We help people reach their full potential in speech, language, learning and communication.
100 Melrose Avenue, Suite 201
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203) 869-8272
5 Mott Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850
(203) 857-0900
About Us
We are a full service center for speech and language pathology. Among the patients we evaluate and treat, 85% are children of all ages and 15% are adults. Our speech and language pathologists are dedicated, dynamic and well-trained professionals. Under the leadership of Josephine Chen, we strive for excellence in patient care, teamwork, and continued improvement of knowledge and skills in our field.
Josephine K. Chen, M.S., CCC: Certified by American Hearing, Speech and Language Association and licensed in Connecticut, New York and California, Ms. Chen has over thirty years of experience in the field. She has received eight continuing education awards from ASHA for more then five hundred hours of postgraduate continuing education study. Prior to establishing the center in 1988, she had worked for twelve years in acute and rehabilitation hospitals in Connecticut and New York. Ms. Chen received her Bachelor of Law degree in Economics abroad from National Chung Hsing University in Taipei; and, her Master of Science degree in Speech and Language Pathology in the U.S. from the University of New Mexico. She has expertise in early language intervention, feeding, oral motor and speech disorders, language-based learning disabilities, stuttering, voice, cleft palate and myofunctional therapy. In addition, Ms. Chen treats adult neurogenic speech and language disorders as well as dysphagia. Ms. Chen was on craniofacial /cleft palate teams for 10 years. She was PROMPT trained at the level one PROMPT training workshop, and certified in LSVT (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment).
Krystal
Collins, M.S., CCC: A certified and licensed speech and language pathologist, Miss Collins has
three
years of clinical experience with children and adults in various settings.
She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in speech and language
pathology from Loyola College in Maryland. She interned at The Margaret A.
McManus Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic in Baltimore, Maryland; and,
worked with children with articulation disorders, receptive and expressive
language delay, autism, and fluency. She also worked with adults with
stroke and head injury, treating aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria and cognitive
communication disorders. Additionally, she interned at Genesis Rehab
Services and Charlesmont elementary School in Maryland. She had experience
with Down syndrome, oral motor and feeding difficulties, and language
learning disabilities while working at the Columbia Clinic at Loyola
College.
Tanya
A. De Herrera, M.A., CCC: A certified and licensed speech and language pathologist, Ms. De Herrera
has seven years of experience with children and adults. She provided speech
and language services in the capacity of a teacher of the speech and hearing
handicapped at The Hallen School, in New Rochelle, New York. She provided
therapy to children with developmental disabilities, learning disabilities,
PDD-Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and other impairments using the TEACCH
model in individual and group settings. She interned at Concourse
Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, and Amsterdam Nursing Home in New York
City, working with patients with aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia, swallowing
impairment, and cognitive-linguistic deficits. She also interned at a
private practice in New Rochelle, working with children with receptive and
expressive language delay and disorders, articulation disorders,
developmental apraxia, pragmatic language deficits; and, voice disorders in
adults. She is certifed in LSVT, an evidenced-based voice treatment for
Parkinson’s disease with application to adults and children with
neurological conditions. Ms. De Herrera received her undergraduate degree
in speech-language pathology and audiology from St. John’s University in New
York; and, her graduate degree from Lehman College, City University of New
York in speech and language pathology.
Amy
Fairchild, M.A., CCC:
A certified and licensed speech and language pathologist, Mrs. Fairchild has
ten years of clinical experience in many areas of speech and language
pathology. She received her undergraduate degree from Guilford College in
Greensboro, North Carolina, and her graduate degree in speech and language
pathology from University of North Carolina. She worked as a licensed
speech and language pathologist in public schools in Charlotte, North
Carolina, and Simsbury, Connecticut; and, currently in Greenwich,
Connecticut. She serviced a wide range of age groups, from toddler to
middle school age children. For many years, she worked with Birth to Three
Programs in Litchfield and Brookfield, Connecticut. She is experienced in
early intervention, PDD, autism, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, sensory
integration disorder, speech, language, and auditory processing disorders.
John Gordon, M.A., CCC: A certified and licensed speech and language pathologist, Mr. Gordon has 6 years of experience with children and adults. He provided speech and language services through Early Childhood Associates in New York City and All About Kids in Westchester County, New York, servicing children in the Early Intervention (EI) programs. For two years, he worked at Cooke Center for Learning & Development, a special education school in Manhattan, working with school age children. Prior to moving to New York, he worked at Springfield Public Schools at Springfield, Massachusetts. While in graduate school, his internship sites included Hampshire Educational Collaborative and Clarke School for the Deaf at Northampton, Massachusetts. He is experienced in a variety of speech and language disorders including: speech and language delay, articulation, fluency, voice, literacy and reading comprehension, auditory processing and training, higher level language skills and word retrieval. He is also experienced with play based intervention with toddlers and feeding therapy. He has worked with adults in fluency, voice disorders and accent reduction. Mr. Gordon received his undergraduate degree in Anthropology at California State University at Fullerton. He completed his post-baccalaureate program in Communication Disorders at California State University at Fullerton, and his graduate degree in Communication Disorders at University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Cynthia
Kenny, M.S., CCC: A certified and licensed speech and language
pathologist, Ms. Kenny has five years of clinical experience working with
both children and adults with a wide variety of communication disorders
including: language delay, articulation and phonological disorders,
receptive and expressive language, fluency, voice, and myofunctional
disorders. Before joining the practice, she interned at The Children’s
School for Early Development in Hawthorne, New York as an early intervention
evaluator for children birth to three. Additionally, she worked with
preschool children with oral motor, speech and language delays/disorders at
Alcott Montessori Preschool in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and at The Hallen
School in New Rochelle, New York with school age children with language
based learning disabilities. Cynthia also interned at Helen Hayes Hospital
in West Haverstraw, New York where she worked with adults on language,
cognition, memory, swallowing and voice disorders. Ms. Kenny received her
undergraduate degree from Iona College, and graduate degree in Communication
Disorders from Mercy College. She holds a certificate in Child Development
Psychology from SUNY at Purchase College. Additionally, she is a workshop
presenter for the Westchester Association for the Education of Young
Children, promoting speech and language development in the preschool
classroom. In 2008 she presented research findings on the efficacy of
educational workshops for both the New York Speech and Language Association
in Saratoga, NY and the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association
in Chicago, IL.
Diane
Mandel, M.S.CCC: A certified and licensed speech and language pathologist,
Ms. Mandel has nearly 4 years of experience with children and adults. She
provided speech and language services at Mary Washington Hospital in
Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in
Brooklyn, New York. While attending graduate school, she completed her
practicum at East Hills Elementary School and Elmhurst Hospital in New
York. She worked with patients with speech and language delay, language
based learning disabilities, stuttering, voice disorders, articulation and
phonological disorders, communication pragmatic difficulties, aphasia,
dysarthria and apraxia. She is also experienced in dysphagia, feeding and
tongue thrust swallow. Ms. Mandel received her Bachelor of Arts degree in
Communications from SUNY College at New Paltz, New York; and, her Master of
Science degree in Communication Disorders from Adelphi University in Garden
City, New York.
Anita
S. Daigle, M.S., CCC: A certified and licensed speech and language pathologist,
Mrs. Daigle has
three years of experience with children and adults. She provided speech and
language services at Fairfield Public School System Early Childhood Center
to children with needs in pre-reading skills, articulation and phonology,
receptive and expressive language and play skills. She interned at Griffin
Hospital at Derby and Rehabilitation Associates at Shelton, Connecticut
working with patients with needs in word retrieval, language processing,
oral and written narratives, speech and language disorders, dysarthria,
swallowing, voice and dysfluency. Her experience also included working with
patients with PDD-Autism, Asperger, Down syndrome, cochlear implant, and
cerebral palsy. Mrs. Daigle received her undergraduate degree in
psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida;
and, her graduate degree from Mercy College in speech and language
pathology. She studied for one year at Southern Connecticut State
University in the department of Communication Disorders to fulfill
pre-requites in speech and language pathology. While attending Nova, she
worked as a reading tutor.
Amanda Smith, M.S.:
A speech and language pathology clinical fellow, Miss Smith has two years of
clinical experience with children and adults in various settings. She
received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in speech and language
pathology from Oklahoma State University. She came to us from her
internship at Center for Pediatric Therapy in Flushing, New York, where she
treated children with fluency disorder, apraxia of speech, receptive and
expressive language disorder, reading difficulty, velopharyngeal
incompetence and low tone. She worked with children with reading difficulty
on phonological awareness and literacy skills. While at Oklahoma State
University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, she worked with children and
adults with speech, language and cognitive disorders including auditory
processing disorder, language disorder, phonological and articulation
disorder. At Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Hospital, she worked with adults
with traumatic brain injury and neurogenic speech and language disorders,
including aphasia, apraxia, and dysarthria. She is experienced with
children with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, and cerebellar
disorder.
Kristen
Symonds, M.S.:
A speech and language pathology clinical
fellow, Miss Symonds has two years of clinical experience with children and
adults in various settings. She received her undergraduate degree in
Communication Disorders from North Carolina State University, and her
graduate degrees in speech and language pathology from University of North
Carolina. She came to us from her internship at Duke University Medical
Center, Pediatric Outpatient Therapy, where she treated patients with
feeding disorders, phonological disorders, articulation and language delays,
Down syndrome and autism spectrum. While at University of North Carolina,
she worked at the UNC Hospitals and UNC Craniofacial Center. She worked
with children and adults with craniofacial anomalies, hearing impairment,
cochlear implant, resonance articulation and language disorders, traumatic
brain injury, stroke, dysphagia, aphasia, dysarthria and other neurological
deficits. She also interned at Seawell Elementary School working with
children with a broad range of speech and language disorders. She
co-authored a number of research presentations in the area of phoneme
specific nasal emission and acoustic characteristics of posterior nasal
fricatives.
Our Values
We are a team of professionals, colleagues, and individuals committed to continued improvement of our clients and ourselves. We work toward this mission by holding fast to our team values:
Commitment to our profession, our team, and our clients by always striving to give the best of what we have—carefully replenishing our resources through daily celebrations of success and excessive bouts of laughter.
Continuous learning from our field, related disciplines, each other, our own experiences, and our clients.
Education of graduate students to instill clinical skills, professional ethics, and passion for the profession; appreciation of student contributions of the latest research, therapy approaches, and enthusiasm for the profession.
Collaboration to tackle professional challenges and to create and maintain a positive, supportive, and fun work environment.
Communication that is free-flowing, immediate, and honest.
Diversity of culture, experience, ideas, and styles.
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