Welcome!

Beach House Therapy Services is a boutique speech/language private practice based in Winter Garden, Florida. We serve pediatric clients with speech, language, and literacy needs. Additionally, we also provide accent/dialect services to adults who desire to learn new pronunciation skills after acquiring General American English.

Our Services

  • Speech therapy is what most people think about when they hear the phrase “speech therapy.” This can be for pronunciation goals such as improving the /r/ sound in “rabbit,” the /s/ sound in “sun, etc.” Speech is “how” we communicate.

  • Language therapy is “what” we communicate. This involves areas such as vocabulary, answering questions, using correct grammar including past tense verbs in sentences, etc.

  • Literacy includes reading (“decoding” or the ability to sound out words), comprehension (understanding meaning of what we read), and the ability to convey our thoughts in written form.

  • Accent/dialect coaching and skill training is for advanced English language learners who are seeking to improve their confidence and naturalness when using higher level speech skills such as pronunciation, intonation, stress patterns, and domain-specific vocabulary for general American English.

Step 1

Email us to schedule your free 20 minute intro call. We’ll talk about your concerns and you may ask questions about our services.

Step 2

Complete a comprehensive evaluation. We’ll also review any recent records you provide as part of this process.

Step 3

Review evaluation results and start therapy or discuss recommendations. After therapy services begin, we will regularly communicate about goals and progress. Beach House Therapy Services accepts private pay methods.

Kara Cannon, M.A. CCC-SLP

Kara founded Beach House Therapy Services in 2024 in order to provide individualized therapy services to children who need intervention in areas of speech, language, and/or literacy/reading. She has over 15 years of experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist in settings including public schools, private practice, outpatient clinics, teletherapy, and natural environments. Her professional interests include literacy, apraxia in older children, and speech sound disorders.

Additionally, she has experience in helping adults who desire to learn new accent/dialect speech skills in their professional and personal communications.

 

She believes in establishing trust and keeping connections with clients in the beginning and throughout the therapy process. While deficits play a role in evaluations and are the reasons for starting therapy, Kara aims to find client strengths and build on them.

 

Kara is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed in the states of Florida and Georgia. Please contact her at info@beachhousetherapyservices.com to learn more about starting speech/language therapy.

 

Kara has completed continuing education including:

- Orton-Gillingham approach (in progress)

- Structured Literacy

- Dyslexia

- Introduction to PROMPT course (2017)

- Compton PESL Certification course (2020)

- The Accent Channel Method Accent and Pronunciation Teacher Training course (2021)

- Some skill with American Sign Language (ASL)

- Childhood Apraxia of Speech

 

She lives in Winter Garden, FL with her husband and three kids. They go to the beach as often as possible! Kara loves singing and playing a few instruments, learning languages, and fiber arts crafts.

Contact Kara

Please contact me with any questions about speech/language services. I look forward to hearing from you!