking together during speech therapy services in South Jersey.

Social Skills Groups, Reading Help & Speech Therapy for Kids & Teens in South Jersey

Kids & Teens | Social Skills & Friendships | Bullying | Reading Help | Spelling | Speech Clarity | Apraxia

When your child or teen is bright — but friendships, speech, or reading still feel harder than they should.

We go beneath the surface to uncover what others miss — so the right skills take root and confidence takes hold.

Private speech therapy office serving children and teens with speech clarity challenges in South Jersey.
  • Are they struggling to make or keep friends? Do they feel lonely, left out, misunderstood, or bullied?

    We make social skills make sense — teaching teens how to start conversations, read social cues, build real friendships, and handle teasing or conflict with confidence.

    We offer structured PEERS® Social Skills Groups, individualized speech therapy for social communication, and relaxed Game Nights — a supportive, less-structured space where tweens and teens can connect, feel understood, and build real friendships.

    Click here to explore our social skills services.

  • Are they bright and capable — but reading, spelling, or even learning letters still feels harder than it should?

    Whether your child is struggling with early letter recognition, sounding out words, spelling patterns, or signs of dyslexia (diagnosed or not), we look beneath the surface to understand why literacy feels stuck.

    We strengthen the skills that make reading work — so words become clearer, spelling makes more sense, and school feels less frustrating and more manageable.

    Explore individualized speech-language therapy designed to build strong literacy skills from the foundation up.

  • Do you understand some of what they say — but others struggle? Do you find yourself translating for them?

    When speech isn’t clear, there’s usually a reason beneath the surface. Whether it’s speech sound errors, motor planning challenges like childhood apraxia of speech, or difficulty coordinating sounds, we identify what’s truly getting in the way.

    We build the foundation for clearer, more confident speech — so your child can be understood without frustration.

    Explore individualized speech therapy for speech clarity and childhood apraxia of speech.

Why Families Throughout South Jersey & Philadelphia Choose Us

  • “My teen actually wants to go to group now—something I never thought I’d say.”

    — Parent in Haddon Heights, NJ

  • “Ellen helped my son go from unintelligible to confident and clear.”

    — Speech Therapist & Parent in Medford Lakes, NJ

  • “She didn’t just help my child. She taught me how to help them too.”

     — Parent in Cherry Hill, NJ

Parent viewing room for speech therapy sessions serving children and teens in South Jersey.
  • It’s a good idea to reach out if your child isn’t meeting communication milestones, struggles to be understood, has difficulty expressing their ideas, is falling behind in school, avoids conversations, or has trouble making and keeping friends.

    At the end of the day, waiting has never helped a struggling child. So, contact our SLP in South Jersey to find out if there’s reason to be concerned.

  • Absolutely! Many children and teens speak clearly but struggle with conversations and social cues — critical skills for making friends and standing up to bullies.

    Our PEERS Social Skills Groups for Teens , Social Game Nights, and individual speech therapy for social communication, social-executive functions and pragmatic language teach the dominant social language™ of the area so they can build meaningful relationships.

  • Parents can participate directly or relax in our dedicated Parent Room and observe sessions via a live video feed.

    Many families appreciate this added transparency and the opportunity to see skills being practiced in real time.

    The final minutes of each session are always reserved for questions and practical ideas to support carryover at home.

FAQs: Social Skills Groups and Speech Therapy

Located in Haddonfield, NJ, we serve families throughout Camden County, Burlington County, and Gloucester County, including Cinnaminson, Cherry Hill, Deptford, Evesham, Marlton, Voorhees, Medford, Moorestown, Mount Laurel, Washington Township, Philadelphia and other surrounding South Jersey communities.