Speech and Hearing Services

Los Pasitos provides Early Intervention services to children ages birth to three years, that are at risk for, or that have a developmental delay or disability, get the support they need to reach their full potential. Los Pasitos partners with families to nurture and advocate for their child’s development through coaching and modeling in their natural environment so that parents and caregivers can shine while helping their child reach their full potential. All early intervention services are free to families

Serve infants and toddlers under the age of 3, and pregnant women. EHS programs provide intensive comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and to pregnant women and their families.

Region 9 Developmental Services Program provides comprehensive developmental/early intervention activities that benefit the families and children from birth through age three who have or may be at risk for developmental delays. Some options of this program include family counseling and education; health services; Child Find and screening services; assessment and evaluation services; special instruction provided by developmental specialists; nutritional consultation; occupational, physical, speech, and language therapy; transportation; family service coordination; and respite care services. An Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) is developed for each child/family based upon determined needs.

Roundtree Children’s Developmental Services provides early intervention to all San Juan County families with children birth to three who exhibit a delay, may be at risk for a delay, or who are involved with the New Mexico Children’s Youth and Families Department. Roundtree’s services include family service coordination, developmental instruction, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, nutritional services, and outreach services in conjunction with the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired as well as the New Mexico School for the Deaf. Services are provided at no cost to families.

The Medically Fragile Waiver Program is a Home and Community Based Medicaid Waiver. The program is designed to serve children and adults with case management, home health care, respite care, private duty nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapies, behavior support consultation, nutritional counseling and specialized medical equipment and supplies.

Blue Star's Therapy provides premier home, community, and center-based early intervention therapy services for young children with Autism and other developmental delays using the Early Start Denver Model Curriculum.

Services include ESDM Services, Parent Empowerment Program, The Blue School, Speech-Language Pathology, ABA: Behavioral Intervention, Occupational Therapy, Consultation, and Educational Setting Observation.

Bilingual services included.

We are a therapist-run organization that began in July of 2005 to serve children and families’ needs through early intervention.

Today we have teams with speech-language, occupational, physical, and family therapists. We also have a nurse, nutritionist, family services coordinators, developmental instructions, infant massage therapists, and pediatric specialists. Our mental health clinicians specializing in play therapy interventions, MDMR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and more. Our Autism program has 16 Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) and about 50 Registered Behavior Therapists (RBT).

The Children's Workshop provides FIT services, early childhood education, and after school programs.

Presbyterian Ear Institute (PEI) helps deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children develop and strengthen auditory and oral communication skills. Using the most advanced technology available, PEI helps children and adults realize their unlimited potential and actively participate in the hearing and speaking world. The world becomes a much bigger place when deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals can participate more fully in all aspects of life.

FOCUS provides supports and services that improve family well-being by strengthening family capacity to support resilience and protective behaviors for their children, providing culturally sensitive service strategies, collaborating with the community on behalf of the families, and maximizing access to quality services. The service delivery team includes pediatricians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, service coordinators, developmental specialists, occupational therapists, and speech and language pathologists. Services are available in both English and Spanish.

Native American Professional Parent Resources, (NAPPR) Inc. is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was founded in 1981 as a joint project between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the New Mexico Deparment of Health to provide early intervention services to Native American families with young children experiencing developmental delays. Since that time, NAPPR has established itself as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and grown from serving approximately 30 Native American children/families in 6 Pueblo communities to serving 400+ Native and Non-Native American families across a four county area. In addition to direct services to families with young children in these four counties, NAPPR also serves a much wider geographic range through the Albuquerque Area Dental Support Center.

NAPPR now includes 5 distinct programs that aim to strengthen the communities we serve by increasing and supporting healthy families through a range of services. The original program-Early Intervention, continues to serve families (both Native and Non-Native American) who have infants/toddlers who are experiencing developmental delays or who have risk factors for developmental delays. NAPPR also provides Universal home visiting using a culturally based model for Native American families with children prenatal through age five, Early Head Start center and home based services for Native and Non-Native American families with children prenatal through age three, as well as support services for Indian Health Service funded Dental Clinics and Little Scholar’s Academy center services Native and Non-Native American families with children 6 weeks through age five.

MECA Therapies, LLC has offices in Las Cruces, Hobbs, Clovis, and Roswell, and provides FIT and outpatient rehabilitation services.

Services: Using Equine movement as part of Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy, aka Hippotherapy

Insurances Accepted: Presbyterian, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Molina, and Centennial Care/Medicaid MCOs: Presbyterian, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Molina

Other: Facility therapy dog also a treatment option

Child Find screenings (ages 3-5), IEPs, Special Education (ages 5+).
Child Find: (505) 855-9930 / Request Diagnostic Technician. There are 3 Diagnostic Centers families may be assigned to for screening: SE/SW, NW or NE.
Special Education: (505) 855-9900 / Contact Main Receptionist for Specialist Education.

For specific District Services, visit: https://www.aps.edu/special-education/district-services.

At LifeROOTS we focus on individuals and their specific needs. Our disabled adult clients and families have access to day habilitation (day hab), supported employment, job coaching, job development, literacy programs and much more. We offer children and families FREE early childhood intervention screenings, assessments and services from birth to age 3. We also offer other therapeutic and support services for children with disabilities including parenting classes, therapeutic and behavioral services and much more.

Enchantment Speech Therapy provides speech therapy services.

Earley Palagi & Associates, Inc. provides speech therapy services.

Speech & Language A to Z, LLC, provides pediatric speech and language treatment and evaluations for a variety of communication disorders including Phonological Disorder, Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Selective Mutism, Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder, and more.

We help children who are struggling with pronunciation, social skills, stuttering, using words, understanding words, following directions, and more. Our philosophy is that children learn best when they’re having fun. We use a variety of treatment techniques including The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Hanen Centre’s® It Takes Two to Talk® and More Than Words® programs, positive reinforcement, the Zones of Regulation, HearBuilder, and more!

West Side Speech Academy Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) work with families to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults. West Side Speech Academy believes that effective communication is fundamental to all aspects of human functioning.

We are an interdisciplinary clinic with speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists. We specialize in autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities.

Autism Specialists provides speech and language therapy and occupational therapy to individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities (e.g., intellectual disabilities). We also have extensive experience in working with individuals who have a co-existing mental illness (e.g., depression, bipolar, anxiety, personality disorders). We work with individuals of all ages from infancy to adulthood.

Laurie Ross-Brennan and Associates provide speech-language therapy services including assessment/evaluation, treatment, auditory integration therapy, and feeding and swallowing.

At Bilingual Multicultural Services, Inc. (BMSI) we have the Best Team Support where therapists diagnose and treat individuals of all ages who are impacted by mentally, physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabling conditions. Various programs for all ages, providing occupational, physical, speech and language, psychological, social work, professional development and consulting, and birth-3 (FIT) services.

Chatterbox Speech Therapy provides speech and language therapy services.

ExplorAbilities provides Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy to adults and children of all ages and Developmental Rehabilitation services,
such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language therapy to children birth to age 21. ExplorAbilities is a Medicare Certified
facility and is licensed by the NM Dept. of Health.

Indigo Therapy Services, Inc. offers Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy to children. We provide three age-appropriate sensory gyms
and a torticollis/plagiocephaly positioning clinic. We specialize in helping children that have sensory processing issues, social, emotional,
and self-care issues, language and articulation issues, and/or fine and gross motor delays. We receive referrals from Parents, Physicians,
APS/Schools, Psychologists/Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Counselors, CYFD, Treatment Foster Care Facilities, and other Community Agencies.

We offer occupational and speech therapy,

KidPower provides Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech-Language Therapy services including assessment/evaluation.

NMSBVI Albuquerque offers statewide outreach and preschool/kindergarten education services.

Preschool/kindergarten is part of NMSBVI’s continuum of services offered to children throughout each stage of growth and development. The Preschool and Kindergarten Program serves children who are blind or visually impaired between the ages of 3 and 6 from Albuquerque and the surrounding areas. Students are required to have a diagnosed vision impairment that adversely impacts their capacity to learn in a more traditional classroom. All students are placed in the program by IEP committee decision held by the student’s resident public school system.

The academic program for Preschool and Kindergarten consists of literacy (print and Braille), math, concept development, socialization and all aspects of the expanded core curriculum for blindness. Students are encouraged to explore and to become familiar with their immediate environment; then expand outward to travel successfully into new and unfamiliar areas. Guided exploration and self-discovery are used to support learning at every level. All children are placed in the preschool programs by IEP team decision because they require daily support from a teacher of the visually impaired

The Preschool and Kindergarten Program offers additional services to students who qualify. These services include:
Classroom instruction from Teachers of the Visually Impaired
Orientation and Mobility instruction
Speech-Language Therapy
Physical Therapy
Occupation Therapy
Nursing
Social Work
Audiology
Transportation

NMSBVI’s residential services are available to New Mexico students who have an identified visual impairment that has been determined, through assessment, to impact their learning. Families and school districts should consider a placement when the student needs intensive instruction in skills related to visual impairment (ex: Braille, life skills, technology). In addition, a placement on the campus may be appropriate when a school district has been unsuccessful in hiring or replacing its teacher of the visually impaired; when a student is nearing the completion of their high school years and is not ready for their next life step; when a student is ready to move to their district’s middle or high school but the student’s team thinks the student could benefit from an ‘extra’ year to prepare for middle/high school. Often, districts contact NMSBVI when a high school student needs credit recovery.

(*Note: For more information about the residential campus, contact Julie Johnson at 575-439-4432 and for the summer, contact Ron Later at 575-439-4478).

New Mexico School for the Deaf (NMSD)
Early Intervention / (EIID) / Parent-Infant Child Program / Deaf Mentor Program
Includes on-site and home-based, state-wide services for families

New Mexico School for the Deaf provides comprehensive educational and support services to New Mexico’s deaf and hard of hearing children and youth between the ages of birth and 21. While most are enrolled at our Santa Fe campus, we also offer extensive Early Childhood services on our main campus in Santa Fe, through our satellite preschools located in Albuquerque, Farmington, and Las Cruces. NMSD also supports students and their families across the state through its Early Intervention and Involvement Division (EIID), which includes the Parent-Infant-Child Program and Deaf Mentor Program and the Center for Educational Consultation and Training (CECT).

Any child from 18 months to 21 living in New Mexico and has a diagnosed hearing loss can be considered for school enrollment and attend free of charge. Children statewide age birth through six can access the Parent-Infant Child Program and Deaf Mentor Program. Children and youth who are enrolled in public school programs, their families, and their educational teams, are eligible for outreach services through CECT.

The University of New Mexico Speech-Language-Hearing Center (UNMSLHC) offers audiology and speech services to the general public. Clinical services are provided by graduate students under direct supervision of licensed American Speech-Language Hearing Association-certified clinical instructors, with expertise in hearing, speech, language, voice, and early childhood communication.

At the UNMSLHC, clients include all age groups, from infants to older adults. The Center provides a range of services including accent modification, aphasia, apraxia of speech, articulation, auditory processing disorders, aural rehabilitation, autism spectrum disorders, brain injury rehabilitation, dysarthria due to a variety of neurological disorders, language delay, stuttering, voice, and voice and communication therapy for clients who are transgender or transsexual.

The security and privacy of clinical records is protected by professional ethics (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) and federal legislation (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-HIPAA). The UNM Speech-Language-Hearing Center is bound by ethics and law to adhere to HIPAA Policies and Practices. All members of the UNM Speech and Hearing Sciences Department must comply with HIPAA Policies and Practices. Reporting of information loss is be filed using the incident report/information loss form.

The UNM Speech-Language-Hearing Center adheres to the UNM policy regarding equal opportunity, which forbids unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, sex, sexual preference, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information or medical condition.

The New Mexico SAFE (Supports and Assessment for Feeding and Eating) Pediatric Resource Team provides feeding evaluations
and recommendations for children with feeding difficulties, e.g. autism spectrum disorders (ASD), behavior difficulties, and
medical concerns. Feeding assessment focuses on behavioral feeding issues, oral motor function, positioning, adaptive equipment,
food textures, health screening and diet analysis.

Services we provide:
Clinical assessment team with expertise in swallowing disorders and feeding difficulties
A detailed written report of the assessment with recommendations
Assistance in locating appropriate community resources
Support to develop a mealtime program for children who require a detailed “how to” feeding instruction

Who Do We Serve?
We welcome infants and children, birth - 17 years who have difficulty with any of the following:

Aspiration
Gastroesophageal reflux
Sucking
Swallowing
Positioning and/or seating
Transitioning from tube to oral feeding or oral to tube feeding
Advancing to textured foods
Chewing
Drinking liquids
Self feeding
Gagging or vomiting
Mealtime behaviors (“picky” eaters/refusals to eat)

The Early Childhood Evaluation Program (ECEP) is a team of professionals with years of experience working with young children, including:
a. A physician or nurse practitioner;
b. A psychologist;
c. A speech-language pathologists;
d. A physical or occupational therapist.

Family members are the most important members of the team, however. We also encourage early intervention providers to observe and give feedback.

ECEP provides:
a. Interdisciplinary evaluations for children birth to three living throughout New Mexico;
b. ECEP addresses developmental delay, complex medical conditions, autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, behavioral/regulatory issues, and other specialized evaluation questions for very young children.

ECEP evaluates:
a. Thinking and problem-solving;
b. Social and emotional interactions and engagement;
c. Communication, speech, and language abilities and understanding
d. Motor skills and coordination;
e. Response to sights, sounds, touch, and movement;
f. Physical examination and review of medical history.

ECEP evaluations are:
a. Conducted in many different locations throughout New Mexico;
b. A helpful resource for families and early intervention, and school providers;
c. Child and family-friendly;
d. Play-based and fun.

Telecommunications Relay Services permit persons with a hearing or speech disability to use the telephone system via a text telephone (TTY) or other device to call persons with or without such disabilities.

To make using TRS as simple as possible, you can simply dial 711 to be automatically connected to a TRS operator. No cost.

A diagnostic and education center for young children with hearing loss. Offers worldwide family services, local family services, professional education, preschool, and hearing testing. 

Online Resources Include:

• [http://www.infanthearing.org/states/index.html information about state EHDI programs]
• Resources for professionals and families.
• Information about national and state legislative efforts.