As an educational advocate, I help parents navigate the special education system. This includes advising and helping parents obtain appropriate classroom and school placements and ancillary services such as speech, occupational and physical therapies and augmentative communication services. I also attend IEP meetings, mediation and hearing. I can interpret clinical evaluations for parents.I am trained as a parent consultant through the Federation for Children with Special Needs and as an educational advocate through Wright’s Law Boot Camp. As a speech-language pathology I evaluate and treat children, adolescents and adults within a highly supportive and attentive environment. I offer evaluations and treatment options to individuals with a wide range of communication disorders. my goal is to maximize the potential of each and every client with whom I work. In order to do this I believe in an integrative approach that involves collaboration with parents, caretakers, educational teams and medical providers. Therapy is tailored to the individual needs of each client. Specialty areas evaluated and treated include articulation/phonological disorders, language based learning disabilities, auditory processing disorders, oral motor/feeding disorders, craniofacial disorders, pediatric and adult language/cognitive disorders, phonological awareness development, reading and writing disorders, stuttering, myofunctional therapy (i.e., tongue thrust), voice disorders and autism spectrum disorders which includes autism, pervasive developmental disorder and Aspergers (both pediatric and adult). Diagnoses evaluated and treated include aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, articulation/phonological disorders, fluency disorders, voice disorders, and language delays/disorders. For more information about educational advocacy and speech and language services please contact me.

Now offering telehealth, home and community visits. I am a functionally based SLP who helps individuals with cognitive, speech, language and voice difficulties improve their skills and independence. I work with individuals and families in their homes, local community or an office space I use in Boxford. My location has always varied based on client goals, preferences and skills. So for example, if someone wanted to improve being able to be heard over a noisy setting we may meet at a local coffee shop. If a family member wanted to participate or if my client was looking for support in home organization, then I’d go to their home. I prefer working in the setting we are hoping to impact. I also offer wellness check-ins at 6, 9 or 12 months to identify potential areas of decline and support addressing them before they become a bigger problem.

-Affordable Speech Therapy for the Pediatric Population (Birth-22) -Promoting Face to Face Communication -Dedicated and Qualified Speech-Language Pathologist with 25 year of experience -Providing Speech and/or Language Stimulation -Parent Training and Support -Speech/Language Evaluations/Assessment in all areas -Center and Home Based Therapy Available -Consult Services Available -Providing Supplemental Speech Therapy Services -Individual and Group Therapy Treating: Articulation/Phonology, Apraxia, Auditory Processing, Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC), Expressive and Receptive Language/Vocabulary Development, Executive Functioning Skills, Fluency/Stuttering, Functional Communication, Grammar, Listening/Following Directions, Organization/Study Skills, Oral-Motor/Feeding, Reading Comprehension, Test Taking, Social/Pragmatic Skills, Voice, Written Language