Do you have an issue with your speech, language, or communication skills that holds you back in your life?
Does your child seem to struggle with their speech, language, feeding, or movement abilities?
Has a loved one recently suffered an injury that has impaired the way they communicate?
For all of these concerns and more, The Voz Institute can help.
The Voz Institute is the only fully bilingual speech therapy and occupational therapy clinic in Washington DC. We offer individualized services in English or Spanish, depending on your or your child’s needs. As well, we are one of the only rehabilitation therapy clinics in Washington DC that accepts insurance.
To find out more about The Voz Institute, read on below, or contact us today to book an appointment.
The Voz Institute Story
Founded in 2018 by clinic owner and founder Dr. Ana-Maria Jaramillo, The Voz Institute works to offer bilingual speech therapy services for adults and children to the entire DC Metro area.
“We recognized the importance of evidence based treatments,” says Jaramillo, “but we also wanted to offer treatments that prioritize the patient’s individual wants and needs.”
As a result, when you receive treatment from The Voz Institute, you’re treated like an individual. Rather than taking a “paint by numbers” approach, we take the time to understand your concerns, and tailor your treatment specifically towards that. Our holistic approach aims to treat you as a whole person, rather than just dealing with your individual symptoms.
In 2024, we rebranded from Voz Speech Therapy to The Voz Institute. This reflects our broader service offerings. Now, you can get more of the support your child needs, under one roof.
Some of our speech therapy solutions for adults and children include:
- Speech therapy for stuttering and cluttering
- Speech therapy for aphasia
- Speech therapy for childhood apraxia of speech
- Speech therapy for autism spectrum disorder
- Speech therapy for orofacial myofunctional disorders
- Speech therapy for learning and reading disabilities
- Speech therapy for transgender people
- Speech therapy for neurological conditions
- Speech therapy for voice disorders
- And many more
Some of our occupational therapy solutions for children include:
- Occupational therapy for executive functioning
- Occupational therapy for feeding disorders
- Occupational therapy for fine motor skills delays
- Occupational therapy for self care activities
- Occupational therapy for improving handwriting
- Occupational therapy for attention and emotional regulation
- Occupational therapy for sensory processing differences
- And many more
Our clinic model is designed around working collaboratively with you as your child’s primary caregiver, as well as their teachers and other healthcare providers.
This way, we can work toward the greatest improvement in your child’s speech, language, and communication development.
We provide services in both English and Spanish, depending on your or your child’s native language.
What To Expect During A Speech Therapy & Occupational Therapy Session
If you’ve never done speech therapy or occupational therapy before, you may be understandably curious about how it works.
It’s probably not a surprise to find out that our approach is different depending on whether we are offering speech therapy for adults, speech therapy for children, or occupational therapy for children.
Let’s take a look.
If you suspect your child has a speech, language, or feeding disorder, your first appointment will likely be a speech therapy evaluation session. During this session, your child’s speech therapist will evaluate your child along different sets of criteria. The goal is to arrive at a diagnosis for what’s causing their symptoms.
From there, your speech therapist will work with your child to run through a variety of evidence based therapy strategies and exercises designed to help alleviate those symptoms.
However, what’s just as important is your own speech therapist’s session. As your child’s primary caregiver, your speech therapist will work with you to better understand what’s causing their symptoms, and how you can work with them at home to help treat them as well.
Often, the approach we take in speech therapy for kids is one of early intervention. By catching speech, language, and feeding disorders at a young age, it often improves their results.
Similarly, speech therapy sessions for adults and older children generally start with a screening and evaluation session.
You may have already received a diagnosis for your speech or language concern, in which case your speech therapist will focus on getting to know how your diagnosis affects you in particular. Or you may have done some of your own research in getting to understand your symptoms, and are looking for help managing it.
Either way, you and your speech therapist will put together a treatment plan that fits your lifestyle.
From there, you and your speech therapist will schedule a series of speech therapy sessions where they will teach you exercises designed to reduce your symptoms and manage your speech disorder.
Through speech therapy treatments, you can learn to communicate clearly and with greater confidence.
Occupational therapists help people to better accomplish the different “occupations” of their lives. For kids, this means eating, playing, and exploring the world around them. So if you’re bringing your child for pediatric occupational therapy, it’s because you’re concerned about one of these areas.
Like speech therapy, occupational therapy sessions begin with an evaluation. Your occupational therapist will speak with you about your concerns for your child.
From there, they will observe your child, looking for both areas of concern and strengths. Where possible, they will let you know what the cause of your child’s symptoms seems to be. From there, they will create a plan designed to address your child’s unique needs.
The goal is to help your child learn to feed, move, and explore the world freely.
Like speech therapy, occupational therapy is often more effective the younger your child is during treatment.
Book Your Appointment With The Voz Institute Today
If you or a loved one are dealing with a speech-language, feeding, behavioral, or motor skills disorder, we can help.
Our team of therapists are educated, trained, and experienced in treating both children and adults overcome the daily challenges they face.
Consult with a speech therapist or pediatric occupational therapist at our clinic to discover more about treatment options.
Book your appointment today with The Voz Institute to find out how.
