Kid playing speech therapy

Speech Therapy for Kids in Tampa

Specialized services for late talkers and children birth - 5 years.

Proudly serving Carrollwood, Forest Hills, Lake Magdalene, Northdale, Lutz, Citrus Park, & Westchase!

Welcome to Awesome Kids Therapy

Awesome Kids Therapy is a boutique pediatric speech & language therapy private practice in Tampa Bay! We travel to you and can provide therapy in your home, your child's daycare, and/or the community (like the park or library). Our mission is to help your child unlock their full communication potential - with family and fun at the forefront.

We bring customized speech therapy to your child–where and when it’s convenient for you.

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Evaluations

We provide comprehensive evaluations to assess your child's strengths and areas of improvement. This helps to create an customized and family-centered therapy plan.

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Play-Based Speech Therapy

Utilizing child-centered therapy, each session will include your child’s interests and current evidence-based practices. This is where the fun begins! We work with late talkers and kids who need help with their pronunciation.

Caregiver Consultations

Are you a parent/caregiver looking for some guidance about communication development? Are you a speech-language pathologist (SLP), OT, PT, or infant-toddler developmental specialist (ITDS)? Let's connect and help your little one together.

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Meet Your Speech Therapist

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Sarah Pendergast, M.S., CCC-SLP

Founder & Speech Therapist

​Sarah Pendergast, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a play-based and child-led speech-language pathologist (SLP) who believes children learn best when they are having fun! With her dedicated and gentle approach, Sarah creates an engaging and nurturing environment centered around the child's strengths and interests.​ She can't wait to give you the tools to help your child make gains along their communication journey.

Sarah has over 8 years of experience in the field specializing in early intervention and helping late talkers and their caregivers. Sarah has experience collaborating with occupational therapists, physical therapists and various early interventionists and child care providers. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency from American Speech-Language Hearing-Association (ASHA) and a license from the Florida Board of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology.

Sarah is a proud Florida State University graduate (Go Noles!) with degrees in Communication Science & Disorders and Child Development. She enjoys visiting theme parks with her husband, singing in the car, cruising, gardening, volunteering at the local performing arts center and spending time with her family, friends and cat named Toby.

  • Sarah is an incredible speech-language pathologist.

    “Now that my son can effectively communicate, it has made a tremendous difference in our lives. My son adores Sarah and the way she engages with children is really effective. She is a passionate therapist that truly cares about the child and their progress, with such expertise in her field. We are so grateful for her and all she has done for our family.”

    ~ Nichole

  • Ms. Sarah is the best!

    “She is always willing to go the extra mile to guarantee our daughter has exactly what she needs to succeed! Our family would highly recommend her to anyone searching for a Speech Therapist - she has become a part of our family! Her knowledge and skill has improved our daughter's life so much. We can not say enough good things!”

    ~ Rebecca

  • Sarah is amazing.

    “My son loved her and really excelled when we started doing therapy with her. Also, Sarah was so encouraging to us as parents always telling us we were doing great with our son and constantly providing strategies and resources to practice with him.”

    ~Amber

  • Sarah, I am so grateful for you.

    “You are so important and special. What you do for kids is such a blessing and we can't thank you enough for helping our son catch up.”

    ~Xiomara

“Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.”

~ Diane Ackerman

Insurance & Billing

Awesome Kids Therapy believes in individualized and high quality services; as a result, we are a private pay organization. We are considered out of network with all insurance companies. We are happy to submit a superbill upon request.

Ready to jumpstart your child’s speech and language skills in a way that’s FUN for them and EASY for you?

Contact us today for a free phone consultation!

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