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 have my own private practice in Central
New Jersey, where one of my specialties is providing speech
and language services to internationally adopted children.
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.
In addition to my private clients I maintain
the following hospital based and clinical affiliations.
This enables me to keep up to date with the latest techniques
and methodology in the discipline of speech language pathology.
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 at the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/University
Behavioral Center - Child and Adolescent Day Program. There
I am a member of a multidisciplinary unit team focused on
delivery of psychosocial and behavioral services.
I also provide 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.
Additionally I conduct 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.
Areas of Specialization:
- Bilingual Language Acquisition
- Speech and Language Difficulties of International
Adopted Children
- Neurogenic communication disorders with
primary focus in dysphagia/feeding
- Motor speech disorders in children
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Behavior
Management
- Augmentative Alternative Communication
