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. She is an OG tutor here at The Language Group. 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 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 an amazing child who is a computer animator and art lover who lives outside of Los Angeles. 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.