OnWords Speech Therapy: Empowering Communication & Confidence in BAllwin, MO

Experience:   

I have been a Speech Language Pathologist since 2003.   I have primarily been a medical Speech Language Pathologist and a school based Speech Language Pathologist.  I have worked with infants up to geriatrics. I specialize in working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, developmental delays, articulation delays and disorders,  phonological delays and disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, and language delays.

 

Personal:

I am married, have two sons, a dog, and chickens. I have been a parent on the other side of receiving therapy services.  My youngest son has a rare genetic syndrome that requires many therapies, as well as augmentative communication.  This has given me a new perspective on how I provide therapy for children with speech and language delays, as well as providing education to families.   

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Education: 

• Master of  Arts in Speech Language Pathology from Appalachian State University (2003)

• Bachelor of Arts from East Carolina University (2001)

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Licenses & Certifications: 

• American Speech Language Hearing Association- Certificate of Clinical Competence 

• Missouri Board of Healing Arts Certification 

• Speech-Language Pathology Certificate/ Teaching Certificate from Missouri's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 

• Listed on the Apraxia Kids Directory of SLPs with expertise in Apraxia

• Listed on the NLA trained clinician registry (Natural Language Acquisition)​

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