Helping Your Child Put Their Ideas Into Words
Hi, I’m Maggie, a speech language pathologist (SLP) located in Wake Forest, NC. As an SLP trained in the science of reading, my mission is to help kids communicate successfully through spoken and printed language.
If you’re not quite sure about your child’s speech, language, or reading skills and want to know how speech therapy can help, you’re in the right place. I’m glad you’re here!
What We Work On
Wondering how we can help? Into Words Therapy focuses on speech sound and oral and written language disorders. Our specialization allows us to give your child the highest quality of care and you can rest assured that we focus our clinical learning on topics that impact your child. If your child has difficulties in other areas, we’d be happy to refer you to another provider.
Here are some examples of what we work on:
Language Skills
Improving grammar skills like past tense ed
Expanding sentence length and complexity
Telling stories sequentially with all the necessary details
Understanding and using more complex vocabulary
Speech Sounds
Improving the way they say the sounds in words, like /k/, /r/, or /s/
Improving speech clarity, or how well you understand your child
Building phonological skills, including how a child perceives the sounds in words
Reading
Letter/sound naming and recognition
Phonics
Phonological awareness (rhyming, syllable counting, etc.)
Reading words, sentences, and stories
Understanding what was read
Writing
Spelling
Generating sentences
Planning and organizing written work
Including the appropriate grammatical elements and punctuation in writing
Executive Function
Planning and organizing tasks like essays
Identifying working memory strategies to support comprehension
Self-monitoring work for accuracy and time management
Initiating challenging tasks like reading
IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL THERAPY
We know that family life is busy. We also know that speech therapy is important. That’s why we offer both in person and online speech therapy.
Check out our treatment page to learn more about our treatment options.
How to get started
Schedule your initial consultation.
Finding the right fit for your child makes all the difference. Our free initial consultation helps make that possible. If we aren’t the right fit, we’ll help you find someone who is.
Complete an evaluation.
First we’ll evaluate your child using a variety of tools, including your input, to ensure we understand their strengths and areas for growth. Afterwards, we'll review the report with you and address any questions.
Start treatment.
Our treatment sessions, guided by the goals in the evaluation report, are dynamic and responsive. We keep communication with you open, ensuring therapy gains translate into your child's daily life.
We accept payment via HSA, FSA, credit card, cash, and check. We provide a superbill for you to be reimbursed for out of network coverage.
Meet Maggie
Hi there! I’m Maggie Phillips M.A., CCC-SLP. I’m a pediatric speech pathologist who’s passionate about the intersection of language, literacy, and speech sound disorders. I want to help your child communicate easily with their friends and family, and I want to help them learn to love reading!
What our families are saying
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"Without hesitation, we wholeheartedly recommend Maggie to any parent seeking the best possible start for their child's speech development journey. She truly is a gem, and we are forever grateful for the impact she has had on our son's life."
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"We always appreciated Maggie’s ability to connect with our son, inform and provide us with resources, and genuinely caring demeanor. She responds promptly to questions and is great at communicating with us about our son's progress and how we can work with him at home... We saw a huge improvement in his fluency and overall confidence."
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"Maggie is responsive, kind, fun, creative, thoughtful, and goes above and beyond for her clients. She changed our lives for the better with her amazingly high quality speech sessions. So grateful to her and all that she's done for our family. In the two years she worked with our daughter, she went from mostly gesturing and using isolated words to using sentences, retelling stories, and ticking off goal after goal. I can't say enough about how talented and hardworking she is!"
What Makes Into Words Different?
Convenient.
Research shows that the traditional method of one long weekly therapy session is not always the best option (Schmitt, et.al, 2017).
Our sessions, available in-person and via teletherapy, vary from quick 10-minute meetings multiple times a week to more extensive 45-minute ones. Check out our treatment page to learn more!
Individualized.
At Into Words Therapy, your child is our priority. We care about learning their favorite color and hearing about their summer vacation.
We keep a small caseload so we can stay current with the latest practices and thoroughly prepare for and engage with your child.
Evidence-Based.
Into Words Therapy values our field’s science and employs it every day. We stay up to date through continuing education courses, journal clubs, and resources like The Informed SLP.
We're passionate about sharing our therapy techniques to caregivers, ensuring you understand the 'why' behind our approaches.
Schedule Your Complimentary Consultation
Our private office is conveniently located at The Loading Dock in downtown Wake Forest
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“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”
Winston S. Churchill