Speech Buds, LLC

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween full of all the Boo-gie Vibes 👻

We had a groovy time BOO-gying the night away with all our friends at our Speech Buds Trunk-or-Treat! Thank you to all our friends and family for joining us for the night. Special thanks to those that continue to support us by setting up a trunk and helping to make the night special for our clients. Truly a blessing to watch this event grow each year 💜 We hope everyone has a super funky night full of sweet treats!

10/07/2025

We are excited to announce that Speech Buds has been nominated for the following category in the 2025 Alexandria Community Choice Awards:

🎉 Top Employers - Locally Owned Business 🎉

We feel incredibly honored to be recognized and want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your continued love and support for the work that we do!

Members of the community are allowed one vote per day until the voting period ends. Click the link below to vote for your favorites within our community:

https://thetowntalk.gannettcontests.com/2025-Alexandria-Communitys-Choice-Awards/

09/27/2025

We had a great time hanging out this morning with The Broom Tree for Dash & Splash! Follow them to learn more about their community involvement and to support them at their next event!

09/08/2025

Hurry & sign-up for this fun, family event 🎉🌼 The Broom Tree is a local non-profit, offering incredible support to families of children with special needs within our community. Come hang out with us for the day and support this wonderful organization!

🏃‍♀️💨 21 days to go! Did you register yet? Don’t wait—grab your spot today and join us for the BEST day of running + splashing! 💦 https://runsignup.com/Race/LA/Pineville/DashSplash

08/18/2025

Moms & Moms-to-be need to check out this event! Sunday, August 24th from 2-4pm, at Starfish Book Nook & Coffee Corner.

Thank you Cenla Playdates + Mom Breaks and CenLa Healthy Start for providing such a wonderful opportunity for our community to come together and support each other ❤

🤰🏻Labor & Lattes ☕
A mom break for moms-to-be and moms-who’ve-been-there! 💗

Join us for a cozy, empowering afternoon designed to support, uplift, and connect moms at every stage of the journey.

🍼 Expecting moms — Create your birth plan with Healthy Start doulas, learn about what to expect during birth & postpartum, connect with expecting and seasoned moms,🤰 and receive a FREE diaper bag (first 20)!

💬 Moms who’ve been there — Reflect through junk journaling, connect with other moms, and share affirmations with moms-to-be. The first 20 get a FREE journal!

🎁 Plus: Prize drawings, giveaways, and lots of love and support.

🗓 Sunday, August 24 | 2–4PM
📍 Starfish Book Nook & Coffee Corner: 5508 Monroe Hwy, Ball, LA
☕ FREE event for moms!

Come for the coffee, stay for the community. Let’s build the village — together. 💛

08/11/2025

🎒 BACK TO SCHOOL 📚

Happy 1st full week of school! 🎉 We know it's a busy time - gathering supplies, making sure backpacks are packed, and preparing lunches. But is your child feeling truly ready to take on the school year?

Is your child:
- Confident with communication - able to ask questions/communicate needs, etc.
- Following directions at home and school
- Holding a pencil with ease
- Tying shoes, zipping jackets, opening lunchboxes independently
- Handling transitions without meltdowns
- Managing classroom noise or busy environments

If you checked off most of these—awesome!
If not, you’re not alone—and we can help. 💛

Our Speech & Occupational Therapists work with children to:
- Build expressive & receptive language
- Strengthen fine motor & self-help skills
- Support focus, regulation, and sensory needs
- Improve social interactions
- & more

Contact our office if you have concerns for any of the areas listed above!
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Speech Buds, LLC offers speech therapy services in Pineville, LA for all ages.

07/30/2025

Monday evening, we hosted our first parent session: BEE-yond the Backpack. This session was presented by Emma, an occupational therapist at Speech Buds, and Melissa, the lead speech therapist at Rapides Parish School Board JB Lafargue Special Education & Resource Center. Emma discussed how sensory needs, executive functioning, and motor skills impact learning, while Melissa provided information on IEPs and 504 planning. Our goal was to provide parents with the information they need to help get their children necessary support for the school year. Thank you to Rapides Parish Library, Martin Branch for allowing us to use their facility and for being so helpful in setting up! We are in the process of planning for more parent sessions. Please let us know in the comments what topics you'd like us to cover in future sessions!

07/28/2025

REMINDER to Speech Buds' parents/caregivers: We have a few in-person spots left, as well as spots available to attend via Zoom. Please message us if you'd like to be included!

07/18/2025

Thank you for joining us over the past few weeks as we re-introduced the therapists at Speech Buds. For more information about us and the services that we provide, please check out our updated website below:

www.speechbudsllc.com

Check back in next week to see all the fun activities we have planned for our 3rd birthday!!

07/17/2025

🌹 Last but not least, we have Emma! 🌹

Emma is an occupational therapist and has been a member of our team since July of 2024! Emma shared "I am so thrilled to continue my journey with the incredible families and amazing team at Speech Buds! I believe that with patience and an open heart, we can better understand each child's unique way of experiencing the world. Helping kids grow in confidence, independence, and joy through play and connection is truly the most rewarding part of what I do. Watching a child achieve something they once struggled with—no matter how big or small—is magic. It’s the privilege to impact children’s lives that makes me so proud to be a pediatric occupational therapist! Our Speech Buds community is truly like nothing I've ever seen, and I am beyond grateful to be a part of it!!"

We love to see the creativity flow during Mrs. Emma's sessions, but mostly we love to see the selfless care she provides to not only her patients, but to her fellow therapists!