top of page
Chatterbugs-44.jpg

WELCOME TO CHATTERBUGS SPEECH THERAPY 

Helping Little Voices Buzz with Confidence

Serving families at home in the DFW area

Emily Buma M.S. CCC-SLP

Meet the Speech Therapist

Hi there! I’m Emily Buma — a licensed pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist passionate about helping children communicate with confidence and joy. I hold a Master’s degree from the University of Utah and and earned my Certificate of Clinical Competence here in Texas. I have experience supporting a wide range of communication needs, including autism, Down syndrome, AAC use, and early language delays.

 

I specialize in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and Gestalt Language Processing (GLP), with advanced training from the Once Upon a Time Foundation and Meaningful Speech. My focused expertise allows me to provide individualized, evidence-based therapy that supports meaningful progress for every child I work with.

Services

Services

Speech Evaluation and Treatment

We meet your child where they are, with services designed to support meaningful, everyday communication and real progress.

​

  • Personalized, comprehensive evaluations

​

  • Customized therapy treatment plan tailored to your child

​

  • In-home therapy services across the DFW area

Populations Served
 

We support children with a wide range of communication needs:​

  • Speech sound disorders

  • Language delays

  • AAC users

  • Autistic children

  • Children with Down syndrome

​

Specialty Areas

​

GLP registry .jpg

Speech and Language Milestones

ASHA, 2024; McLeod and Crowe 2018

By 12 months...

  • Points, waves, and shows objects

 

  • Imitates and initiates social interactions such as peek a boo

 

  • Responds to simple words and phrases such as "Look at mommy!"

 

  • Says one or two words such as dada 

2 years

  • Uses and understands at least 50 words

​

  • Puts two words together such as "more water"

​

  • Follows two step directions such as get the book, and bring it here

​​

  • Asks for help

3 years

  • Uses word combinations often

​​

  • Uses plurals such as "toys"​​ and -ing verbs such as "running"

​​

  • Answers simple 'wh' questions

​​

  • Correctly produces p, b, t, d, k, g, m, n, f, h, w, and y in words

​​

  • Speech is becoming clearer but may not be understandable to people who do not know your child

4 years

  • compares things like bigger or shorter

​​

  • tells simple stories

​​

  • uses location words such as inside, on, and under

​​

  • Correctly produces v, s, z, 'sh', 'ch', j, and l

​​

  • Says all the syllables in a word 

5 years

  • Produces grammatically correct sentences

​​

  • uses words for time such as yesterday and tomorrow

​​

  • blends word parts such as cup+cake=cupcake​​ and identifies some rhyming words

​​

  • Produces voiced 'th' and r

​​

  • Speech is understandable to unfamiliar listeners

Curious if speech therapy can help?


Schedule a free consultation



 

bottom of page