Services

Some Training Highlights

Stuttering – Preschool to school age with a whole child-centered slant (both the fluency and the emotional aspects of stuttering): Lidcombe Program, Michael Palin, Kristen Chmela, Scott Yarruss, Nina Reardon as well as the young school-aged child (ages 5-9) and older students (Fluency Plus), both through the Speech and Stuttering Institute.

Preschool Language – basic and advanced Hanen programs (‘Involving Parents as Language Facilitators’ & ‘Target Word for Parents of Children with Late Talkers’).

Articulation, Phonological, & Motor Speech Disorders – training in P.R.O.M.PT. technique (prompts for restructuring oral muscular phonetic targets). The therapist guides, inhibits or stabilizes speech movements, through various touch cues for each English sound. Auditory-visual support is also provided.

Literacy – I am trained in the highly regarded Orton-Gillingham approach, comprehensive in its language elements. I have also completed the Fundations program based on Wilson Reading System principles.