Meet the Team

The Jennifer Katz, Inc. team is a group of smart, fun, and caring speech language pathologists, managerial and insurance experts.

This page is for you – parents, caregivers, colleagues, educators – to learn more about us both professionally and personally.

Our team is a diverse and a unique group of men and women with varying expertise, interests and experiences. Within our team we have therapists who are specialists in feeding, swallowing and orofacial myology disorders (OMD). We have experts in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), motor speech disorders, including dysarthia and childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), articulation and phonological difficulties. Many of our therapists are skilled and trained to work with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome and cleft lip and palates. We have therapists whose primary area of interest include working with deaf and hard of hearing population and another who focuses on voice, pragmatic and reading/writing disorders.

Many of our therapists bring pre-speech language pathologist careers to our practice including Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Verbal Behavior (VB) coaches, preschool and elementary school teachers, marketing, fundraising for non-profits and a professional opera singer.

As unique individuals, some of our therapists after a perfect for fit for children who are slower to warm while others are ready for your high-energy, on the move child. Some of our therapist’s love working with toddlers while others work best with older children.

Our speech language pathologists love learning and every year we exceed the minimum continuing education requirements within our field. Whether its traveling to conferences, completing online courses or welcoming guest lecturers to our clinic, we value the importance of keeping up with the most recent, evidenced-based practices. Our therapists are trained and certified in a wide range of speech, language and feeding therapeutic approaches. Below is a (partial) list of recent conferences attended:

Motor Speech Disorders

PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetics Targets)
The Kaufman Speech To Language Protocol
Childhood Apraxia of Speech: The K-SLP Methods and Behavioral Strategies
Children Who Struggle to Speak: Evidence Based Treatment Techniques for Children with Apraxia of Speech
Edythe A. Strand, Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) using Dynamic Tactile and Temporal Cueing (DTTC)
An Overview of a Multi-Sensory Approach to CAS for Achieving Speech Outcomes
Practical Therapy Techniques for Apraxia and Dysarthria

Fluency

Lidcombe Program
Diagnosing and Treating Fluency in the School

Autism Spectrum Disorders

SCERTS® Model
Treatment Strategies for Children on the Autism Spectrum
Functional Language Instruction for Early Learners with Autism
Behavioral Challenges in Early Childhood Autism
Functional Language Instruction for Early Learners with Autism

Feeding, Swallowing and Oral Motor

SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) Feeding Program
SOS Advanced Feeding Program
TalkTools® Oral Placement Therapy
Beckman Deep Tissue Release Techniques
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
Mealtime Miseries : Management of Complex Feeding Issues
Food Chaining, Treatment of Severe Feeding Aversion
Dealing with No!, Pediatric Feeding: Foundation for Assessment and Treatment (PCDA)
Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation.
Orofacial Myology: From Basics to Habituation Training Course