MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST
Stephanie has been a Speech and Language Pathologist for the past 20 years. She has worked in a variety of settings, including hospitals, B-3, and school systems, and now in private practice. Her practice is located in Marlborough, CT. She provides therapy to a wide range of children with a variety of diagnoses, Apraxia, Autism, Feeding Disorders, Articulation, and Language Disorders. Stephanie is PROMPT and oral motor trained. This training makes her work with children who have Apraxia and Feeding Disorders even more effective.
Stephanie is pleased to announce that she has been successfully providing telehealth services to CT residents and has now expanded to Virginia.
She began working with children with significant speech and speech and language disorders when she was a paraprofessional in a CT preschool program. This job prompted her to continue her schooling and go to graduate school at the University of DC. It was at graduate school that Stephanie learned to see each child as an individual. Stephanie's training to improve feeding and swallowing skills started in graduate school when she worked in a hospital setting for both adults and children.
Part of Stephanie's therapy, involves seeing the child as an individual and tailoring therapy plans to meet the child's and families needs as well as building a positive relationship with the child. Progress and goal mastery is difficult and slow unless when there is not a positive and fun relationship.
In addition to her degree as a Speech and Language Pathologist, she is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. As a BCBA, she is able to consult to families about their child's behaviors. In addition, she is able to make her therapy sessions more effective because she is aware of the best ways to manage behaviors and increase motivation to receive the best results. The combination of these two specialties helps her to work with a wide range of children.