About
Social Strides Speech, Language & Social Learning is a San Mateo County center providing assessment and therapy for students aged 6-18 in social language, interaction, and skills in groups and individual sessions. They offer speech/language therapy and consultive services to schools, other agencies, and families in the interest of students who experience challenges in social thinking, perspective-taking, understanding relationships, and self-regulation. Their program is designed to positively impact each young person's ability to manage everyday interactions, conversations, and relationships, to understand social and contextual cues, to make sense of jokes, sarcasm, and figurative language, and understand others' perspectives, beliefs, desires, and preferences. They provide services in Redwood City and San Rafael/Marin County offices, with online sessions available via Zoom and Facetime during the Sheltering in Place period. Social Strides helps students with Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD, NLD, and High Functioning Autism to develop social skills, pragmatic language, and perspective-taking. Their team can help students who exhibit challenges such as difficulty initiating or maintaining conversations, understanding social cues, and managing relationships.
Insurance & payment
Insurance details are not listed publicly — call the practice to confirm.
Ask about sliding-scale fees if you're paying out of pocket.
Services & specialties
Pragmatic Language & Social Cognition Groups
Group size varies from 2-4 students with sessions scheduled by fall, spring, and summer semesters, focusing on social thinking, related non-verbal and verbal social skills, self-regulation strategies, and understanding social relationships.
Individual Speech, Language Therapy
One on one (or small group) intervention is available for students who require a more intense or individualized approach, focusing on areas such as pragmatic language, social thinking, pronunciation, attention and focusing, voice and inflection, fluency, grammar, vocabulary, and higher order language skills.
Assessment
Formal evaluation can yield valuable information for therapy, including informal summary reports, qualitative assessments, and/or formal comprehensive evaluations for purposes of determining service eligibility for public school settings and Individual Education Plan preparation.