I feel strongly about incorporating a child's specific strengths, preferences and interests into an individualized approach. I am passionate about creating functional goals in conjunction with caregivers in order to allow a child to communicate his or her basic wants and needs while building speech and believe in incorporating augmentative communication (e.g. signs/gestures, speech generating device, picture boards, etc.) as necessary from the start in order to support verbal skills. I am trained in the PROMPT and Kaufman techniques and utilize a multi-sensory approach including tactile, verbal and visual cues to target stimulable sounds and words through motivating activities and familiar routines. Depending on a child's age and specific skills, I incorporate choice boards, picture targets, pacing boards, music/rhythm, motor movements and core vocabulary books. I focus on carrying-over sound and word targets into preferred play activities, functional tasks and everyday routines in a child's home and/or school.