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Diann Crandall "My experience has been varied, and I particularly enjoy working on social language and feeding/swallowing issues. Helping children, adolescents, and adults achieve success in communication and improve connections in their relationships is my professional goal." |
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| Experience: | 10 years | |
| Ares of Expertise: | Diagnosing and treating pediatric and school-aged populations in the home, clinic, and in school settings. Providing clinical expertise in feeding and swallowing, early intervention, language delays and disorders, articulation, verbal apraxia, autism spectrum disorder, and family support. | |
| Education, Certification, License: |  MA Speech-Language Pathology, San Jose State University
BA Communicative Disorders, San Jose State University
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) CA State License
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| Languages: | Korean, Spanish, English |
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Eletah Elash "I especially appreciate the opportunity to work closely with parents, helping them to realize that they are their child’s most important teacher." |
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| Experience: | 29 years | |
| Ares of Expertise: | Providing treatment for infants and toddlers through school-aged children with phonological disorders, language delays, auditory processing disorders, autism spectrum disorder, verbal apraxia, and sensory integration issues. | |
| Education, Certification, License: | MA Speech-Language Pathology, California State University Northridge
BA TBA
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) CA State License
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| Languages: | English |
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Tracy Gonzalez-Rogers "I really enjoy working with young children and their families. When parents learn new ways to teach their children and see results, it is very rewarding." |
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| Experience: | 10 years | |
| Ares of Expertise: | Treating children with autism spectrum disorder using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), verbal apraxia, articulation delay, and language delays; treating children with significant medical needs; and treating infants and toddlers through early intervention. | |
| Education, Certification, License: | MS Speech-Language Pathology Loma Linda University BA Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Northwest Nazarene University ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) CA State License
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| Languages: | English |
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Grishma Desai "I enjoy working closely with the families and helping them carry over strategies to work on at home. I absolutely love the children and families I work with." |
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| Experience: | 16 years | |
| Ares of Expertise: | Working as a pediatric speech-language pathologist with children diagnosed with cerebral palsy, verbal apraxia, autism, and medically fragile conditions; and using augmentative, alternative communication (AAC) and assistive technology when appropriate. | |
| Education, Certification, License: | MA Speech-Language Pathology, New York University (departmental scholar at NYU).
BA Communicative Disorders, Purdue University
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) CA State License
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| Languages: | Korean, Spanish, English |
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Tami Hansen "I like being a speech-language pathologist because I get to witness a child who has minimal communication skills become more involved with his or her family through meaningful conversation. The joy in the child and family is unbeatable!" |
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| Experience: | 21 years | |
| Ares of Expertise: | Treating developmentally disabled and mentally disabled adults and children, high-risk infants and preschoolers, and elementary school-aged children with problems in voice, fluency, selective mutism, verbal apraxia, articulation, language, social skills, and pragmatics. | |
| Education, Certification, License: | MA speech-Language Pathology, San Jose State University
BA Speech-Language Pathology, San Jose State UniversityBA Psychology, TBA
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) CA State License
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| Languages: | English |
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Dyanne Krasow "My favorite part of being a speech-language pathologist is seeing the progress children make and the smiles on their parents’ faces. I take great pride in my individualized program techniques." |
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| Experience: | 30 years | |
| Ares of Expertise: | Early intervention and school-aged children with varied disabilities (e.g., Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism) with problems in articulation, language, social skills, oral-motor functioning. | |
| Education, Certification, License: | MA speech-Language Pathology, Sacramento State University
BA Communicative Disorders, San Francisco State University
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) CA State License
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| Languages: | English, Spanish |
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Diana Lynn Owner of SpeakRightNow "After working with children and adults with speech and language disorders for years, I decided to start a company devoted to changing the lives of those who are challenged with communication problems. My objective is for each client to have results that will make it easier and more effective to communicate with family and friends through our hard work and excellent techniques. " |
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| Experience: | 33 years | |
| Ares of Expertise: | Extensive experience working with children and adults who have various disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, and verbal apraxia. Trained in PROMPT (www.promptinstitute.com) and studied with Michelle Garcia Winner at the Center for Social Thinking. Certified in the use of VitalStim® therapy for dysphagia. | |
| Education, Certification, License: | MEd Speech-Language Pathology, Texas State University San Marcos
BS Biology, West Texas State University
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) CA State License
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| Languages: | English, Spanish |
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Sara Schneider "My philosophy is that family involvement is the key to success in speech therapy. I enjoy the process of supporting families and children to allow fun,meaningful, communication into their lives" |
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| Experience: | 15 years | |
| Ares of Expertise: | Diagnostic and therapeutic experience with both adults and pediatric populations in a variety of settings, providing treatment for language delays, articulation, verbal apraxia, and autism spectrum disorder, and specializing in early intervention. | |
| Education, Certification, License: | MS Communicative Disorders, San Francisco State University
BA Language Studies, University of California Santa Cruz
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) CA State License
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| Languages: | English, Hebrew |
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Shelley Jackson-Harmon "I love watching children grow and improve in their communication skills. My favorite part of working for SpeakRight Now Inc. is facilitating the natural ability of parents to encourage their children and to share proudly in their children's words and wondrous ideas" |
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| Experience: | 10 years as a clinical audiologist 10 years as a speech-language pathologist |
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| Ares of Expertise: | Treating hearing impairment and auditory-processing disorders, children with cognitive and social disorders, autism spectrum disorder, verbal apraxia, dysarthria, and dysfluency. | |
| Education, Certification, License: | MA Audiology, Temple University
MA Speech-Language Pathology, San Jose State University
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) CA State License
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| Languages: | English |