Current Environment:

The Speech-Language Pathology Program provides evaluations and short-term therapies at a number of Boston Children’s locations, including 2 Brookline Place, Lexington, Peabody, and Waltham.

Please contact the location that you would prefer for an evaluation or therapy.

  • Lexington: 781-216-2999 (evaluations and therapies)
  • Peabody: 781-216-3400 (evaluations and therapies)
  • Waltham: 781-216-2237 (evaluations only)
  • Brookline: 781-216-2237

To make an appointment with the Feeding and Swallowing Program, please call 617-355-7727.

Boston Children's locations

Brookline
Boston Children's Brookline
2 Brookline Place
Brookline, MA 02445
Phone: 781-216-2237
Fax: 781-216-2252

Lexington
Boston Children's Lexington
482 Bedford St.
Lexington, MA 02420
Phone: 781-216-2999

Peabody
Boston Children’s Peabody
10 Centennial Drive
Peabody, MA 01960
Phone: 781-216-3400
Fax: 781-216-3597

Waltham
Boston Children's Waltham
9 Hope Ave.
Waltham, MA 02453
Phone: 781-216-2237

For health care professionals

Physician/provider order form for Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) services

Thank you for entrusting Boston Children’s Hospital to partner with you on your patient’s care. The Center for Communication Enhancement offers the following programs with the Speech-Language Pathology Program:

If you are a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner with a patient who requires non-urgent speech-language pathology services in one of the Center for Communication Enhancement programs listed above, please complete, print, and fax the form below to 617-730-6213. The Center for Communication Enhancement will contact the family within five business days to schedule an appointment or begin a scheduling intake process, when applicable, and close the loop with your practice.

This form is required to be completed for each new patient referral and for re-evaluation referral requests after 60 days from the original request. This form does not replace and is not an insurance referral request form, which is a separate document. If you have any further questions regarding this new process, please call 781-216-2200.

Download referral form

International patients

For families residing outside of the United States, please contact Boston Children's Global Services, which facilitates the medical review of patient records and appointment scheduling and which provides assistance with customs and immigration, transportation, and hotel and housing accommodations.