SPEECH + LANGUAGE THERAPY

“I help children expand their communication skills through nurturing and playful therapy.”

 
 
 

APPROACH

  • Individually - Tailored

    Aasia’s integrates each child’s personality and love for play into an individualized approach. Child-directed strategies and play-based therapy establish rapport and build meaningful connections, while targeting fundamental skills and behaviors.

  • Holistic Assessment & Treatment

    Yoga-specific and body-mind trainings have shaped Aasia’s capacity to not only address the presenting communication challenges, but support the overall human behind these challenges.

  • Family - Centered

    Aasia acknowledges the crucial role the child’s caregiver(s) play in successfully implementing strategies and attaining new milestones. She empowers and reminds the caregivers of all the knowledge and expertise they already have to support their child’s growth and learning.

Work With Me

Aasia has worked in a variety of settings, including preschool, elementary, and middle schools, center-based early childhood programs, home-based early intervention, clinics, and hospitals in both the New York and New Jersey area.

She has evaluated and treated a wide age range of children experiencing challenges in a variety of communication areas, including receptive and expressive language, phonological processing (i.e., reading), pragmatic language (i.e., social skills), articulation, stuttering, oral motor, cognition (e.g., attention, memory, executive functioning), and feeding and swallowing.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

Licensed Speech - Language Pathologist (M.S., CCC-SLP)

Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) - American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Certificate of Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD) - New York State (NYS) Education Department

Master of Science in Communicative Sciences and Disorders - New York University

Empathic Communication

8-day Intensive Non-Violent Communication - Peace Factory

Registered Yoga Teacher & Certified Somatic Coach

200-Hour Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training Program - Kula Yoga Project

180-Hour Iyengar Yoga Therapeutic Method Training - The Wisdom Body

Certificate in Body-Oriented Coaching - The Somatic School

THE PROCESS

  • Inquiry

    Complete the inquiry form via the ‘Work With Me’ button below, and I’ll review your concerns. If I’m qualified to support your child’s specific needs, we’ll schedule a call to discuss further.

  • Intake Call

    We’ll discuss your concerns in detail, determine needs for a formal evaluation, explore possible treatment plans, and review therapy fees. After the call, we will either follow up for a second intake, or schedule an initial therapy session.

  • Initial Session

    The initial session is about establishing rapport and a mutual understanding of the importance of play and exploration, where your child learns that these sessions are enjoyable, setting a nurturing tone and energy for future sessions. The session length and structure will vary according to age, communication challenge, and individual needs of each child.

  • Following Sessions

    Depending on the age and communicative needs of your child, we will progress in sessions establishing an understanding of the goals that are being targeted to bring your child’s communication skills up to an age-appropriate level. Throughout the session, there will be opportunities to practice the techniques and strategies utilized by myself, to encourage caregiver carryover and promote a Family Approach.

  • Final Session

    As progress is measured, an open line of communication exists between myself and the caregiver, to ensure all needs and concerns are being continually heard and addressed. A natural progression in therapy involves seeing the skills cultivated in sessions represented in everyday actions and interactions by your child. Once these newly acquired skills reach a level of generalization, we’ll begin discussing a reduction of session frequency. By this point, we’ll have established a home program, concretely identified areas of improvement, and determined a new frequency of intervention (if applicable). A variety of options will be proposed, but at the very minimum, your family will feel empowered and enabled with new techniques to support the totality of your child’s development.

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Frequently Asked Questions

 

  • Every child acquires and develops speech sounds and language components differently.

    The general guidelines for speech sounds acquisition (articulation) are conveyed through a percentage of intelligibility (understood by others) by unfamiliar listeners:

    • 90% clear speech by age 4

    • 75% by age 3

    • 50% by age 2

    • 25% by age 1

    Language acquisition looks at use of words and grammar. The general guidelines include:

    • First words: 12 - 15 months

    • Two-word combinations: 21 - 24 months

    • Three word combinations: 36 months

    • Grammatically-accurate sentences by Kindergarten

  • Not at this time. However, for out-of-network insurance claims, I will provide you with an invoice containing the necessary information: diagnosis and treatment codes, session dates and times, fees paid, description of services provided, and practice information (license number, etc). If requested, I will also provide you with evaluation and progress report paperwork to include with your invoice submission.

  • At this time, all sessions are conducted via Zoom.

  • My practice is primarily with pediatric populations, specifically birth to grade school.

  • Submit an inquiry. ;)

 

TESTIMONIALS

  • "I’m so thankful to have found Aasia. My daughter has struggled with fluency issues for many years and had many speech therapists. I find that Aasia’s wholistic approach has been very therapeutic and effective for my daughter. Aasia has helped my daughter recognize her disfluency triggers and collaborates with her to develop strategies to use for more fluent speech. My daughter is comfortable with her and looks forward to working with her every week. I can say a million great things about Aasia as she’s punctual, thorough, communicates well and really cares about her craft. She’s definitely a major asset to my daughter’s support system."

    -A.B., Mom to a 12-year-old girl

  • "Aasia began providing speech services for our then 5 year old, 4 years ago. She was so amazing with her, that as soon as we noticed articulation challenges with our youngest, we didn’t hesitate to look to her for support and to recommend her to other friends. She is detailed, organized, punctual and extremely communicative. She uses a wide array of activities and games to keep them engaged and motivated. It has been abundantly clear that Aasia understands children’s needs as individuals and assesses and supports them based on this knowledge, while also considering our concerns as parents. She’s supported our family at every step; virtually and in person, from toddlers to grade school. Her services have improved our ability to communicate with our daughters and helped build their confidence when expressing their thoughts and feelings. We are so grateful to her and appreciate her flexibility, patience and kind spirit."

    -A.W., Mom to two girls aged 8 and 4 years old

  • "Aasia has seen my son since he was 2 years old. Prior to working with her, he saw 2 different SLPs and while we never had any terrible experiences, Aasia’s skill is unmatched. My son worked really hard and improved tremendously with Aasia but most importantly, he always looked forward to their time together. On days that he knew she was coming for a session, he sat by the window waiting. When we were forced to shift to completely virtual sessions I was hesistant because he was only 4, and already struggling to focus in his pre k class, but when he started having virtual sessions with Aasia I was shocked by how engaged and productive he was. Aasia prepared interactive and intentional sessions that incorporated his interests, skills and challenges. Within each session, Aasia is extremely flexible and even though sessions were clearly planned, she was able to pivot to meet his needs while maintaining the productivity of the session. Aasia is brilliant at what she does."

    -A.N.S., Mom to a 6-year-old boy