Nancy Thorner, M.A., CCC
Nancy Thorner, M.A., CCC
Earlyspeak
EarlySpeak focuses on early speech-language assessment and intervention for children from 1 1/2-5 years of age as well as for primary school aged children. Nancy Thorner, the owner and sole proprietor of EarlySpeak, has 30 years of experience working with children and their families, educators and physicians to achieve their individual speech-language goals. Pediatric disorders treated include articulation/phonological impairments, receptive and expressive language delays and disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, language- based learning disorders, fluency and voice disorders.
Nancy has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including public and private schools, private practice/clinics, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health. Nancy offers personalized, high quality, services with close family contact and involvement in all aspects of care.
In addition to providing the pediatric services listed above, Nancy also provides accent reduction/modification classes for adults who are non-native English speakers and are seeking to improve speech sound production, prosody/rhythm of speech, intonation patterns, vocabulary, and grammatical skills. Please contact her to inquire about adult accent modification classes.
Free on-site preschool screenings are available within upper Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Education/Training
B.A. Linguistics UCLA
M.A. Communication Disorders California State University, Northridge
Bio
Nancy has a B.A. in linguistics from UCLA and an M.A. in Communication Disorders from California State University, Northridge. She has extensive experience working with pediatrics and geriatrics. She is an active member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed in the state of Maryland. Nancy is a current member of The Roundtable Network, consisting of colleagues and other professionals working in the field of early childhood (psychologists, OTs, social workers, physicians, educators, etc.).
Memberships
American Speech-Language Hearing Associations
Various online Speech-Language Pathology forums
Other Languages
Spanish
Payments Accepted
Cash, Check
Hours:8:30-2:00 p.m. M-F
License:04109, Maryland
Helpful Links
 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association:
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Practice Areas/Issues Treated
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Speech / Language / Hearing
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Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
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Apraxia
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Raspy Voice / Muscle Tension Dysphonia
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Selective Mutism
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Child Speech/Language Disorders
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Speech Sound Disorders
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Developmental Delays
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Stuttering
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Accent Reduction
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Swallowing Difficulties / Dysphagia
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Language-Based Learning Disabilities
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Vocal Coaching for Singing and Performing
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Motor Speech Disorders
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Licenses/Certifications
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ASHA Certified Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP)
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Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (State)
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