Regional Center of Orange County Early Start
Ask an intake specialist about Early Start for a child from birth to 36 months.
Find help for your child’s speech.
Heritage Park Library and Woodbury Community Park are the public places selected for this Woodbury guide. Start a speech-support request with your child’s age and home address, then use a small reading or outdoor routine that fits your family.
Speech Blubs is an app for home practice. Local services provide evaluations and therapy.

An evaluation checks your child’s speech and language skills. These contacts can explain how to ask for one.
Ask an intake specialist about Early Start for a child from birth to 36 months.
For an IUSD address, ask the district about its Child Find and early intervention assessment process.
CHOC provides pediatric speech-language evaluation and therapy in its rehabilitation service.
These services are independent of Speech Blubs. Ask each service about eligibility, referral requirements and current availability.
Choose an age to open the Speech Blubs quiz. Answer questions about your child and explore the app.
Tap an age to open the quiz. For a professional evaluation, contact the local services above.
Watch and respond together.Try an animal sound or a familiar word together.
In Speech Blubs, your child watches other children say words and make sounds. Join in with playful activities and face filters. Follow what interests your child and give them time to respond.
Try an activity about an animal your child likes or a food they know.
Pause after the video. Give your child time to look, gesture, make a sound, or say a word.
Find the same animal in a book or name that food at snack time.
Ask your child’s speech therapist which activities fit their goals.
App content is available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. Check which language fits your family before subscribing. Official language information.
Use a walk, a book, or a snack as a reason to talk together. Follow what interests your child.

The Sanctuary site lists two children’s play areas, two picnic shelters and picnic tables. The community center and athletic-field reservations have separate information. 130 Sanctuary, Irvine, CA 92620.
Name something your child notices with a short phrase, such as “big tree.” Pause for their response.

A city-library option on Yale Avenue. Heritage Park transitioned to Irvine Public Library in 2025.
Choose a picture your child likes and talk about it together. Connect it to a toy at home.

Offer two familiar toys or foods and name each one. Give your child time to respond. Follow a look, gesture, sound, or word.
Illustrative photos are labelled in the captions. Check current hours and access before visiting. Ask your child’s speech therapist about activities for their needs.
Your child’s age and home address help you find the right starting point. A few notes can help when you call.
Irvine neighborhood guidesHeritage Park Library: A city-library option on Yale Avenue. Heritage Park transitioned to Irvine Public Library in 2025.
Check the provider or school district serving your home address. Ask how to request an evaluation.
Note your child’s age, how they communicate, and the languages used at home. Ask about the process and what happens next.
Local services and the app: answers to help you choose a next step.
Start with the local contacts above. Your child’s age and home address can help identify the appropriate service. Ask how to request an evaluation and what information to provide. Local support.
Find the school district serving your home address, then ask its special education or Child Find team about the evaluation process. A neighborhood name alone does not establish district assignment or eligibility. Local support.
Speech Blubs provides activities for practice at home with a caregiver. Local professionals provide evaluations and individual care. Ask your child’s therapist which home activities fit their goals. The app.
App content is available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. Check which language fits your family before subscribing. The app.
Heritage Park Library and Woodbury Community Park are options for an outing. Check current hours, access and events on their official pages before traveling. Practice ideas.
Speech Blubs is a subscription app. Check the current price, available trial and renewal terms directly in the quiz or your app store before subscribing. Take the quiz.

Start with the quiz to learn about the app for your child.
Heritage Park Library and Woodbury Community Park are the public places selected for this Woodbury guide. Start a speech-support request with your child’s age and home address, then use a small reading or outdoor routine that fits your family.
A city-library option on Yale Avenue. Heritage Park transitioned to Irvine Public Library in 2025. Choose a short reading visit with one clear purpose: return a book or find a new favorite. Give your child a choice between two covers and talk about what caught their attention. You can finish the book later at home. Look at the branch’s current hours and program information before making the trip part of a weekly routine.
The Sanctuary site lists two children’s play areas, two picnic shelters and picnic tables. The community center and athletic-field reservations have separate information. Use the setting for ordinary conversation about what happens next: “walk,” “sit” or “go home.” Give your child time to respond and follow their interest. The whole outing does not need to become a practice session. Consult the live facility information for access and rules, and confirm organized activity registration separately from general park use.
Irvine’s village areas and school-district boundaries serve different purposes. The city identifies IUSD as well as schools overseen by Tustin, Saddleback Valley and Santa Ana districts. Confirm your home’s district before using IUSD’s Child Find or early intervention route. A library or recreation program has its own enrollment rules, so attendance there does not establish eligibility for speech services. Give the school team your child’s home address and ask for the assessment process that fits their age.
Local information reviewed October 8, 2026. Check current details directly with each service before applying or visiting.
Local supportLocal information reviewed October 8, 2026. Check current details directly with each service before applying or visiting.
Place names were checked against the geographic inventory. Service, library and park information comes from the official pages linked below. The guide explains when a resource is outside the area or a city directory is used.