Jennifer Schiff Ivers, M.A. CCC-SLP
Jennifer was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from The University of Georgia in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 1997 and received a Master of Arts Degree from Cleveland State University in Speech-Language Pathology in 2000. She has received her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) as well as her Speech-Language Pathology licensure in the state of Georgia. Jennifer is a current member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Jennifer has worked in the public school setting for 13 years as a Speech and Language Pathologist. She has evaluated, developed individualized education plans (IEPs), and treated many children with a wide range of communication disorders. She has provided therapy for children diagnosed with Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders, Phonological and Articulation Disorders, Fluency Disorders, Voice Disorders, Apraxia, Emotional Behavior Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Aspergers, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Jennifer joined The Language Group in 2006. Here she enjoys working with students of all ages to improve their receptive language, expressive language, listening comprehension, memory, phonological awareness, reading and writing skills, syntax/grammar, fluency, pragmatics, speech/articulation, and executive function. Every year, Jennifer attends the Best Practices Conferences for Speech and Language Pathologists of the State of Georgia. Other conferences that Jennifer has attended includes; “The Boss is Out: Helping Students with Executive Dysfunction,” “DIR-Floortime: An Introduction to the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based Model for Special Needs Children”. and “The Unfocused Mind: Executive Function and Attention” as well as a webinar on International Adopted Children and Language Issues. Jennifer is also a Fast Forward provider and has been trained in the Lindamood Bell Programs. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family and beautiful daughter, friends, traveling, reading, and exercising.