I am a bilingual Russian speech/language
pathologist with a specialty in pediatric speech and language
disorders. I have worked in a variety of settings including
schools, hospital/rehabilitation centers, as well as early
intervention/home care. Currently, I maintain my own private
practice in Central New Jersey, where one of my specialties
is providing speech and language services to internationally
adopted children from Eastern Europe.
I've interned at the prestigious Rose F Kennedy
Center (affiliated with Albert Einstein School of Medicine)
and the 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.
I've completed my 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 I became a member of 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 supporting staff on how to reinforce speech,
language & feeding/swallowing skills in severely compromised
pediatric populations.
I provided 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.
Additionally I've 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.
Presently, in addition to my private practice,
I am affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey, where I provide comprehensive speech &
language evaluations and treatment, including group &
individual therapy services to children and young adults
ages 3-18 diagnosed with constellation of speech/language
deficits secondary to psychiatric and emotional disturbances.
Speech-Language Areas of Specialization:
- Assessment and Treatment of Internationally
adopted Children
- Assessment and Treatment of Bilingual
(Rusian-English) Children
- Assessment and Treatment of Pragmatic
Disorders in Children
- Assessment and Treatment of Auditory Processing
Disorders in Children
- Assessment and Treatment of Children with
Psychiatric and Emotional Disturbances
- Assessment and Treatment of Motor Speech
Disorders in Children
- Assessment and Treatment of Children with
Autistic Spectrum Disorders
