Texas Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)
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.
Find help for your child’s speech.
Fort Worth families can ask about ECI, a school evaluation or pediatric speech therapy at Cook Children’s. This guide also points to neighborhood parks and the city’s current library locations for ordinary family outings.
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 public park along a creek bed with a playground and multi-use trails; check the city construction update. 3725 South Drive.
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 guidesSouthwest Regional 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.
Southwest Regional Library and Foster 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.
Fort Worth families can ask about ECI, a school evaluation or pediatric speech therapy at Cook Children’s. This guide also points to neighborhood parks and the city’s current library locations for ordinary family outings.
Fort Worth’s comprehensive plan uses large sectors, including Arlington Heights and TCU/Westcliff. Those planning areas are wider than a single residential neighborhood. The historic districts of Fairmount, Mistletoe Heights and Oakhurst provide a more specific kind of record. The guides identify which geography supports each name and use public parks rather than assuming association amenities are open to everyone.
Cook Children’s Rehabilitation, Fort Worth South is a specific clinical option to contact. Bring a few examples of what your child finds easy and difficult to communicate, and note the languages used at home. Ask how the provider evaluates a child of your child’s age and what the next steps cost. School evaluation and ECI follow their own processes, so confirm your address before choosing one route.
A public park along a creek bed with a playground and multi-use trails; check the city construction update. You can choose one activity, pause for a snack and return another day. A Fort Worth Public Library destination; check the directory for current branch access and age-specific events. Pick a book connected with something your child noticed outdoors, then revisit the same pictures at home. Check the official pages for opening times and temporary access changes before leaving.
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.