Climbing Ladders

Climbing Ladders Speech-Language Therapy is a certified practice serving children and adolescents ages 3 to 18 in Strongsville, Ohio. Led by licensed clinical speech-language pathologist Kimberly Rau, who has nearly 20 years of diverse clinical experience, the practice helps young people develop communication skills from early childhood through adolescence. Therapy is evidence-based and designed to take place in a comforting, natural setting, with sessions commonly held in the child’s home or school.

Climbing Ladders specializes in articulation and phonological processing, pre-reading skills, apraxia, autism spectrum disorders, expressive and receptive developmental delays, auditory and language processing, social communication, fluency, and oral motor impairment. Alongside direct therapy, the practice supports parents with guidance on the clinical process and access to educational resources, helping families take an active role in their child’s development. Its parent resource library and articles offer practical ideas for encouraging communication, including strategies for supporting toddlers’ early speech and language. Climbing Ladders’ services and resources are focused on helping children build the skills to communicate and participate more confidently.