The mission of CBA Speech Therapy is to strengthen the child’s innate speech, language, and communication development within one’s natural environment. This is made possible through fun, natural, and child-led play. Speech therapy sessions will coincide with, and aim to support, the family and/or caregiver’s daily routines, schedules, and happenings.
The Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) aims to be a guide and In addition to directly serving the child and their communication wants and needs, parents/caregivers will be coached by SLP; using easy, evidence-based methods to help with the carryover and generalization of skills between sessions and beyond.
The Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) will work with parents, caregivers, and families to recognize and adapt to their own individual learning styles in support of the learning goals stated in the IFSP. Therapy services will be provided in the child’s primary language/s (English and/or Spanish). The SLP will connect with parents and caregivers to better learn how to engage, recognize communication cues, and build upon their child’s communication level.
Meet Katy:
Katy (she/her), believes strongly in serving her community, advocating for the underprivileged, and working with families to form meaningful connections through enhanced communication. Katy is passionate about communication’s ability to “bridging the gap” and bring people together, and this devotion guided her towards the field of education and bilingual pediatric speech language pathology.
Growing up in a small agricultural town in northern California, Katy began learning Spanish from a young age and formally studied Spanish in college and throughout her graduate work.
Katy earned a bachelor of arts degree from Scripps College (Linguistics and Spanish) in 2006 and then completed a post-baccalaureate degree in communication disorders from the University of Washington. Upon graduating from Teachers College, Columbia University with her Masters in Science 2009, Katy entered the public school and early intervention systems in New York City and worked diligently to enact positive changes for her clients and students.
Since moving back to California in 2012, Katy has been working diligently to provide bilingual speech and language services to children and families, ages 6 months up through adulthood, in San Mateo County.
Katy has her California state license, as well as CA clear teaching credential, and her certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), SLP’s national association.
Contact:
speechcba@gmail.com
(707) 367-1937
“Katy provided the reassurance and guidance my family needed as we navigated my son's speech challenges. She is incredibly knowledgeable and has a calm and comforting presence. She took the time to get to know all of us and gave us helpful tools that we still utilize every day. More importantly she gave our family hope and helped us view our situation in a more optimistic way." -Amanda B