Susan is a highly experienced speech-language pathologist with over 20 years in the field, and she prides herself on providing very personalized services which incorporate each student’s unique interests, and each family s style. Susan received an M.S. degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.A. Degree cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is licensed by New York State and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and certification as a Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped (TSHH) from New York State. She is PROMPT trained, Level 1; and has actively pursued other ongoing clinical training throughout her career. Prior to being in private practice, Susan worked in a hospital, school, and rehabilitation settings. She was a speech-language pathologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she saw children of all ages with very varied speech, language, and hearing disorders. At Einstein she served on the well-known Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Team (CERC) at the Rose F. Kennedy Center; and also treated adults with neurological disorders (strokes, head trauma) and voice problems; lectured to medical students on speech and language disorders in children and adults; and taught students from Stern College.

LOCATION: Nassau County(Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington)
TYPE OF SERVICES: Individual therapy, speech-language evaluations, parent consultations, parent training
EXPERTISE: Early language development, articulation and phonology, Speech-language delays, Receptive/Expressive language delays, auditory processing, language processing, reading comprehension, executive functioning, autism spectrum disorders, and social-pragmatic language skills.
AGES: Infants through 21 years of age

Ms. Ewa D. is a New York State licensed speech-language pathologist with over 8 years of experience in the field. She holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is a certified Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities, and is Level 1 PROMPT trained (PROMPTs for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets). Ewa graduated from St. John’s University with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology and is currently undergoing her Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology at Adelphi University. Ewa has presented at professional workshops on topics of auditory processing, stuttering, and autism. She has experience working with children ages 2-21 years of age that encompass a variety of areas that include early speech-language delay, articulation and phonology, auditory processing, language processing, autism, executive functioning, fluency, and receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language difficulties. Ewa has also worked with students with Intellectual Disabilities, and other Developmental Disabilities who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. She is skilled in the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and high-tech AAC devices (Dynovoax) and applications (Proloquo2go, TouchChat). In addition to collaborating with parents and other professionals, she believes in a multi-modality approach to learning: Ewa takes advantage of each child’s unique strengths to help him or her acquire the needed skill(s).

LOCATION: Nassau County(Jericho, Levittown, Massapequa, Wantagh, Merrick, N. Merrick, New Hyde Park, Manhasset Hills, Manhasset, Port Washington, Great Neck, and other neighboring towns)
TYPE OF SERVICES: Individual therapy, speech-language evaluations, parent consultations, parent training
EXPERTISE: Early language development, articulation and phonology, Speech-language delays, Receptive/Expressive language delays, auditory processing, language processing, reading comprehension, executive functioning, autism spectrum disorders, and social-pragmatic language skills.
AGES: Infants through 21 years of age

Carissa is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and a certified Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities who has been practicing speech-language pathology for over fifteen years. She earned her Masters of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology from New York University Carissa holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). For the past five years, Carissa has worked privately on Long Island with students of various language learning difficulties ranging from preschool to adolescence. Prior to that time, she worked with middle and high school students with various language-learning disabilities including Attention Deficit, Asperger’s, Nonverbal learning, and Expressive/Receptive Language Deficitsat at Winston Preparatory School in Manhattan. In addition to being a Focus Instructor, Carissa was also the director of the summer school program for several years. Carissa believes collaboration with family members is crucial to a child’s development. She firmly believes in a team approach, collaborating with parents and related professionals. She prides herself on being innovative in her therapy sessions to actively engage the student.

LOCATION: Nassau County; Long Island: Mineola, Garden City, Garden City Park, Stewart Manor, Floral Park, Franklin Square, West Hempstead, Roslyn, East Williston, Carle Place, Westbury, Old Westbury, Valley Stream.
TYPE OF SERVICES: Individual therapy, parent consultations, and training
EXPERTISE: Early language development, receptive/expressive language delays, articulation/phonology, auditory processing, language processing, oral-motor difficulties, reading comprehension, executive functioning, autism spectrum disorders, and social-pragmatic language skills.
AGES: 2 years through adolescent

Jessica, M.A., CCC-SLP, TSHH, completed her Master’s of Arts Degree in Speech-Language Pathology at The State University at Buffalo. She received a full graduate research scholarship to study and conduct research in Motor Speech Disorders and was published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Jessica holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is certified as a Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped (TSHH), and is Level 1 PROMPT trained. For the past two decades, she has worked at a prestigious Long Island School District and provides one-to-one and small group language and academic support to children with various learning needs. She is highly skilled at addressing speech and language difficulties as they directly relate to classroom performance, NYS learning standards, and curriculum. Previously, Jessica has worked at a private practice on the Upper East Side, where she assessed and treated Pre-K aged, school-age children, and young adults. For all students, she develops an individualized curriculum based on their unique learning needs and provides an encouraging and supportive environment to enable students to improve upon their skills and enhance confidence in their abilities.

Lori is a New York State-licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and certified Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities. She holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Lori completed her B.S. and M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, summa cum laude, at CUNY Brooklyn College. 

Lori is currently a full-time speech therapist for the NYC Department of Education in a NEST school. She has been practicing speech-language pathology for four years, specializing in working with children with an autism spectrum disorder. Lori enjoys working on expressive-receptive language delays, reading comprehension, inferencing, narrative development, vocabulary, articulation, phonemic awareness, and phonological awareness (i.e., blending, segmenting, and manipulating sounds). Lori utilizes students’ learning modalities (e.g., visual, kinesthetic, auditory) to facilitate learning. 

Lori utilizes evidence-based practices such as Story Grammar Marker for narrative development, Expanding Expressions Tool and paragraph shrinking for language development, Frayer Model for vocabulary instruction, and Recipe for Reading to develop phonology skills. Lori uses a variety of visual supports that she created and uses on a regular basis to develop vocabulary, reading comprehension, and social skills.  Lori focuses on building foundational skills to aid in academic success.

Lori is an enthusiastic and creative therapist who believes sessions should be engaging and fun. She incorporates client interests and strengths into therapy sessions. She also believes that collaborating with other professionals, parents, and teachers is imperative for generalizing skills across settings. 

LOCATION: Brooklyn; Long Island (e.g., Bensonhurst, Midwood, Flatbush, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Inwood, Hewlett, and Lawrence).
TYPE OF SERVICES: Individual therapy and group therapy, parent consultation
EXPERTISE: Speech-language delays, language disability, autism spectrum disorder, articulation, vocabulary, phonological awareness
AGES: School-Age

Allison is a learning specialist and NYS licensed language therapist.  She earned her B.A. and M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from The State University of New York College at Fredonia.  For over 19 years, she has taught in schools, clinical settings, and private practice.

She is highly skilled at working with a variety of language, social/pragmatic deficits, and learning disabilities. She is experienced working with ADHD, dyslexia, and twice-exceptional students. As a learning specialist, she has worked with preschool, elementary, and secondary students for developing skills such as literacy (decoding and comprehension), writing, working and short-term memory, executive functioning, and social thinking. Allison recognizes the importance of developing customized learning programs specific to each students’ unique needs. She recognizes how organizational skills, sensory regulation, attention, written and verbal expression intertwine and impact learning.

LOCATION: Long Island: Centereach, Farmingville, Selden, Smithtown, Hauppauge, Sayville, West Sayville, Bluepoint, Bayport, Oakdale, Bohemia, Patchogue, Medford, Port Jefferson, Port Jefferson Station, Nesconset, Setauket, South Setauket, St. James, Ronkonkoma, Holbrook. Holtsville, Lake Grove, Stonybrook
TYPE OF SERVICES: Individual and group (2-3 children) speech therapy, speech-language evaluations, consultations.
AGES: toddler-elementary school

Danielle is a New York State licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and certified Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD). She holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Danielle completed her Masters of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Adelphi University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders with minors in psychology and Spanish from LaSalle University. She is Level 1 PROMPT trained (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets).

Danielle is currently a full-time speech therapist for a Long Island Public School, providing therapy for a culturally diverse population of elementary-aged students with a variety of speech and language disorders. Before this, she worked for an NYC preschool, early intervention agency, and a private school for students with autism spectrum disorder ages 3-21. 

Danielle has experience working with pre-school through adolescence, addressing expressive and receptive language delays and disorders, executive functioning skills, reading comprehension, fluency, articulation disorders as well as social/pragmatic deficits. Danielle has extensive experience working with non-verbal and minimally verbal children. She has developed and implemented both low-tech and high-tech alternative and augmentative communication systems including Proloquo2go, Touch Chat, Go Talk, LAMP, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). She has developed and utilized communication books and static visuals for verbal children who demonstrate difficulty generating and using language appropriately. Danielle utilizes a total communication approach involving oral language/word approximations, gestures, signs, and other visual communication systems to build communication skills. Danielle utilizes students learning modalities (e.g., visual, auditory, kinesthetic) to facilitate learning and utilizes a variety of evidence-based practices. 

Danielle believes in providing an interdisciplinary approach, communicating and collaborating with other specialists such as physical therapists, occupational therapists, families, and teachers to encourage effective communication across all contexts and carryover of strategies. She creates a fun, engaging, and functional environment to promote client success while addressing all communication needs. 

Danielle has experience working with children 3 years and older who are picky eaters. She utilizes approaches such as food chaining and feeding hierarchies to expand food repertoires, develops plans based on a parent’s goals for their child and current food choices, and applies the child’s interest to engage and motivate them to try new foods. Danielle provides social stories to help children overcome their fears of new and different foods and works closely with families providing strategies and listening to their input to continually evaluate a child’s success with food.

Location: Long Island-Nassau County: Mineola, Garden City, Floral Park, Franklin Square, East Williston, Carle Place, Westbury, Old Westbury, Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Hicksville, New Hyde Park, East Meadow
Types of Service: Individual Therapy, Small Group (2-5 clients) Therapy, Parent/Caretaker Consultation
Expertise: Expressive/receptive language delays, early language development, literacy, apraxia, reading comprehension, articulation/phonology, phonemic awareness, social pragmatic skills, executive functioning, language processing, sensory-based feeding, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC).
Ages: Birth through elementary school.

Shoshana is a speech-language pathologist who completed her Master of Science from Adelphi University and earned her Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech and Hearing  Association (ASHA) in 2009. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Speech and Communications from Touro College in 2007. She is a certified Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities. With her Hebrew language background, she has also achieved an Israeli teaching license.

Shoshana’s experience stems from a variety of clinical settings and diverse populations with varying levels of severity for evaluation and treatment: school-age children (3-18 years old) in the public and private sector as well as the Birth-3 population through the Department of Health Early Intervention Program. Over the years, Shoshana has treated clients with deficits in literacy, articulation, social skills, expressive language delays, receptive language delays, fluency disorders, speech sound production disorders, central auditory processing (CAPD) & auditory processing and executive function. Her approach to therapy is to determine a client’s strengths and use them to address their deficits.

Shoshana also has experience with adults with developmental disabilities where she targets social skills,  executive function, motor speech, and cognitive-communication disorders. She enjoys embedding literacy into all aspects of therapy and getting her clients to think and challenge themselves. 

Shoshana uses a multidisciplinary approach to individualize the therapy plan for each child based on individual needs and interests while keeping in communication with teachers, caregivers, and other therapeutic disciplines. Shoshana prides herself on keeping children engaged and taking pride in their therapeutic accomplishments while helping them meet their functional outcomes.

LOCATION: Nassau County- 5 Towns and surrounding areas, Lynbrook, Valley Stream, Queens- Rosedale, Laurelton, St. Albans, Far Rockaway. Other locations on a case-by-case basis.
TYPE OF SERVICES: Evaluations, Individual therapy, group (2-3 children), parent consultations
EXPERTISE: Late talkers, Prelinguistic Development, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Articulation, Pragmatics
AGES: 0-18

Jessica is a bilingual speech-language pathologist with a postgraduate degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a master’s with the highest honors in Speech-Language Pathology from CUNY Queens College. She holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), as well as her New York State License and Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD) Certification. As a speech-language pathologist in the NYC DOE public schools, Jessica believes in helping each unique student find their own path to success. Jessica employs multiple evidence-based teaching strategies to appeal to all learning styles (i.e., visual, verbal, tactile/kinesthetic) — and she also believes that everyone learns better when there’s room for some humor and fun!

Jessica specializes in instructing students from elementary through high school in the area of literacy (i.e., decoding/phonics, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, fluency, prefixes, suffixes, reading comprehension, inferencing, and vocabulary).

LOCATIONS: Nassau County, Long Island (Floral Park, Garden City Park, Bellerose, New Hyde Park, Great Neck, Elmont, Stewart Manor, Franklin Square, Lake Success, Manhasset, Manhasset Hills, Mineola), Bayside and Online.
TYPES OF SERVICES: Individual therapy, group
EXPERTISE: Phonological awareness/phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, reading/decoding, reading comprehension, literacy development, Executive Functioning, ADD/ADHD, SAT (reading, writing, and math)
AGES: Third grade through twelfth grade

Annie Rose is a Speech-Language Pathologist and a certified Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD). Annie Rose graduated with her undergraduate degree in elementary and special education and still holds current teaching certifications in Connecticut. Annie Rose was drawn to the field of Speech and Language Pathology after spending 7 years teaching special education and working in the classroom with students with various speech and language needs. She then pursued her Master’s degree from New York University in Communicative Sciences and Disorders.

Annie Rose has multisensory literacy experience working with preschoolers to 21-year-olds to improve decoding, reading fluency, reading comprehension, and writing skills. Other areas she has experience with include articulation, phonology, phonemic awareness, pragmatics, executive functioning, vocabulary development, math tutoring (k-8th grades), vocational skills, and AAC.

Annie Rose currently works full-time in a public school on Long Island, working with students from various backgrounds with unique learning styles and needs in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Annie Rose believes in providing an inclusive and individualized learning environment for all students that focuses on helping each student perform to the best of their ability. She believes in open communication and collaborating with families, teachers, and other related services in order for a child’s language, speech, and literacy skills to reach their full potential.

LOCATION: Long Island (Suffolk and Eastern Nassau), Teletherapy
TYPE OF SERVICES: i.e. Individual therapy, group (2-3 children), parent consultations, Math through grade 8 & Literacy (any age)
EXPERTISE: Speech-language delays, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social Skills, Literacy
AGES: preschool-aged through adult

Jessica completed her Master of Science Degree in Communication Sciences & Disorders at Syracuse University with honors, summa cum laude. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is certified as a Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped (TSHH). Jessica has spent the past 15 years working at one of the highest-ranking Long Island School Districts, where she provides language services and academic support, through a primarily literacy-based approach, to students with varying learning needs in an individualized or small group setting. She comes with a wide range of experience in the field as she has previously provided speech and language services for early childhood and preschool-aged children at a center-based program in Long Island, services for school-aged children for the NYC Department of Education, and services for children ages 8 through 18 at a medically based home care agency in Queens.

Jessica takes pride in being a caring and empathetic professional who works to create a comfortable and encouraging learning environment while developing and implementing an effective and individualized language curriculum for each of her students. She works to address her students’ speech and language needs, to facilitate growth and achievement, while also working to support and strengthen confidence in their own skills and abilities.

Alexandra is a New York State licensed Speech-Language pathologist who holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Additionally, she carries her Professional Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD) Certificate from Pre K through 12 th grade. Alexandra received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in 2014 in Communicative Disorders and Sciences from SUNY Buffalo and in 2016 Alexandra received her Masters of Arts Degree in Communicative Disorders and Sciences also from SUNY Buffalo.

Throughout her professional career, Alexandra has worked in the school setting with students ranging in age from Pre-K up through 8 th grade. Her caseloads have consisted of students with disorders in areas including articulation/fluency, pragmatic (social) language, receptive and/or expressive language delays, and phonological awareness/phonics. She is data-driven and also follows a clear and consistent hierarchy for each skill in order to allow all children multiple opportunities to succeed.

Alexandra enjoys using graphic organizers as well as different anchor charts (visuals) throughout all of her therapy sessions. Additionally, Alexandra likes to incorporate different strategies such as context clues, synonyms, antonyms, text evidence, various spelling patterns (digraphs, consonant blends, magic ‘e,’ vowel teams, r-controlled vowels), as well as digging into background knowledge in order to help each child reach their goals.

Alexandra strives to tailor each session to the needs of those specific students through differentiation of materials and supports. She feels as though her flexibility, collaborative skills, and ability to establish rapport with her students has allowed her to have a successful career thus far. Alexandra enjoys taking part in professional development opportunities in order to broaden her knowledge and skills within the field.

LOCATIONS: Nassau County; Queens -Far Rockaway, Laurelton, Cambria Heights, Rosedale, St. Albans, Spring Field Gardens
TYPES OF SERVICES: Individual therapy, Group therapy (2-3 children), Speech and Language Evaluations, and Consultations
EXPERTISE: Receptive/expressive language disorders (narrative skills, vocabulary skills, comprehension/critical-thinking skills, following multi-step directions), phonological awareness/phonics, articulation/fluency, pragmatic (social) language

Nicholas is a New York State licensed Speech Language Pathologist and holds his Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. He is also certified as a Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD). Nicholas received his Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology and his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Adelphi University. During his 9-year professional career, Nicholas has worked in multiple settings including public schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, daycares, clinical settings, and private homes. Currently, Nicholas is employed at a special needs high school in Queens, New York as a Speech-Teacher. Nicholas has extensive experience working with children ages birth to 21, with and without learning differences. Some learning differences he has experience working with include expressive and receptive language, early intervention, literacy, functional life skills, articulation, fluency, social interaction skills, feeding skills, reading comprehension, Autism, ADHD, Emotionally Disturbed, Intellectual Disabilities, and cognition. Nicholas has also acquired extensive knowledge in augmentative communication systems (AAC) and has experience programing ProLoQuo2Go, Lamp, Touch Chat, Toby Dynavox, and Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS) for non-verbal children.