Danielle received a Bachelor’s Degree from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1995 in Speech and Language Pathology with a minor concentration in English Literature. She received her Master’s Degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences and her Teacher Certificate for the Speech and Hearing Handicapped in 1997. She is a current member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association and the Georgia Speech and Hearing Association.

Danielle was the first Graduate Student chosen as a Student Board Member of the New York State Speech and Hearing Association in the history of New York State. She has worked and lectured in the private sector, private schools, and public schools in both the State of New York and Georgia.

For several years, Danielle has attended the Learning And The Brain Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Other conferences and seminars attended include the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) Conference,“DIR-Floortime: An Introduction to the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based Model for Special Needs Children,” The Boss is Out: Helping Students with Executive Dysfunction,” “Executive Functioning, Helping the Chaotic Child and Adolescent’’, The Women’s Leadership Conference, Attention, Language Processing and Sensorimotor Disorders in Children: New Integrative Approaches to Assessment and Intervention as well as hosting a webinar on International Adopted Children and Language Issues.

In 2024, Danielle participated in a Professional Immersion Program where she mentored local high school students who are interested in pursuing a career in the medical field. For several years, Danielle has mentored and supervised college students from New York University and Georgia State University. Additionally in 2024 Danielle was a featured speaker at the Georgia School Speech Pathology State Conference and was a featured speaker for Bright Ideas Media 2024 Summer Camp Series.

Currently, Danielle’s main focus of study and research revolves around the intersection of written and oral communication. Several team members attend The Dyslexia Foundation conference, "Dyslexia and Literacy" in Atlanta and other parts of the United States every year. During the Summer of 2021, Danielle attended a course sponsored by Harvard University titled “The Neuroscience of Reading.” This week-long institute was specifically related to the latest scientific research related to dyslexia.

Danielle has been trained in several Lindamood Bell programs: Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) which targets phonological awareness, Seeing Stars which targets orthographic mapping/reading, and Visualizing & Verbalizing which targets listening and reading comprehension. She is a Fast Forward and Reading Assistant Provider. In October of 2018, Danielle traveled to Rome, Italy where she sang for Pope Francis at The Vatican, a truly life changing experience.

Danielle is an avid sports fan; when she’s not cheering on her beloved Denver Broncos, you can find her and her family in the stands supporting our Falcons and Atlanta United teams. She also enjoys being outdoors with her family, which includes her beautiful daughter, Ava Dionne, and her rescue dog, Hershey.

Dr. Gunn holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and a Georgia License in Speech Language Pathology.  Angelica received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Spelman College, and then her Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from University of West Georgia.  Most recently, she Graduated with her Ph.D. in Executive Functioning from Northwestern University, Speech Language Pathology Department. Her culminating Project was : Interventions for Executive Functions Ages 3-22: A Systematic Review. Dr. Gunn has been both a speaker and poster presenter at the annual ASHA conference.

Angelica has practiced in a variety of settings, including: private practice, hospitals, home environment, post-acute care, and community re-entry.   She has experience assessing and treating adolescents, adults, and geriatrics with a variety of communication disorders, including but not limited to: Aphasia, Executive Functioning, Receptive and Expressive Language, Dysarthria, Cognitive Communication, Dysphagia, and Brain Injury. She has also held management positions where she provided continuing education courses on communication issues after neurological impairments and socio-emotional issues after neurological impairments.  Angelica enjoys traveling, cheering on the Atlanta Falcons, reading, and spending time with friends and family.

After teaching for over a decade in Atlanta independent schools, Laura joins The Language Group as a Learning Specialist with a passion for building relationships and teaching literacy. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from College of Charleston with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Upon entering the classroom, Laura quickly became intrigued by the complexities of literacy instruction and wanted to learn more. In 2013 she graduated with her Masters in Education from Kennesaw State University with a K-12 Reading Endorsement.

While in the independent school settings, in addition to teaching students in the classroom, Laura used her many strengths to teach her colleagues. She was a K-12 Department Head and Team Leader at The Lovett School. While at Lovett, Laura held many faculty in-service sessions on a variety of topics such as phonics and growth mindset. She joined the Cliff Valley School community in 2019, also located in Atlanta, and taught third grade there for four years. At both schools, Laura was influential in designing and implementing curriculum created to reach all of her students.

Laura is a life-long learner with a wide variety of educational interests. She was chosen in 2017 to be a fellow in the Summer Institute at The Klingenstein Center through Columbia University. She also studied the intricacies of the brain through the Science of Teaching and Leadership, and received coursework credit through Johns Hopkins University. Laura became an Orton Gillingham Associate Level coursework tutor through The Schenck School. She is also certified in the LindaMood Bell Visualizing and Verbalizing Language Comprehension and Thinking program. She has been trained in, and has taught, both the Math in Focus and Everyday Mathematics curriculums. With a keen understanding of the importance of Executive Functioning both in and out of the classroom, Laura has taken several courses from Executive Functioning guru, Sara Ward.

In her freetime, Laura can be found cheering on her favorite soccer team, Atlanta United, or the Michigan Wolverines. She enjoys spending time with her two cats, reading, word puzzles, and live music. As a Decatur native she enjoys experiencing the culture and events that happen around town.

Mrs. Patrice Phelps, M. Ed. M.S. P. CCC -SLP feels fortunate to have spent her extensive career as a clinician and an educator working with children who have communication challenges and children who learn differently. Patrice especially enjoys working as a team member with the parents of the children she serves.

Patrice received a Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders from The University of Mississippi, with a minor in Psychology and Education. She was the recipient of a federal grant to pursue her graduate studies in Speech and Language Pathology, and received a Master’s degree in Speech and Language Pathology from The University of Mississippi in 1978. Upon graduation, she was honored with the award as the Most Outstanding Graduate Clinician. Patrice holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Patrice returned to graduate school in 1983, and earned a Master's degree in Deaf Education from Georgia State University. Patrice holds dual certification from the State of Georgia as a special education teacher and a regular education teacher for students in preschool through 5th grade. She has additional teaching certifications in the areas of Pre-School Handicapped, Interrelated Teaching, and as a Teacher Support Specialist.

Being a life-long educator, Patrice has worked in a variety of settings. She has worked as a speech language pathologist on several diagnostic teams, and as a clinician in public and private schools. She worked as a parent-infant teacher for the Georgia PINES network, a state program that serves infants who are hearing impaired and their families. She has taught students who are hearing impaired at a residential school for the deaf and at a day school for the deaf. She worked as a play therapist at Lekotek of Georgia, an amazing non-profit that loans adaptive toys and technology to families, so that they can have fun playing with their child with special needs. She has taught preschool at a church preschool, and she has taught elementary students with learning challenges in individual, small group, and inclusion settings.

As a young child, Patrice struggled with reading comprehension, and, as a consequence, she has always been drawn to children who have difficulties learning to read. Patrice received AOGPE Orton Gillingham (OG) training at the Associate Level as an Orton-Gillingham practitioner. During the Summer of 2021, she attended a summer institute sponsored by the Academy of Orton-Gillingham titled “The Depth and Breadth of the Orton-Gillingham Approach.” Patrice also attended a course sponsored by Harvard University titled “The Neuroscience of Reading.” This week-long institute was specifically related to the latest scientific research related to dyslexia.

Working part-time at The Language Group, has afforded Patrice the chance to work with young children who have reading challenges, the chance to work with children who have executive functioning and organizational challenges, the chance to assist parents, as they work tirelessly to find the best services for their child with exceptional needs, and the chance to work with another talented, caring, and giving group of colleagues.

Patrice, and her husband, Paul, have a son, Christopher, who is a computer animator, and lives outside of Denver. They also have a well-loved (and spoiled) cat named Harpo. In her spare time, Patrice looks forward to reading a good book, watching a movie, travel, cooking, and spending quality time with family and friends.

After a long stint in marketing and consulting, Roberta decided it was time to make a career shift. She became energized by the idea of working with children, especially children needing extra assistance in reading. She now specializes in tutoring children with dyslexia and other reading difficulties. She uses the Orton-Gillingham approach to Multisensory Structured Language Education, having successfully completed the AOGPE (Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators) Subscriber Course and the requirements for the Associate Level Multisensory Structured Language Education Orton-Gillingham Course. She finished her practicum hours, supervised by the Carolina Day School in Asheville which is accredited through the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council. Roberta is also a Certified Academic Language Practitioner through ALTA (Academic Language Therapy Association).

Roberta was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but fell in love with the South during her undergraduate years at the University of South Carolina and graduate school years at the University of Georgia. She and her husband raised their three daughters (now young adults) in Atlanta and Decatur. She credits her middle daughter, a 3rd grade teacher in Greenville, South Carolina, with inspiring her to make the leap from business to a fulfilling position as a literacy tutor. In her spare time, Roberta loves to read, walk her dog Tessi, and get away to the North Georgia mountains.

After many years as a teacher specializing in students with dyslexia and language disorders, Adrienne eagerly returned to graduate school to become a speech-language pathologist. She wanted to fully understand the connections between oral language development, speech sounds, reading, and writing. She graduated with a Master of Science in Communication Disorders from Georgia State University in 2019, and earned the top academic achievement award for her graduating class of speech-language pathologists (SLPs). During her clinical rotations, she treated a diverse patient population, including adults with brain injuries at Emory University hospital, students with moderate-severe language and learning disabilities in Fulton County Schools, and children with autism and Down syndrome in pediatric private practice. After graduation, she returned to working with the disorders she is most passionate about: dyslexia, dysgraphia, expressive/receptive language disorders, and executive functioning deficits, such as ADHD. In addition to her work as an SLP, she has spent the past three years studying with Literacy How, an evidence-based structured literacy training program. As a Literacy How coach, she helped teachers adopt more effective literacy instruction and oral language promotion in the classroom.

Adrienne draws upon her certification in Orton-Gillingham (OG) through the Institute of Multi-Sensory Education to target phonics and early reading skills. She loves to supplement OG with Structured Word Inquiry (SWI), especially for older students who are ready to tackle morphology and etymology. She finds it very beneficial to target prefixes, suffixes, Greek and Latin roots, and sentence syntax with students who have benefitted from an OG approach to decoding and spelling. Other programs and curriculum she uses include: Story Grammar marker for improved listening and reading comprehension; Framing Your Thoughts to target writing and grammar skills; a variety of Lindamood-Bell programs such as LiPS and Visualizing and Verbalizing; and Infercabulary, a structured vocabulary development tool that also builds semantic reasoning skills.

In addition to her M.S. from Georgia State University, Adrienne earned B.A. from Boston University in 2004. She maintains her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) as well as SLP licensure in the state of Georgia. She is also a member of the International Dyslexia Association.

In her free time, Adrienne enjoys reading, playing board games (Wingspan and Carcassonne are favorites), and pursuing watersports with her two kids and husband.

Andi received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Speech and Language Science from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She holds a license in Speech Language Pathology in the state of Georgia.

Over the past 25+ years Andi has worked with children in a wide variety of settings. She worked in two metro Atlanta area public school systems providing speech and language evaluations and treatment serving pre-kindergarten through high school. Therapy was provided to children with learning disabilities, receptive and expressive language delays, hearing impairment/loss, sound production errors, stuttering and language disorders related to cognitive deficits.

In addition to experience in the public schools, Andi worked as a Speech Pathologist training and supporting augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) users and their families and provided workshops on AAC technology nationally and internationally. A fantastic “non-traditional” speech opportunity one summer, brought Andi to work with a renowned animal scientist, training and teaching sign language to two amazing dolphins in Hawaii!

Andi has also had experience in the early 2000’s teaching at Georgia State University in the Communication Disorders Master’s program as an adjunct professor and developing and running a small private practice in Decatur prior to returning to work in the public school system. Presently, Andi is newly working part time at an independent school as their learning specialist.

Although Andi’s experience has been broad and encompassed many areas of speech and language in numerous settings, her strengths and specific areas of interest include working with: young children with phonological process based speech sound errors, children of all ages presenting with language based learning and auditory processing disorders and children with autism. Andi is also trained in Lindamood-Bell's Visualizing and Verbalizing Program.

When not at work, Andi enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren as well as cooking and traveling.

As a state licensed and nationally certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Connie Spencer, has extensive experience helping individuals improve their communication and learning skills. Connie listens carefully to families' perspectives and individualizes services to positively impact not only the client but the family as well.

Connie can help clients improve many skills such as: speaking clearly and confidently, formulating well formed spoken and written sentences, using details and proper sequences in explanations and storytelling, answering complex questions, processing language, understanding abstract and academic speech, interacting socially appropriately, maintaining emotional regulation during communication, using good voice quality, and staying focused on tasks and topics.

After being a high school valedictorian, Connie was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa honor while receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University in Speech and Hearing Sciences with a minor concentration in psychology. She went on to receive a Master of Arts degree from Indiana University in Speech-Language Pathology. 

Connie has worked in a variety of settings:  interdisciplinary teams, University Medical Center, Early Intervention, Neurological Rehabilitation, private schools, home visits, Head Start, Montessori, SSI Disability Determination, and private practice.  She has developed and implemented programs to help individuals with a variety of challenges including: limited and delayed spoken and written language, impaired social interaction, unclear speech, Attention Deficit, Autism, Apraxia, difficulty understanding language, impaired hearing, genetic syndromes, Cleft Palate, motor deficits, voice disorders, and learning differences.

Clinical expertise has been supplemented with continuing education to implement state of the art approaches such as multi-sensory strategies for language and literacy, following a child's lead & interests, SCERTS training from Barry Prizant (Social Communication, Emotional Regulation & Transactional Support), auditory, visual & tactile prompting and fading, inquiry learning (Junior Great Books group leader), augmentative communication (mentored by the pioneer of the field David Beukelman), Phonological Knowledge and Generalization Patterns (NIH Grant Research Assistant for pioneer of the field Mary Elbert), mindfulness, and behavior management.

Connie has served the community in the Big Sister program, as a church volunteer, as president of a middle school Science Olympiad Team, and as president of a high school lacrosse team booster club. She enjoys family time in the mountains kayaking, hiking, and playing board games.

Courtney received a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders with minor concentrations in English and Spanish from Harding University. She went on to receive her Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Texas Christian University. Currently, Courtney holds a Georgia Speech-Language Pathology license and maintains a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Courtney began her speech-language pathology career in the Texas public school system where she served a diverse group of children with a variety of diagnoses in an early childhood school. She enjoyed close collaboration with special education teachers to co-teach lessons in the Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities (PPCD) self-contained unit, implemented augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems (e.g., LAMP Words for Life, picture exchange), and provided therapy for bilingual and monolingual children with phonological, articulation, language, and fluency disorders. During her last two years working for the school district, Courtney partnered with other therapists to develop the school district’s first Early Childhood Assessment Team and served as one of three speech-language pathologists on the team, assessing children with suspected speech and language, autism spectrum, cognitive, and other developmental disorders. Courtney also has experience working in the pediatric home health setting. Here, she was grateful for the opportunity to team up with parents to achieve stronger outcomes than otherwise possible. In this setting, she also worked with a wider range of ages and implemented teletherapy with some of her families. Courtney believes in the power of play to improve language and recently completed a three-part course outlining the connection between play and therapeutic success.

Courtney is passionate about serving children and families —through speech-language pathology as well as foster care. She and her husband spent three years as licensed foster parents in Texas before moving to Georgia with their two young children. In her free time, Courtney can often be found exploring the Atlanta area with her family, crafting and embroidering, listening to podcasts, and traveling.

Florence has been in her dream profession—speech-language pathology—since 2003. She enjoys conducting evaluations and providing treatment to school-age students to help them improve their language skills. She particularly enjoys working on the link between spoken and written language.

Speech-language pathology is a second career for Florence as she spent a couple of years as a middle school English Language Arts (ELA) teacher before enrolling in graduate school to become an SLP. She is happy to be utilizing some of the expertise that she developed as an ELA teacher in conjunction with her speech-language pathology training in order to help children with spoken and written language disorders. 

Florence is trained in several multisensory, synthetic, phonics-based programs. She received AOGPE Orton Gillingham (OG) training at the Associate level through the Schenck School. She is also formally trained in several additional Orton-Gillingham based programs including Wilson, Spalding, and Barton. For pre-readers and early-readers, she sees great progress using the Lively Letters program to target phonological awareness and early decoding prior to moving to an OG approach. For more advanced readers, she often draws on the Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) training that she completed with Pete Bowers and Rebecca Loveless. She loves how SWI incorporates morphology, phonology, etymology, and orthography into reading and spelling instruction.

For spoken and written expression, Florence uses several approaches to ensure that the prerequisite spoken language skills are in place prior to writing. For example, she often uses the Story Grammar Marker to teach narrative structure for both spoken and written narratives. Florence frequently utilizes Voyager Sopris's Step Up to Writing and William Van Cleave's Writing Matters to help students organize their informational discourse and writing. In addition, she is certified in Handwriting Without Tears.

Florence also draws on her training in several Lindamood Bell programs: Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) which targets phonological awareness, Seeing Stars which targets orthographic mapping/reading, and Visualizing & Verbalizing which targets listening and reading comprehension.

Florence received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education in 1996 and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders in 2003. She has also completed Georgia ETA's Complete Reading Series.

Florence maintains a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) as well as SLP licensure in the state of Georgia.  She is also a member of the International Dyslexia Association. Florence is committed to evidence-based practice and closely follows the research in the field to ensure that she is providing assessments and therapy that align with the field's best practices.

In her spare time, Florence loves traveling, reading, organizing, and spending time with her husband, five children, and two rescue dogs.

Glynna received a Bachelor’s Degree from Marymount Manhattan College in 2010 in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a minor in Education. She graduated with her Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology from Brooklyn College in 2012, where she also received her teaching certificate for students with speech and language disabilities (TSSLD).

 As an undergraduate student clinician, she had the opportunity to work in the The Ruth Smadbeck Communication and Learning Center where she worked with adults with Aphasia, implementing melodic intonation therapy, facilitating group therapy, and providing diagnostic evaluations. As a graduate student clinician she worked with children in high need public schools throughout Manhattan and also who had a stroke, Alzheimer's, Dementia, and Traumatic Brain Injury patients in post-acute care.

Since 2012, Glynna has worked in a variety of settings including, charter schools, self-contained public schools, preschools, and in the private practice. Throughout her career she has focused on auditory processing disorders, phonological impairments, language based learning disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders. She has provided diagnostic evaluations for Alternative and Augmentative Communication Devices (AAC) for the New York City Department of Education and is trained to provide PROMPT therapy for children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). Before recently moving to Atlanta, Glynna worked at one of New York City’s top programs for Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), the Manhattan Behavioral Center, where she worked with children aged 2-15 with a variety of moderate-severe communication impairments, feeding disorders, and pragmatic language difficulties.

 She holds a license in Speech Language Pathology in New York and Georgia and has her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association. During her free time she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, cooking, yoga, and traveling to new places.  

Haylee Renouf, M.S. CF-SLP, earned her undergraduate degree in Communications and Science Disorders from the University of Central Florida. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA with a Master's degree in Speech and Language from New York University. She is passionate about her work and is currently completing her clinical fellowship year, focusing on pediatrics. Haylee is highly skilled in areas such as articulation and phonology disorders, expressive and receptive language disorders, pragmatic language disorders, and dyslexia. She is also experienced with the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), the Barton Reading and Spelling System, and trained in the Lindamood-Bell's Visualizing and Verbalizing Program. Haylee has a familiarity with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Outside the therapy room, Haylee enjoys picnics at Piedmont Park, cheering on the UCF Knights (Charge on!), cooking new recipes, traveling, loves all puppies, and spending time with her family and friends.

Heather is a Speech-Language Pathologist licensed in states across the United States including California, Florida, Oregon, Utah, and Georgia. She practices as a telehealth provider, offering online services to children of all ages, as well as a mobile provider in the Greater Savannah, Georgia area, offering in-person services in homes and local schools.

She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Clinical Health Sciences from University of Central Florida, and her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Nova Southeastern University. Heather maintains a national Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She also serves on the Executive Council of the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association as Communications Chair.

Heather has a wide range of clinical experience in pediatric settings including hospitals, outpatient clinics, telepractice platforms, and private practices. She has a passion for working with children and toddlers, specializing in the areas of Speech Sound Disorders and Early Intervention. She has completed clinical training in the diagnosis and treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech using Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) and Rapid Syllable Transition Training (ReST), and is a member of the Apraxia Kids Speech-Language Pathologist Directory. She utilizes Parent-Implemented Intervention when working with toddlers, and draws in on supportive techniques from the Hanen Program for children with Late Language Emergence. Heather has extensive experience in the treatment and diagnosis of language disorders, implementing techniques which foster a connection between language, literacy, and phonology. She is also trained in Lindamood-Bell’s Visualizing and Verbalizing program for reading comprehension and higher order thinking.

Throughout her career as a Speech-Language Pathologist, Heather has developed a passion for educating, parent-coaching, and building strong rapport with the families she works with. During her free time, Heather loves spending time with her dogs, traveling, and doing pottery.

Helayne will soon be celebrating her 30th year as a Speech Language Pathologist and she loves being an SLP!

Helayne graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Georgia in 1995 in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She received her Master’s Degree in Communication Disorders from Georgia State University in 1997. As a graduate student, Helayne was awarded the “Top of the Class” award from the Therapy Student Journal, and as an undergraduate, her biography was published in the 16th and 17th Annual Editions of The National Dean’s List. Helayne holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, a Georgia License in Speech-Language Pathology, and a state of Georgia Teaching Certificate. Helayne worked for the Gwinnett County School System for six years as a speech-language pathologist. In addition to treating children with a wide variety of communication disorders, Helayne also supervised graduate students, mentored other speech-language pathologists, and led IEP and Student Support Team meetings. Helayne served as Special Education Grade Chair for three years and coordinated yearly mass vision and hearing screenings for students. After practicing in Gwinnett County, Helayne began working in the private practice sector.

Helayne enjoys working with children of all ages and has diagnosed and treated a wide variety of communication disorders including articulation and phonology disorders, receptive and expressive language disorders, auditory processing disorders, voice disorders, and fluency disorders. Besides providing speech and language therapy, Helayne also has served as a supervisor to graduate interns in the field of speech-language pathology at Georgia State University. Helayne attends numerous continuing education conferences and has training in Lindamood-Bell, executive dysfunction, Fast Forward, F.A.S.T. Fluency, Orton-Gillingham, and phonological awareness techniques to name a few. In addition to attending continuing education, Helayne also provides staff development and classes to teachers and parents in the area of speech-language pathology. She especially enjoys providing staff development in the areas of phonological awareness, literacy, and language enrichment. Helayne is a current member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. In her free time, Helayne enjoys scrapbooking, reading, tap dancing, and being with her family, including her three children.

Iyana received her undergraduate degree from The University of Virginia and received her Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders from Saint Mary’s College- Norte Dame. Iyana is currently a state-certified speech-language pathologist and a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Before graduate school, Iyana worked as an Applied behavior analysis therapist. She began her professional career as a speech-language pathologist in the public school system and has also worked in the private clinical setting with children with a variety of abilities.

She has experience with several communication disorders including receptive and expressive language disorders, articulation and phonology disorders, language-based learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, pragmatic language impairments, apraxia, and fluency. She also has experience working with children ranging from preschool to high school with a variety of medical diagnoses, including autism, Down syndrome, ADD/ADHD, and seizure disorders.

During her undergraduate study, Iyana had the opportunity to study in Belgium, Ghent and Netherland, Nijmegen, finding the core vocabulary of children ages 2-6 years to determine the top 100 words in deciding placements with AAC devices. From the experience, she has gained knowledge in Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), and Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices (AAC).

Iyana is passionate about unlocking the power of communication and is dedicated to helping individuals overcome speech and language challenges. She combines empathy with evidence-based practices to create personalized therapy solutions. Iyana's goal is to make a meaningful impact, fostering effective communication and enhancing the lives of those she gets to come in contact with. In her free time, Iyana enjoys watching sports, reading, and traveling.

Jarrett attended the University of Georgia where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in English and a minor concentration in Spanish. She went on to receive her Master’s of Education Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. During her graduate studies she received the Sharon Webber Scholarship for clinical excellence and was nominated for the Joan Berryman Award for academic and clinical achievement. She is a current member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association and holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Jarrett served on the SLP Autism Committee for DeKalb County School System, helping to develop a position statement, diagnostic tools, and specific goal and objective recommendations for Speech Language-Pathologists working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the public school setting. She also presented a case study regarding vocabulary skills intervention to Speech Language Pathologists from the state of Georgia at the 2010 Georgia Organization of School Based SLPs’ Best Practices Conference.

Jarrett has attended continuing education at seminars including many presentations at the 2012 ASHA Convention, such as Michelle Garcia Winner's presentation on Social Thinking; presentations at the 2016 International Dyslexia Association Georgia Branch conference including a seminar on the intersection of Executive Dysfunction and Dyslexia , and many online courses regarding topics such as reading comprehension, Social Pragmatic Disorder, voice, and memory. During the Summer of 2021, Jarrett attended a course sponsored by Harvard University titled “The Neuroscience of Reading.” This week-long institute was specifically related to the latest scientific research related to dyslexia.

Jarrett has provided evaluation, consultation, and direct therapy services to individuals with a variety of speech and language needs including, but not limited to, Autism Spectrum, Aphasia, Dyslexia, Intellectual Disabilities, Executive Dysfunction, Traumatic Brain Injury, Expressive and Receptive Language Disorders, Pragmatic Language disorders, Fluency disorders, and Articulation/Phonology Disorders. When not at work, Jarrett enjoys reading, journaling, doing yoga, and listening to podcasts. She is a proud mother of three sweet girls and enjoys spending time at home with her husband, daughters, and cat, Willow.

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.

Kelsey received her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and received her Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders from Georgia State University. Currently, she is a state-certified speech-language pathologist and is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 

Kelsey began her professional career in the public school system and has also worked in the private clinical setting with children with a variety of abilities from preschool through 12th grade. She has experience with a variety of communication disorders including receptive and expressive language disorders, articulation and phonology disorders, language-based learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, pragmatic language impairments, apraxia, and fluency. She also has experience working with children with a variety of medical diagnoses, including mild to severe autism, Down syndrome, ADD/ADHD, seizure disorders, cerebral palsy, and brain injuries. 

Kelsey enjoys learning new and innovative ways to treat her clients effectively. She has recently attended the Best Practices conference in Atlanta and attended seminars related to executive functioning in the school setting, zones of emotional regulation, social thinking, high-functioning autism, collaboration, and ethics. She is also trained in Lindamood-Bell’s Visualizing and Verbalizing program. 

Outside of therapy, Kelsey enjoys playing volleyball, cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs, eating jellybeans, reading mystery novels, and spending time with her friends and family.

Lindsay graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies with a minor in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Samford University in 2016. She continued her studies at Samford and graduated with a Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology in 2018. Lindsay is certified by the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), holds licensure in the state of Georgia and has her Certificate of Clinical Competence.

During her graduate school clinical rotations, Lindsay worked in various settings, including inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, and school settings. After graduating, Lindsay worked as an SLP for Dekalb County Schools. During her time in the school system, Lindsay evaluated and treated a wide variety of communication disorders, including articulation, receptive/expressive language, and fluency disorders. After working for the school system, Lindsay has continued her career in the private practice setting. She provides early intervention therapy as well as therapy for articulation, language, and fluency disorders. She gained experience working in a team setting with team members from a variety of other disciplines, including physical therapists, occupational therapists, and ABA therapists. Lindsay is very interested in researching and learning more about the intersection of oral and written language and looks forward to earning more certifications in the area of written language and reading.

In her free time, Lindsay enjoys hiking, cooking, reading a good book, and spending time with her friends and family. Lindsay and her husband love traveling and have a life goal to see all of the U.S. National Parks together. You can find Lindsay and her family cheering on their favorite teams at Atlanta United Soccer and Georgia Tech Football games.

Lucy received her B.A. in English from Sewanee: The University of the South in 1984. After moving to Atlanta, she attended Agnes Scott College to complete her teaching certification coursework and began teaching for The City Schools of Decatur immediately after. Since then, she’s taught grades K-5 as a classroom teacher, a gifted program teacher, and a remedial reading teacher in Gwinnett County Public Schools, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (North Carolina), and Hess Academy, a private school in Decatur, Georgia, it was at Hess that she found her passion for helping dyslexic kids. She has both a Master’s and Specialist’s Degree in Education from Georgia State University. Upon completion of her practicum with The Dyslexia Resource at The Schenck School, under the supervision of Josie Calamari as her OGA fellow, she became a full-time associate practitioner with the Orton-Gillingham Academy. She looks forward to spending the rest of her working life helping every dyslexic child she can. When not tutoring, she may be found reading, cooking, cuddling with her beloved dogs, or spending time with her family or long-time boyfriend. Her favorite spot in the world is reading on the front porch of her family’s home on the coast of Maine - breathing in the ocean air.

Maureen has taught and tutored students with dyslexia and other language-based disorders her entire career. She most recently taught at St. Martin Episcopal School’s Kairos Learning Center, an educational center for students with dyslexia. Previously she was a lead teacher at The Swift School, which serves students with dyslexia. Her other roles have included working as a private school learning specialist, and a special education teacher. 

Maureen has Associate-level certification with the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators and using the O-G approach, Maureen teaches prescriptive, multi-sensory, and structured lessons to increase students’ decoding, spelling, reading comprehension, and writing skills. She uses student assessments to create customized learning strategies and lessons.

She has a Master’s Degree in Communication from the University of Alabama, and received her teaching education at The University of Georgia’s Post-Baccalaureate Program for Certification in Special Education. 

Maureen has lived in Atlanta for many years, but grew up as a military “brat,” experiencing many places and cultures. She is married and has two adult children, who fortunately still live in Atlanta. She loves to read, explore pop-culture, sew, and look up word origins on Etymonline.com. 

Her favorite word-related quote is by Emily Dickinson: “I  know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.”

Rachel graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Georgia in 2011, and received her Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from UGA in 2013. Rachel holds a Georgia License in Speech-Language Pathology. as well as her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association where she is a member of ASHA’s Language Learning and Education Special Interest Group. Since 2013, she has served a variety of populations ranging from young toddlers to adults. Rachel has provided results-driven treatment to clients in the areas of early speech and language development, fluency and voice, receptive and expressive language, math-based language conceptualization, word retrieval, articulation and phonology, developmental apraxia, reading comprehension, written expression, attention, working memory, executive functions, and sensory and oral-motor based feeding. She has also worked as the Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant Coordinator to provide brain-plasticity based treatment for auditory processing, language, and reading difficulties.  Rachel is a certified provider of three highly effective programs: Integrated Listening Systems (iLs) and iLs Interactive Language Program, and Interactive Metronome (IM). She has training in several Lindamood-Bell programs (i.e., Seeing Stars, Visualizing & Verbalizing, and On Cloud 9) as well as the Kaufman Speech-to-Language Protocol for Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Dedicated to helping her clients reach their full potential in home, social, and educational environments, Rachel searches for every opportunity to participate in educational opportunities to enhance her clinical skills and provide the best possible treatment for each and every client.  When not working with clients, you can find Rachel trying to keep up with her little boy, spending time in the sunshine with friends and family, supporting the Dawgs or Braves, or learning a new craft hobby or starting a DIY project. She is an avid reader and lifelong learner and loves looking or ways to expand her expertise in order to provide the best support for her clients.

Becca has been practicing in the field of speech-language pathology since 2016. She received her Bachelor’s Degree at Northeastern University with a minor in early intervention. As an undergraduate, Becca completed a cooperative learning program at an early intervention center leading sensory feeding programs and developmental play groups. She later completed her early intervention certificate at Boston Children’s Hospital. She earned her Masters of Science at the State University of New York at Fredonia. She is a state-certified speech-language pathologist and is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Becca began her professional career in the public school system. She has also worked in the private clinical setting. Becca has experiences with a variety of abilities and communication disorders such as, receptive and expressive language disorders, articulation and phonological disorders, language-based learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, pragmatic language impairments, apraxia, fluency, disorders, chromosomal abnormalities, seizure disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has worked with children of all ages, ranging from birth to young adulthood. Becca has training in various programs such as Lindamood-Bell’s Seeing Stars and Visualizing-Verbalizing, Zones of Regulation and Social Thinking.

Outside of work Becca enjoys going on adventures with her dog, Mamacita. She loves cooking and creating recipes from scratch. Becca enjoys singing, theatre and live music. She enjoys going to plays and concerts with her family and friends.

Sammi has been a practicing speech-language pathologist for four years. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and maintains a Georgia license in speech-language pathology. Sammi earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development and Family Science in 2013 from The University of Georgia. Sammi continued her education at Georgia State University and graduated with a Masters of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2015.

Sammi has clinical experience in the medical setting and in public schools. Sammi’s time spent in the medical setting included assessing and treating individuals with cognitive-communication disorders, aphasia, dysarthria, dysphagia, and executive dysfunction. Her school-based experience involved assessing and treating individuals with expressive and receptive language disorders, social communication disorders, articulation disorders, and fluency disorders. Sammi has clinical experience with medical diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intellectual Disability, and Specific Learning Disability. Throughout her career as a speech-language pathologist, Sammi has developed a passion for cognitive communication therapy and providing treatment for those with executive dysfunction. She believes family education is an essential component in the success of her clients.

During her free time, Sammi enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, running, crafting, and organizing.

Sarah Davidson is a passionate speech-language pathologist who values building strong relationships with clients and their families. Sarah has been a practicing speech-language pathologist (SLP) since she graduated in 2017 from Georgia State University with a Master of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and a Georgia license in speech-language pathology. Prior to pursuing a career in speech-language pathology, Sarah received her Bachelor of Arts degree in music performance (voice) and Bachelor of Science in psychology from the University of Georgia. After undergrad, Sarah spent time living abroad in France and Argentina to pursue her passion for learning foreign languages and gaining cultural experiences. She is mindful of cultural competence and is interested in language differences vs disorders as an area of research.

Sarah's professional experience has been in the school and private practice settings. In these settings, she has experience assessing and treating children aged 5-20 years of age with a variety of communication disorders including articulation and phonology, mixed receptive and expressive language impairment, social/pragmatic deficits, executive dysfunction, voiced disorders, and dysfluency. She is Lindamood Bell trained in the Visualizing and Verbalizing program for improved reading comprehension and oral language skills. She has a wide range of tools and strategies to work with children who struggle with functional communication skills, such as expressing their wants and needs, self-advocacy, and verbal problem-solving. Sarah also has experience introducing Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) as a method to support communication for non-verbal to minimally verbal children and their families.

In her spare time, Sarah is an avid reader, enjoys listening to podcasts and music, hanging out with friends and family, and practicing weightlifting and yoga.

Sheneka received her Bachelor’s in Linguistics and Anthropology from Emory University, and holds a Master’s in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of South Carolina. She holds a Georgia License in Speech-Language Pathology, as well as a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Additionally Sheneka is a member of ASHA’s Language and Learning Education Special Interest Group.

She has nearly a decade of experience working with students with language-based learning disabilities and language disorders in a middle school setting, and has experience targeting the areas of later language development, written expression, word retrieval, reading comprehension, articulation, and executive functions. She has completed Associate-Level training in the reading remediation program known as Orton-Gillingham, as well as training in The Writing Revolution, and the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol for Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Sheneka is deeply committed to evidence-based practice, and seeks out any opportunity to enhance her skills to best serve her clients.

Outside of work, you can find Sheneka volunteering at an urban farm, exploring Atlanta by bicycle, or on a scavenger hunt for a recipe involving too many ingredients.