Rizza Miro
Speech Therapy Services
Rizza Miro & Associates LLC
Rizza Miro & Associates is a private practice offering speech services as well as social skills dyads and groups. With the help of my talented speech pathologists and support from the community, it is the realized dream of owner, Rizza Miro. We speacialize:
-Apraxia
-Central Auditory Processing Issues Disoders
-High Functioning Autism and NVLD
-Cognitive and Sensory-Based Therapy
-The Listening Program
-Language Based Social Skills Therapy
At Rizza Miro & Associates, we strive to provide your children with the most individualized therapy. Our services include:
INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS
• Unbiased 3rd party speech and OT evaluations that can be used for IEP development, therapy recommendations, and goal recommendations.
SCREENINGS
• Speech and language screenings for pre- and elementary schools such as the Friends School in Moorestown NJ
• Social skills screening for dyad/group placement
SLP EVALUATIONS
• Bilingual Speech and Language Evaluation for Filipino students speaking Tagalog
• Comprehensive speech and language evaluations
• Articulation/Myo-functional evaluations
• Auditory Language Processing evaluations
• The Listening Program evaluation
• Comprehensive Sensory Feeding evaluation
SLP TREATMENT
• Individual speech language therapy
• Dyad instruction (therapy with two children and a speech language pathologist)
• Group social skills instruction (therapy with 3-4 children and a speech language pathologist)
• Cognitive and sensory-based therapy
• Feeding therapy
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
• Comprehensive evaluations for sensory processing, attention, gross & fine motor skills
• Individual and group occupational therapy
TUTORING SERVICES
• Individual and group tutoring by certified literacy coaches and/or reading specialists, all with their master's degrees
• Our speech pathologists and reading specialists constantly communicate about their shared children, making our tutors uniquely qualified to work with language-based deficits
• Goals are developed through standardized assessments and observation, and are individually tailored to each child
• Services offered both at home or at our office
VOLUNTEER/INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS
• For strong high school students looking to volunteer
• For undergraduate and graduate speech pathology students looking for private practice experience.
• Recommendations to schools and jobs available upon completion of the program
Bio
Rizza Miro Lemonakis, M.A.,CCC-SLP | Owner
A board-certified and NJ-licensed Speech Language Pathologist, Rizza Miro has years of experience in schools, acute care hospitals, early intervention programs, and outpatient facilities. She obtained a Master’s degree in speech language pathology from The George Washington University.
Rizza’s passion shows in her work with children from birth to 18 years of age. She has sought to increase her training and gain more information in various treatment strategies and programs. Rizza is experienced in the PROMPT method for treatment of Apraxia, as well as in Michelle Winner's Social Thinking Program. She is also an Integrated Listening Program ADVANCED PRACTIONER. In addition, she is experienced in the SOS feeding program and developed The Feeding Center at the Communication Station.
Rizza was recognized by the community in the 2008 Courier Post article “35 Under 35”, which featured “35 successful, community-minded young professionals making a difference.” In addition, The Feeding Center was also featured in ABC News and Rizza humbly participated in the interview. Rizza has been a featured national speaker through Lorman Education Services, as well as a local speaker for Tri-County Speech/Language Hearing Association, ASPEN (Asperger Syndrome Education Network) and the Apraxia Support Group.
In 2012, Rizza was a co-speaker at the Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing Convention for "Improving Social Interaction and Communication with an Interactive Language Program." In 2013, Rizza was also selected to be the speaker in a 6-day 2-part lecture series in behalf of the New Jersey Department of Education. The topic of these lectures was Promoting Language and Literacy in the Preschool Classroom. On May 2014, Rizza was a featured speaker at the Cooper Hospital Learning Center's First Annual Facets of Dyslexia Conference. She will also be speaking to families of KIDDS, a non profit group serving all families with children with Down Syndrome.
Payments Accepted
Cash and check only
Hours:Call for open therapist slots
Cost/Session
$75 for 30 mins, $112.50 for 45 mins, $150 for 1 hour
License:41YS00465000 New Jersey
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Practice Areas/Issues Treated
 Speech / Language / Hearing
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Motor Speech Disorders
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Apraxia
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Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Raspy Voice / Muscle Tension Dysphonia
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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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Language-Based Learning Disabilities
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Vocal Coaching for Singing and Performing
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Learning Disabilities
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Voice 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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