Today I am going to share SLP blogs created by SLPs of diverse identities! What are some diverse SLPs you follow?
Building Successful Lives Speech and Language Services: Welcome to Building Successful Lives Speech & Language Services. I am Tamara Anderson, an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist, education specialist, and SLP success coach who designs informal assessments and therapeutic activities for therapists to use with children. I provide speech, language, and literacy evaluations as well as therapy for toddlers, preschoolers, and school aged children. As a coach, I enjoy teaching and guiding pediatric SLPs on how to improve their work productivity and efficiency while maintaining their focus on building speech and language skills in diverse clients and learners. As an educational specialist and consultant, I promote student gains in communication, language, and literacy. I have specialized training in educational assessment, curriculum design, differentiated instruction, and special education for diverse learners.
Erik X. Raj Speech-Language Pathologist: In our field, there are very few male-identifying individuals. Erik X. Raj is one, and one who makes really fun speech therapy video games. Hello there. My name is Erik and I seriously love my job. I’m a technology-obsessed speech-language pathologist who works with school-age children and adolescents with various communication difficulties. Each day is an adventure and I’m pumped to be alive! Learn more about me HERE. My latest digital creation, SLP Video Games, is an Internet-based therapy material that is perfect for speech-language pathologists to use with their school-aged clients and students who are working to increase their speech and language abilities. Having an SLP Video Games account gives you access to a terrific collection of online video games with built-in speech and language flashcards. This one of a kind 21st century experience allows your clients and students to play video games and grow as communicators, all at the same time. Learn more about SLP Video Games HERE.
SpeechBlogUK: This blog is created by speech therapists in the UK! It’s always interesting to get an international perspective! We’re so happy to have you here. This site is a quickly growing one-stop shop for information, resources and advice on helping children with speech and language difficulties at home or at school. Are you a teacher, TA or SENCO trying to support children with a range of difficulties in the classroom? Are you a parent who is trying to understand your child’s difficulties and how to help? Are you a busy speech therapist with a caseload that’s far too large and not enough time to source good resources to help the families and schools you work with? We’re here to help!
Ms. Tatyana Elleseff chose to focus her clinical career on working with children with a variety of developmental and neurogenic disorders in the following settings: schools, hospital/rehabilitation centers, early intervention, and private care. She interned at the prestigious Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and RUSK Rehabilitation Institute (affiliated with the New York University Langone Medical Center) in New York working with children 0-21 years of age with a vast variety of communication disorders, developmental speech/language delays and language-based learning disabilities.
She completed her clinical fellowship working with medically fragile pediatric and young adult population 0-22 years of age with severe multiple disabilities: mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autistic spectrum disorders, emotional disturbances, rare genetic syndromes, severe visual/hearing impairments as well as feeding and swallowing difficulties. During that time she became a member of a multi-disciplinary team specializing in augmentative assistive technology (AAC), picture exchange communication (PECS) and adaptive technology, and spent extensive periods of time educating teachers, parents and support staff on how to reinforce speech, language & feeding/swallowing skills in severely compromised pediatric populations.
Ms. Elleseff provided per diem speech and language therapy services at the Children’s Specialized Hospital of New Brunswick to children 0-21 years of age with a variety of neurogenic, developmental, and acquired disorders including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, as well as feeding and swallowing deficits.
Ms. Elleseff also conducted 0-3 early intervention assessments for the Arc of Somerset, an organization dedicated to providing services to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities including genetic syndromes, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and autism spectrum disorders.
In addition to her private practice, Ms. Elleseff maintains a hospital-based affiliation which enables her to keep abreast of the latest techniques and methodologies in the discipline of speech-language pathology.
Presently, she provides comprehensive speech & language evaluations and treatment including group & individual therapy services to children and young adults ages 3-18 diagnosed with a constellation of speech/language deficits secondary to psychiatric and emotional disturbances at the Rutgers University Behavioral Center – Rutgers Day School. There she is a member of a multidisciplinary unit team focused on delivery of psychosocial and behavioral services as well as a graduate speech-language pathology student supervisor.
Ms. Elleseff is also a member of New York and Central New Jersey Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) multidisciplinary teams, the aim of which is to provide a variety of services including assessment and intervention of children identified or presenting with features of FASD.
M.E. the SLP: Finding Yourself in Speech-Language Pathology: Meet Marilouise Elizabeth—fulfilling her passion as a medical Speech-Language Pathologist in adult acute care. Resident of Houston, Texas by way of Raleigh, North Carolina. Spelman Woman. Purdue Boilermaker. Reality TV binger. Trap music lover. Online shopaholic. Amazing wife. Black Girl Magic personified. She focuses on anti-racism, diversity and inclusion.
Hello, we are a Brisbane Speech Pathology practice supporting children with their speech, language, fluency, literacy and social interaction. Speech Clinic™ is an exclusively paediatric speech therapy service, providing assessments and treatment to children between 16 months to 18 years.
We provide Mobile Speech Therapy appointments in Brisbane and Telehealth appointments to children across Australia and Internationally. Our Clinician and Founder, Lauren, is a PhD Candidate and Research assistant at UQ.
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