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Providing individualized and convenient online speech-language therapy for neurodiverse learners

Designing and implementing evidence-based visual supports that build communication, language, and executive functioning skills

  • Is your child a visual learner who easily engages in activities that involve screens?

  • Does your child have medical needs, special interests, or behavioral tendencies that make it difficult for them to focus during traditional clinic-based speech therapy sessions?

  • Do you have schedule or transit limitations that prevent you from regularly commuting to a clinic?

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Online speech therapy could be a great fit!

Hi, I’m Dr. Anna Allen, a pediatric speech-language pathologist specializing in autism and other developmental differences in children and teenagers. I am passionate about creating engaging online treatment activities, materials, and individualized visual supports that capture my clients’ unique interests and strengths, and I love exploring how technology can help families and schools address the needs of visual learners. I understand that implementing visual supports for communication can feel overwhelming, and I help caregivers organize and integrate practical visual supports into their children’s routines. I strive to providing neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed care that respects families’ cultures, celebrates their values, and serves their functional needs.

My areas of expertise include:

  • Designing and implementing individualized visual supports that improve your child’s language comprehension, as well as their understanding of routines, schedules, and behavioral expectations

  • Assessing your child’s level of symbolic understanding to determine which visual supports will be most helpful for them

  • Leveraging your child’s special interests so they can use their existing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system to express themselves with more varied vocabulary and expanded sentence structures

  • Helping you learn to program and use AAC apps with your child, including TouchChat, GoTalk NOW, Proloquo, and Proloquo Coach

  • Reviewing the research literature on particular diagnoses or therapeutic techniques and explaining the findings to you in plain language

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I would love to hear from you! Simply fill out this contact form, or reach out by email, phone, or text. We’ll start by scheduling a free, 20-minute video or telephone consult to discuss what you’re looking for and whether I may be the right person to help. If you would like, you can book your free consult directly here.

aaa@creativecommunicationcare.com

(617) 651-1260‬