STEWART SLP
Speech, Language, & Learning Support

⭐Helping Children Communicate & Thrive⭐

✔Playful
✔Evidence Based
✔Successful Outcomes
✔Neurodiversity Affirming
✔Nurturing & Family Focused Care

Stewart SLP provides individualized, evidence-based speech and language therapy for infants, children, teens, and young adults in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and surrounding communities, including Royal Oak, Berkley, Birmingham, Ferndale, Oak Park, Troy, and Detroit.

Our experienced speech-language pathologists support speech-sound development, language comprehension and expression, social communication, literacy-related skills, and executive functioning. We provide compassionate, neurodiversity-affirming services tailored to each client's unique strengths, needs, and goals. Learn more about our team here.

Have questions about your child's communication development? Contact us to schedule a free phone consultation and learn how we can help.

Childhood Communication Areas

Speech

  • Being Understood by Others

  • Speech Sounds

  • Motor-Speech Coordination

  • Articulation

  • Stuttering, Cluttering, & Fluency

  • Voice

Language & Learning

  • Sharing & Understanding Ideas

  • Vocabulary & Grammar

  • Processing, Questions, & Directions

  • Narratives, Learning, & Organization

  • Social Interactions

  • Reading & Writing Development

Feeding

  • Help “picky eaters" increase the diversity of foods

  • Improve oral feeding efficiency

  • Support oral-sensory aversions

  • Guide transitions from tube feed to oral feeding

If your child struggles with any of these speech, language, or feeding skills, they may benefit from intervention with our Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs). Read more about our services here.

Neurodiversity at Stewart SLP

Every voice is valued, exactly as it is.

What is Neurodiversity?
neuro (brain) + diversity (differences)

At Stewart SLP, we know that all brains are different. People think, learn, and experience the world in unique ways. Sometimes, these differences are grouped into neurotypes and diagnoses like autism, ADHD, giftedness, dyslexia, stuttering, anxiety, and more.

We embrace each child’s natural way of being and use the brain’s ability to learn and grow across all neurotypes. Our focus is on helping children meet their goals while honoring who they are—not changing them or encouraging them to mask their differences.

This is called neurodiversity-affirming therapy, and it’s at the heart of everything we do.

What This Looks Like in Practice

For autistic children, this means we honor different ways of communicating, connecting, and experiencing the world. We support skills that help children advocate for themselves, build meaningful relationships, and navigate daily life—without expecting eye contact, “quiet hands,” or masking who they are. Your child’s interests, sensory needs, communication style, and individual functional goals guide our therapy.

For children who stutter, we focus on building confidence, comfort, and self-advocacy in communication. Rather than trying to “fix” or eliminate stuttering, we help children express themselves freely, reduce speaking-related stress, and develop tools that support communication in real-life situations they can use as they choose.