Find help for your child’s speech.
Pearl Avenue Branch Library and Martial Cottle Park are the public places selected for this Blossom Valley 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.
The regional center’s Santa Clara County pathway directs families to Stars Infant Development for an Early Start assessment request.
Look up the school district serving your street address, then contact its special education team.
The hospital team evaluates and treats children with speech-language concerns.
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.
A nearby county-operated park with trails, green space and picnic areas that interprets the area’s farming history.
Name something your child notices with a short phrase, such as “big tree.” Pause for their response.
A nearby south San Jose branch option on Pearl Avenue. 4270 Pearl Avenue, San Jose, CA 95136.
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.
San Jose neighborhood guidesPearl Avenue Branch Library: A nearby south San Jose branch option on Pearl Avenue.
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.
Pearl Avenue Branch Library and Martial Cottle 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.
Pearl Avenue Branch Library and Martial Cottle Park are the public places selected for this Blossom Valley 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 nearby south San Jose branch option on Pearl Avenue. Let your child choose a picture book, then pause on a page they enjoy. Describe one thing they point to and wait for a response. A repeat visit with the same book can be easier than a different activity every week. Check the branch calendar for current children’s events and any age or registration instructions before traveling.
A nearby county-operated park with trails, green space and picnic areas that interprets the area’s farming history. 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.
Santa Clara County’s school-district locator uses your street address or parcel to identify the district. A San Jose neighborhood or planning-area label does not identify the school system responsible for an assessment. Use the returned district’s special education contact. Before contacting the team, note two situations that brought your concern to mind, such as being understood at a meal or joining play. Explain the languages your child hears at home and ask where to send the assessment request.
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.
