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Anna Rooney, MHS, SLP-CCCL
Speech-Language Pathologist
Chicago, IL 60622
In-Home Speech Therapy in Chicago Anna Rooney is a dedicated, experienced, knowledgeable licensed speech language pathologist who provides in-home or in-daycare speech therapy. She provides speech therapy for infants, toddlers, and children who have a wide variety of speech-language needs. She works primarily on the north side of Chicago. She is an early intervention specialist who is committed to helping young children become successful communicators. Anna is Hanen® certified so parents play a very important role in speech language therapy.  She partners with parents to encourage communication development. Anna believes that children learn more when they are having fun and they feel secure. Anna Rooney’s speech services include: A comprehensive speech language assessment that will include a parent interview, child-observation, and formal testing. A written assessment report and therapy plan. Consistent therapy services in your child’s home or daycare. Personalized, one-on-one therapy sessions. A home therapy program that will include communication strategies. Continuing family support and family education. Anna’s specialty areas include early childhood speech-language development (early intervention speech-language therapy), expressive and receptive language delays/disorders (difficulty understanding and using language), childhood apraxia of speech (difficulty planning and coordinating/sequencing the movements for speech), auditory processing difficulties (difficulty making sense of what is heard), social communication delays (pragmatics): difficulty using language to communicate effectively with others (e.g., initiating and maintaining conversation, interacting with peers, maintaining eye contact/ attention, and responding to others), articulation (individual speech sound errors) and phonological disorders (multiple speech sound errors), stuttering disorders in the early childhood population, and promoting literacy development by improving phonological awareness: this includes the ability to notice, think about, or manipulate sounds in language.
Jennifer Tarle
Speech-Language Pathologist
Chicago, IL 60657
Better Lives Through Better Communication
Tarle Speech and Language was founded by Jennifer Tarle in order to empower individuals at all stages of life through better communication skills. Jennifer is a Certified Speech Pathologist with over 14 years of experience in speech-related training and pathologies. Jennifer earned a BS degree and an MA degree in Speech Pathology. She is licensed in CA, IL, & OH, is certified with the State Boards of Education in IL and OH, certified by the IL early intervention system, holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA), and has earned several AHSA ACE Awards for continuing education. Jennifer is a self-published author of accent workbooks, audio CDs and DVDs. Introductory and advanced classes on foreign accents are taught throughout the city of Chicago. Jennifer consults via the internet with clients in foreign countries. She implemented her Tarle Speech accent program at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China. Contact her to schedule a consultation. Jennifer works with individuals from all walks of life and all age groups. She has and continues to work in a variety of settings that include: web based and group classes, nursing homes, home health, rehabilitation facilities, hospitals, public schools, day care centers, early intervention programs, special education county programs, and classrooms for children and young adults with autism. Jennifer has developed a video-based training session for parents. Through behavioral approaches parents learn to encourage their child’s communication. Teacher and parent training classes on language development and intervention are presented at various Easter Seals of Metropolitan Chicago centers, Crème de la Crème Early Learning Centers of Excellence, Lincoln Park, and at The Learning through Play Child Development Center. Jennifer is a guest lecturer on language development, augmentative and alternative communication, and early intervention at Columbia College, Chicago and DePaul University, Chicago. Jennifer is trained and certified in several popular language programs including the Hanen “It Take two to Talk” Program, the Pyramid Approach to Autism, and the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). Jennifer strives to help individuals and families to improve their lives through better communication.
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