Childrens Therapeutics Developmental Center

The experience at CTOA from start to finish is great! The team there really cares for you and we’ve made some lifelong friends there. Both of my brothers and I went to CTOA from birth well into our 20’s and it was super helpful to learn how our bodies function and how to work with it instead of against. Gabi, Megan and all the staff will treat you like family.

CTOA has been a lifeline for our family since 2019. Both of our nonverbal autistic sons have made remarkable progress through their Speech Therapy, Feeding Therapy, Occupational/Physical Therapy sessions. What truly sets CTOA apart is the therapists' deep understanding and skillful application of strategies like sensory play/pairing and vestibular/proprioceptive input, always prioritizing our boys' regulation. They create a safe and engaging environment where our children can thrive and have fun. We've had the opportunity to work with many of their therapists over the years, and each has been consistently excellent. The entire team, from the admin staff to the assistants, is incredibly kind and supportive. We are so grateful for CTOA.

Children’s Therapeutics of Austin provides care at a level that is unmatched to other providers in Austin. The care and commitment of the therapists and techs is amazing. The willingness to think “outside the box” provided avenues for my son to walk, speak and learn at levels that were never expected for him. My gratitude cannot be described. If you are a special needs parent feeling stuck, at a loss, needing to overcome a seemingly insurmountable obstacle, this is the team you want behind you. Thank you.

Save yourself time and money and go somewhere else. This clinic has shady and dishonest billing practices and offers mediocre service. For just an evaluation, they charge both your insurance and you directly. No matter what your insurance covers, you’ll still be on the hook for a non-billable, non-covered fee of $205 on top of what they bill your insurance. In our case, they charged our insurance $445, with a $60 copay for us, but we also received an additional bill for $205, plus a $29 administrative fee. After discussing these unacceptable charges with them, they reduced it to $205, even though we should have only paid the $60 copay. Just minutes before the evaluation session, we were rushed to sign paperwork for this $205 fee while being told by the staff that this was the maximum if insurance didn’t cover the cost. The service itself was mediocre, with incomplete evaluations and generic exercises that didn’t meet our needs.

My son has been seeing Megan and Chris for 4 years now. When I first called, Megan directed me (instead of doing an initial intake or evaluation for speech therapy) to get my son's hearing tested -- and she was correct in her instincts: he did indeed have issues with hearing. Once we got eartubes, we came back to Children's Therapeutics for Speech with Megan, and OT/PT with Chris. All of the staff have been like other parents for my son as we navigated his needs. I have seen huge, huge gains: I used to not be able to get him dressed without watching him act out as though he was being dipped in lava (new shoes?!?! = FOOT CAGES! Carseat?!?! INTOLERABLE! Clothing? Being touched? Walking on sand?!?! -- on and on) and now he is so, so much better. My child used to be consistently miserable in life, at school, in daily routines. Now he can move between different activities and social groups at school with ease, and happily. I've worked with young children up to middle school, and I have seen direct results from the work these lovely humans have done for my kiddo. They have even helped my family through the process of helping out a foster child and all that entailed. I cannot thank these people enough for the warmth, insight, and support they have provided during some of my most challenging years as a parent. Caring, knowledgeable, able to provide tools to use at home, as accommodating as they can be with scheduling -- All the stars for CTOA.