Meet the Happy SLP

A fun-loving, kind spirit, Lynda enjoys helping children communicate and often develops fun creative ways to do so. You can observe Lynda during therapeutic sessions singing silly songs to support working memory and language, following a child’s lead with preferred toys to teach functional communication during play, and using a variety of communicative modalities, such as alternative augmentative communication (AAC).

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Lynda’s mission to create Happy Talk therapy began when she wanted to curate an environment for children where they are loved, accepted, supported, and acknowledged in whichever ways they choose to communicate. This means using a neurodivergent lens to support your child’s current strengths and skills, as well as teaching children to advocate for themselves–even if that means them telling us “no”. 

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Lynda received her master's degree in speech-language pathology at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed in four states: Texas, Ohio, Arizona, and New York. 

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Due to Lynda’s exposure to a wide range of different speech and language abilities, she has developed specialization in the areas of articulation, phonology, expressive and receptive communication, Gestalt Language Processing, AAC, and speech sound disorders. More specifically, she is proficient in the use and training of many AAC systems, such as LAMP (Language Acquisition through Motor Planning), TobiiDynavox, Proloquo2go, TouchChat, and GoTalk. Further, she has received training in Gestalt Language Development and how to move to independent variegated speech.

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You can expect parent communication and consulting to be a team-based approach, as Lynda works with families to develop flexible and convenient ways to support their child's communication in their daily life.

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In Lynda's free time, you can find her spending time with her husband watching Stargate, dancing (despite not being very good at it), reading on a variety of topics, meditating, creating cool art in Photoshop, and bike riding.