Find help for your child’s speech.
Fairmount families can use Fairmount Park for an outdoor outing and Ella Mae Shamblee Library for shared reading. Start professional support with your child’s age and the service provider responsible for your home address.
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.
Use the Texas HHS finder to contact the ECI program serving your home address. Explain your child’s age and the concerns you would like evaluated.
If your home address is in this district, ask how to request an evaluation for your child. Describe any concerns observed at home, school or childcare.
Fort Worth South offers pediatric speech therapy and other rehabilitation services; the provider requires a physician referral before scheduling.
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 city-listed public neighborhood park sharing the Fairmount name.
Name something your child notices with a short phrase, such as “big tree.” Pause for their response.
A Fort Worth Public Library destination; check the directory for current branch access and age-specific events.
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.
Fort Worth neighborhood guidesElla Mae Shamblee Library: A Fort Worth Public Library destination; check the directory for current branch access and age-specific events.
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.
Ella Mae Shamblee Library and Fairmount 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.
Fairmount families can use Fairmount Park for an outdoor outing and Ella Mae Shamblee Library for shared reading. Start professional support with your child’s age and the service provider responsible for your home address.
Fairmount has an official historic district record, which describes a more specific geography than Fort Worth’s planning sectors. On a familiar street, an older home or a front porch can become a shared topic without a long trip. For ECI and school evaluation requests, the exact address and child’s age still determine the appropriate starting route.
Fairmount Park is listed in the city’s public park inventory. Choose a short stop and a clear ending so the outing fits an ordinary day. Notice one detail your child points to, add a description and wait. Repeating that routine can give you familiar conversation opportunities without turning the park visit into a test.
Ella Mae Shamblee Library on Evans Avenue is a nearby book option outside the historic district. A book about houses or neighborhoods can connect with the streets your child knows. Let them choose a favorite picture and respond in their own way. Check the library directory and calendar for current opening times and children’s programs.
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.
