About LEAP Preschool
LEAP's Mission
The Language-Learning Early Advantage Program (LEAP) is an individualized preschool program with a strong classroom language-based focus. LEAP's mission is threefold:
- to train speech-language pathology graduate and undergraduate students;
- to provide treatment to preschool-age children between the ages of 3 and 5 years who demonstrate speech and/or language delays in the absence of other handicapping conditions;
- and to conduct research.
Services Provided by Students
Services are provided by students who are working towards their Master's degree in speech-language pathology. These students are closely supervised by experienced speech-language pathologists who are faculty members of the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and certified by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA).
Frequently Asked Questions
Schedule
LEAP runs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with morning and afternoon sessions.
Morning session: 8:45 AM to 12:10 PM
Afternoon session: 12:45 PM to 4:10 PM
Calendar
LEAP operates from mid-September through mid-December (fall session) and late January through mid-May (spring session), approximately 12 weeks per session, A 5 ½ week summer session operates from early June through mid-July.
Tuition
For current tuition rates, see the Hearing and Speech Clinic fee schedule. Discounts are available to members of the UMD community. We also offer an income-based sliding scale. Please inquire for more information.
Eligibility
LEAP serves preschool-aged children with identified speech and/or language disorders. Eligible children demonstrate clinical speech and/or language delays as their primary area of concern in the absence of other major developmental conditions. All children are required to be toilet-trained to be eligible for LEAP.
Waitlist
If we do not have any seats available when you apply, you can choose to be added to our waitlist. If an opening becomes available, we will contact families on our waitlist in the order that they applied.
Contact Information
Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences
University of Maryland, College Park
LeFrak Hall, Room 0120
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-4218
hespclinic [at] umd.edu
