Pediatric Speech Therapy

Optimizing your child’s communication and language skills

Pediatric speech therapy is one of the comprehensive therapy programs offered at DMG Children’s Rehabilitative Services (DMG CRS). Our skilled team of pediatric speech and language therapists (SLP) will evaluate your child’s verbal and non-verbal communication skills and create a plan to develop those skills to the maximum of your child’s abilities based on age and medical conditions. Your child’s pediatric speech therapy treatment plan will be designed to help improve linguistics and oral speech skills, as well as identify alternative methods of communication if speech is not feasible.

In addition, DMG CRS pediatric speech therapy experts help children with disorders related to:

  • Articulation

  • Cognition

  • Feeding

  • Oral motor

  • Social communication

  • Stuttering

DMG CRS SLPs are recognized leaders in helping children with complex conditions including:

Your child’s SLP will work closely with other DMG CRS pediatric medical specialists to develop a customized treatment plan to manage your child’s condition and optimize quality of life for your child and family.  DMG CRS SLPs often partner with the following medical specialties:

Meet Our Speech and Language Pathologists

Ramona Cano, SLP
Ramona Cano, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Education: Master of Science, Communication Disorders, Arizona State University, Tempe
Certification: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Kelli Frisch, SLP
Kelli Frisch, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Education: Master of Science, Communication Disorders, Arizona State University, Tempe
Certification: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Deborah Leach, SLP
Deborah Leach, SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Medical Specialty: Speech and Language Therapy
Education: Master of Science, Speech Language Pathology, California State University, Los Angeles
Certification: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Isabel Rodriguez, SLP
Isabel Rodriguez, SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Medical Specialty: Speech and Language Therapy
Education: Master of Science, American Speech-Language Pathology, Howard University, Washington DC
Certification: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Lauren Zimmerman, CCC-SLP
Lauren Shoemaker, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Medical Specialty: Speech and Language Therapy
Education: Master of Science, Speech-Language Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson
Certification: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Debra Spelman
Debra Spelman, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Education: Master of Science, Communicative Sciences and Disorders, New York University, New York City
Certification: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Tiffany Surman, SLP
Tiffany Surman, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Education: Master of Science, Speech-Language Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan
Certification: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Connie Zeller, SLP
Connie Zeller, CCC-SLP, ASDCS
Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist
Speech-Language Pathologist
Medical Specialty: Speech and Language Therapy
Education: Master of Science, Speech-Language Pathology, Minot State University, ND
Certification: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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