Austin · Licensed center
Childrens Therapeutics Developmental Center
A play-based center in Austin, licensed for 12 children. Megan O’Malley (Speech Therapist; Owner of Children’s Therapeutics of Austin) has been there since 2006.
Small center. Small means the smallest quarter of Austin-area’s 928 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 12 to 61 children. Medium is 62 to 153; large is 154 to 731.
How they teach
Play-based
“Our unique program promotes child-initiated, play-based activities designed to carry over to the home and school environment.”In their words. childrenstherapeutics.com, July 2026
One of 104 Austin-area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 226 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
Megan O’Malley (Speech Therapist; Owner of Children’s Therapeutics of Austin) since 2006, Christene Schwarzbach (Physical Therapist) since 2013, Alison C. Gillies (Speech Therapist) since 2015 and Amy Sowa (Speech Therapist) since 2015. Eight other staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
Of 1,219 Austin-area providers, 39 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of twenty years.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Texas HHSC
Texas HHSC does not currently list this provider in its licensing database as of September 2026, though the record below is one it published. That may mean the license moved, was reissued under a new number, or the program closed — it is not a statement about the record. Check with the provider or the state directly.
- Last visit
- September 25, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since November 2021
- Most serious
- Medium High —
The sanitation inspection was expired.
· October 1, 2024
Texas HHSC describes each deficiency in writing and weights the standard behind it from high to low by the risk a violation presents to children. It publishes no inspection document.
Sep 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 25, 2025
746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content · Medium · No longer displayed by the state
Training was observed for the HASA and the four records did not have Emergency Preparedness training.
Oct 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 1, 2024
746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection · Medium High · No longer displayed by the state
The sanitation inspection was expired.
Nov 2021 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · November 15, 2021
746.1301(5)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - 24 Annual Training · Medium High · No longer displayed by the state
Two caregivers did not have any annual training hours, one caregiver had 15 annual training hours.
Details
- Phone
- 5125339313
- Website
- childrenstherapeutics.com
- Address
- 3211 Hancock Dr
- License
- 821141
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Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 · childrenstherapeutics.com
Who cares for your child
- Staff — childrenstherapeutics.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked July 2026
- Website — Checked July 2026 · childrenstherapeutics.com