Bright Beginnings Speech Pathology

Teens Social Skills Camp (summer 2026)

Special needs camp · Ages 13–17 · $500/week · Half day · 9–11:30am

A morning summer camp for teens ages 13-17 that builds social communication in a small group with clinical guidance. Activities mix creative projects, collaborative work and real-world skill-building outings. Skills include starting and keeping up conversations, reading social cues, handling misunderstandings, perspective-taking, self-advocacy and confidence with peers. It is led by speech, language and learning specialists at Bright Beginnings. It runs Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, from July 13 to July 31, 2026, and costs $500 per week.

Bright Minds Kinder Prep Camp (summer 2026)

Reading and writing camp · Ages 3–7 · $550/week · Half day · 9–11:30am

A summer morning camp for children entering pre-kinder, kindergarten or first grade, taught by Bright Minds learning coaches and speech therapists. Weekly themes cover phonics and phonological awareness, number concepts, language (listening, following directions, rhyming, storytelling), fine motor skills like pencil grip and scissor use, gross motor body control, and social skills such as turn-taking and routines. Cooking, Legos, crafts, music and movement are built in. It runs Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, from June 15 to July 10, 2026, at $550 per week. The site says spaces are limited.

• Activities: Reading & writing and Math

Speech, language and feeding therapy

Speech therapy · Up to age 21 · $110/hr

Speech-language pathologists treat articulation and phonology, language delays and disorders, and pragmatic and social language (toddlers to teens). The practice also offers feeding and swallowing therapy from newborns to teens, covering difficult breast and bottle feeds, the move to solids, and chewing and swallowing problems. A learning and attention track covers executive functioning, auditory processing, and reading, spelling and math difficulty. Sessions are in the office on Wilshire Blvd or by teletherapy. Services are in English, Spanish, Farsi and Korean. Payment: in-network with Blue Shield, Aetna and Kaiser Permanente, a superbill for other PPO plans, regional center funding for early start (Lanterman and Westside), and school districts as a CDE-certified nonpublic agency, which also provides independent educational evaluations. Private fees are tuition-based at $110 per hour, and sessions are often 2-3 per week, with Saturday options. The site says it is taking new clients.

• Speech and language therapy, Articulation and phonology, Pragmatic and social language, Feeding and swallowing therapy, Executive functioning and auditory processing and Independent educational evaluations
• Stacy Payne, MS, CCC-SLP, CLE, Marni Dewes, M.S., CCC-SLP, Ashley Cunill, M.S., CCC-SLP, Kelcey Kornek, M.S., CCC-SLP, Miriam Wolf, M.S., CCC-SLP, Shila Yaghoubi, M.S., CCC-SLP, Joanna Foroozan Yona, M.S., CCC-SLP and Teeba Ahmed, M.S. CCC-SLP and 3 more
• Insurance: PPO plans; HMO plans; Out of network: a superbill for reimbursement; Regional center funded: vendored with a California regional center; Paid by a school district through an IEP (a nonpublic agency or school)
• Where care happens: At the clinic or office
• Taking new patients or families: yes
• Telehealth or video visits: yes

• Tuition-based fees at a rate of $110/hour; payment plans through Your Tuition Solution.
• Activities: Speech therapy, Feeding therapy, Early intervention and Testing & evaluation