Many families first notice something’s off when a child gets frustrated instead of asking for what they need. That frustration is often a communication gap, not a behavior problem on its own.
Welcome Care operates out of Brooklyn and has supported New York families since 2003. There’s no local office to visit. Every visit happens in your home.
Call or fill out a short form to get started | 3820 Nostrand Avenue, Suite 106, Brooklyn, NY 11235 | Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Many families first notice something’s off when a child gets frustrated instead of asking for what they need. That frustration is often a communication gap, not a behavior problem on its own.
Welcome Care operates out of Brooklyn and has supported New York families since 2003. There’s no local office to visit. Every visit happens in your home.
Call or fill out a short form to get started | 3820 Nostrand Avenue, Suite 106, Brooklyn, NY 11235 | Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Licensed since 2003 NYS Department of Health licensed |
Multilingual staff Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, Chinese, Creole, and more |
In-home practice Every session happens at home |
Welcome Care builds a plan around whatever your child can already do, whether that’s a few gestures, some sounds, or nothing consistent yet. We don’t wait for speech before we start.
Sessions center on functional communication. That means practical, everyday requests, not drills focused on isolated sounds.
Some children do well with picture systems. Others need a speech-generating device or basic signs. We try more than one option, since the first guess isn’t always the right fit.
We spend real time coaching parents and siblings too. A tool only helps if someone uses it at breakfast, at bedtime, and everywhere in between, not just during a session.
According to ASHA, a communication device doesn’t hold a child back from speaking. It often does the opposite. Children frequently attempt more speech once they have a backup way to be understood.
Our Pediatrics and OPWDD Special Needs page connects speech therapy to other services your child might need.
This part of the city holds an enormous range of languages and routines under one roof, sometimes within a single household. A plan built only around English tends to miss half of what a child is actually trying to communicate.
According to HealthyChildren.org, kids who communicate differently than expected usually respond well once they have the right support in place. That holds true whether a family lives in Fordham, Parkchester, or anywhere else nearby.
Getting an appointment can be its own obstacle here. Speech therapy waitlists across the city commonly run for months, and families end up stitching together partial support from two or three different places.
A lot of parents also carry a specific worry into that first appointment. They wonder if starting AAC means giving up on speech. That worry is common and doesn’t match how communication development actually tends to unfold.
School evaluations, therapy scheduling, and a full workday rarely leave time for one more phone call. Families coming from Riverdale or Kingsbridge often mention this exact issue first.
Some families have already tried something that didn’t stick, whether that was a device from school or a program that moved too fast. We don’t treat that as a failed attempt. We treat it as useful information.
Most families start with a phone call, not paperwork. That first conversation is usually shorter than people expect, and nobody needs to walk in with a plan already figured out.
Call our team or fill out a short form. We ask what your child currently does to communicate, even if that’s mostly pointing or frustration. There’s no version of this answer that sounds wrong to us.
If your child has a speech evaluation or an IEP goal, we start there instead of retesting everything from scratch, which saves families time they don’t have to spare. Most parents haven’t had someone explain this part clearly before.
We ask what’s already been tried at home too, whether that’s a school picture board or signs your family made up on your own. None of that gets discarded just because it wasn’t recommended by a therapist.
Some kids take to pictures right away. Others need a tablet-based system or simple signs. We don’t commit to one option before trying it out, since guessing wrong costs real time. Our PT, OT & Speech Therapy page covers what a typical session looks like once a tool is in place.
Communication needs shift as a child grows, so the plan shifts with them instead of staying fixed to whatever worked at the very beginning. Some families need this revisited once, others every few months.
Even once things are running smoothly, we check back in. That’s how we catch it early if a tool stops working the way it used to.
Call (718) 232-4850 | 3820 Nostrand Avenue, Suite 106, Brooklyn, NY 11235 | Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Welcome Care operates out of Brooklyn, but every visit happens in your home. Getting nonverbal support in the Bronx here doesn’t require a single trip to an office, or a full day taken off work just to get to one.
Communication is the entire focus of what we do, not a line item inside a bigger therapy caseload. That focus tends to move things along faster than a general practice juggling a dozen different specialties.
Our team works in the language your child hears at home, so nothing gets lost between a session and everyday life.
We stay connected to your child’s school and IEP goals, so our work backs up what’s already happening instead of running as a separate track.
Parents and siblings get direct coaching, not just a demo. That’s what keeps a communication tool alive between visits, instead of sitting unused in a drawer.
Call our office or fill out a short form. We’ll ask about your child’s communication and schedule a first conversation, no office visit required since we come to you.
No. Our team works directly with families across Parkchester, Pelham Bay, and Kingsbridge, right in their homes.
We don’t operate a walk-in office here. Instead, our team travels directly to your home. Families across Fordham, Riverdale, Pelham Bay, Parkchester, Throggs Neck, Morris Park, and Kingsbridge already work with us this way.
Business Hours
Monday through Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Call (718) 232-4850 | 3820 Nostrand Avenue, Suite 106, Brooklyn, NY 11235 | Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Disclaimer: Welcome Care operates from Brooklyn and serves Bronx families through in-home visits only. We do not maintain a walk-in office location in the Bronx. The content on this page is intended for informational purposes only and does not replace professional speech-language or medical advice. Availability of speech therapy, AAC support, and related services depends on individual evaluation and applicable program requirements.
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