Helping every learner communicate, connect, and thrive.
TalkTime Speech Therapy Services, Inc. partners with families, schools, and community programs throughout Greater Los Angeles and Long Beach. With speech-language therapy at the heart of what we do, we offer comprehensive speech and early intervention services while collaborating with a network of qualified professionals to expand access to psychoeducational evaluations, counseling, behavioral support, and special education staffing.
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Our services are available in homes, schools, community settings, and through telepractice, providing flexible, individualized support to meet the diverse needs of the communities we serve.
Two ways to start
Support for families and schools
Support for families
Get individualized support without navigating the process alone. TalkTime helps children, teens, adults, and caregivers access speech-language services while connecting families with additional qualified professionals when broader educational, behavioral, or social-emotional support is needed.
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Insurance-covered and private-pay speech therapy
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Speech and language evaluations
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Birth-to-3 early intervention through ELARC and SCLARC
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In-home, community-based, and virtual services
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Bilingual English-Spanish support
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Access to psychoeducational evaluations and counseling
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Self-Determination Program services
Support for schools
TalkTime partners with schools to provide dependable speech-language services and help coordinate additional special education support based on each school's needs. We offer short- and long-term staffing, evaluations, IEP support, supervision, and access to qualified professionals across related disciplines.
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SLP and SLPA staffing
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Speech-language evaluations and assessments
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Psychoeducational evaluations through qualified school psychology professionals
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Behavioral support, including BID and BII services
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IEP meetings, case management, supervision, and consultation
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In-person, hybrid, and telepractice options
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OT, PT, counseling, and additional related-service professionals available by request and subject to availability
Our services
Speech-language services and coordinated educational support in homes, schools, community settings, and through telepractice.
Speech-Language Therapy & Evaluations
Therapy and evaluations from early childhood through adulthood, with English and Spanish services available.
Early Intervention | Birth–3
In-home speech-language support and parent coaching through ELARC, SCLARC, insurance, and private pay.
Psychology & Behavioral Support
Access to psychoeducational evaluations, counseling, BID, BII, and behavioral support through qualified professionals in our provider network.
School & Charter Services
Speech-language staffing, assessments, IEP support, school psychology, and behavioral support for school partners.
Self-Determination & Social Communication
Communication coaching, social-emotional support, and PEERS-informed social skills for individuals using SDP funding.
Insurance & Funding Options
Select commercial insurance plans for speech therapy, private pay, Regional Center funding, and Self-Determination Program funding.
INSURANCE
Speech therapy covered by many major insurance plans
TalkTime accepts select Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Kaiser Southern California, UnitedHealthcare, Surest, and UMR plans for speech therapy. Coverage varies by plan. Our team verifies benefits and explains the next steps before services begin.
Insurance coverage listed on this website applies to speech therapy only. Psychology, counseling, behavior, PEERS, and other services may be available through private pay or the Self-Determination Program.
Aetna
Anthem Blue Cross
Blue Shield of California
Cigna
Kaiser Southern California
UnitedHealthcare
Surest
UMR
Why TalkTime
A small agency with a personal commitment
TalkTime is led by Martine Harris, MS, CCC-SLP, a speech-language pathologist with more than a decade of special education experience. We remain intentionally connected to the people we serve. Families and schools receive responsive communication, thoughtful matching, and support from professionals selected for both their qualifications and their care.
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Experienced multidisciplinary professionals
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Culturally responsive and bilingual care
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Flexible in-home, school-based, community, and telepractice services
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Collaboration with families, educators, and care teams
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Prompt responses within 48 business hours
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Thorough credential, license, reference, and background checks
Founder-led
Martine Harris, MS, CCC-SLP
Founder and Executive Director. School-based leadership in New York City, Baltimore, and Los Angeles.
Serving Greater Los Angeles and Long Beach
In-person services are available throughout South Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, Central Los Angeles, West Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles County, Long Beach, and surrounding communities. Telepractice is available throughout California when clinically appropriate and permitted by the funding source.