Suzanne Flax Special Ed Advocate & Consultant
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.
Education/Training
University of Michigan, 1983. B.A. in English
Columbia University, 1985. M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology
Parent Consultant Institute through the Federation for Children with Special Needs, 2016, certificate as a Parent Consultant
Wright’s Law Boot Camp, 10/17,
Telehealth Certified, 05/20
Bio
I graduated from Columbia University in 1985 with a Masters of Science Degree in Speech and Language Pathology. I became Early Intervention Certified in 1997. I am also trained as a Parent Consultant through the Federation for Children with Special Needs, 5/16 and as an educational advocate through Wright’s Law Boot Camp, 10/17.
I have multiple and varied experience treating and advocating for children, adolescence and adults within medical, educational and home based settings that incorporate multidisciplinary team approaches. I have treated children with mild to severe diagnoses including but not limited to autism spectrum disorders, oral/motor disorders, fluency, dysphagia, voice and articulation disorders. I also treat adolescence and adults with fluency, articulation, voice, accent reduction and Aspergers. Responsibilities have included providing individual, small group and classroom therapies, evaluations, developing adaptive and alternative modes of communication, advocating and transitioning children into public schools, coordinating therapy services with outside agencies and providing community in-services.
Memberships
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Certificate of Clinical Competence:
Speech-Language Pathology, July 1986
Massachusetts State License
Certified Early Intervention Specialist
Department of Public Health
Certificate of Specialist in Early Intervention
Certification Number: 0225
Payments Accepted
BCBS, check, credit cards, medical spending accounts
Hours:Weekdays, Evenings and Saturdays
Cost/Session
$125,00/ hour
License:2792/ Massachusetts
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Practice Areas/Issues Treated
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Speech / Language / Hearing
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Mental Health and Speech Issues
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Apraxia
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Motor Speech Disorders
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
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Child Speech/Language Disorders
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Raspy Voice / Muscle Tension Dysphonia
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Developmental Delays
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Selective Mutism
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English as a Second Language
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Speech Sound Disorders
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Accent Reduction
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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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