About Us

Mission Statement: Promoting growth by providing evidence-based therapy in a nurturing, fun environment that celebrates uniqueness.

Welcome to Southshore Bilingual Therapy, Inc., an innovative private practice in the Ruskin area of Southern Hillsborough County, FL. Our practice is dedicated to meeting children at their individual functioning level and promoting their potential abilities. We offer a variety of pediatric and adolescent speech-language and occupational therapy services in a family oriented, child friendly center. We offer assessments, individual intervention and group programs. Our goal is to provide quality and highly professional services in a nurturing and supportive environment to best support your child with the tools they need to navigate the world around them.

Founded by Luz Gaona M.S., CCC-SLP, Southshore Bilingual Therapy, Inc. is a labor of love. Our practice fulfills her vision of providing pediatric therapy in a nurturing, stimulating, safe and fun environment while promoting parental interaction in the therapy process. Our therapeutic services are designed with your child?s and family?s needs as the core component. Parental involvement is strongly encouraged in all of our therapy sessions. Parents can expect to learn first-hand how to incorporate the therapeutic techniques we use during therapy time on a day-to-day basis in their natural environment. We provide a collected +23 years of experience in pediatric therapeutic care.