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Paula Johnson M.S. CCC-SLP is a Michigan native and acquired her first degree from Michigan State University in 2018 in elementary special education. After graduating, she worked in private and public schools, in and out of special education classrooms, and with a wide range of ages. She taught in early childhood settings with children as young as three months old, and she's worked in public schools providing special education for students up to 26 years of age. After teaching for a couple of years, she felt the pull towards speech pathology and began her grad school journey. Paula graduated with a master of science in communication sciences and disorders from Emerson College in Boston in the winter of 2022. Since then, she has specialized predominantly in adult and geriatric populations… a bit of a change up from her experience in teaching! Her area of expertise is in cognitive linguistic disorders and symptoms of dysphagia. Uniquely, Paula has worked in multiple inpatient and long-term psychiatric settings, with a variety of related cognitive linguistic impairments that prove in the field of speech pathology, we are always learning from each other. **My Approach to Therapy** Speech Therapy focuses on creating a supportive and engaging environment tailored to each individual’s goals. My approach integrates evidence-based techniques with creativity to make therapy effective, enjoyable, and client-centered. **What a Session Looks Like With Paula** I provide virtual speech therapy sessions where we address your personal goals by building skills through targeted activities. Sessions are structured yet flexible, progressing while adapting to the client’s unique goals and interests.

Kristin Dattoria is extremely passionate about speech-language pathology. She grew up in Valencia, CA, and attended Utah State University and University of California at Irvine for her Bachelor's degrees and Utah State University for her Master's degree in English. She received her Master's degree in Speech Pathology from California State University, Northridge. She moved to Maryland in 2020 with her husband, Kevin. Kristin loves seeing clients progress over the course of the year and connecting with their families. In speech therapy, she works hard to accomplish her clients' speech and language goals, but she also loves to keep things fun and personalized. She especially loves working on strengthening vocabulary, visual and working memory, executive functioning skills, stuttering, and symptoms of aphasia. In her free time, Kristin enjoys running after and playing with her son, playing board games, dancing hula, reading, and spending time with her family and friends. **My Approach to Speech Therapy** I am a big believer in motivating clients/students to meet goals and new challenges through evidence-based practice, relating to them through their interests and personal goals, providing opportunities for making autonomous choices, and supporting a feeling of accomplishment and competency in their skills. We can do this together! **What a Therapy Session Looks Like With Kristin** In my therapy sessions, I start with a check-in to see how you're doing and if you have any new information to share with me. Then, we jump into "the work." That can look like working on word and memory associations, visualization tasks, articulation practice...the goals and session are tailored to your unique needs and goals. I will help create those goals and make each session enjoyable, but I always see us as a team, working toward each goal together. **Fun Facts About Kristin** - I am a Hula and salsa dancer - I speak Spanish and English, but I'm half-Japanese, part-German, and part-English - I enjoy the outdoors, especially the ocean and mountains, so I love to hike and camp or glamp! - I played the piano and cello when I was younger

Paul McGill is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with over 5 years of experience in outpatient settings, schools, and telehealth. His areas of expertise include social communication (pragmatics), school-related language disorders, executive functioning skills, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and cognitive communication disorders. Paul is certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) and is a certified trainer of the PEERS Program. He holds a BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Utah and a MA in Speech-Language Pathology from New Mexico State University. Paul enjoys his free time hiking, gaming with friends, reading, and finding new boba tea shops to try. **My Approach to Therapy** My approach to therapy includes a collaborative effort between you, your support team, and myself! I will work within your interests to create goals and sessions that are engaging, individualized to your needs, and easy to generalize skills taught in therapy to other settings! **What A Typical Session Looks Like With Me** Sessions will typically begin with a check in or a mindfulness activity. Our headspace going into therapy can make or break the mood so its vital we tailor activities to where you are in the moment. Activities take a multimodal approach: some days we will do video models, games, reading passages, interviews, or roleplay scenarios! Finally, we address your communication needs, your attitude towards communication, and more topics at the end. **Fun Facts About Paul** I am a huge gamer! From board games to video games to table top RPGs, I love how engaging and easy it is to see the importance of speech and language skills outside of therapy. I am also trying new cooking recipes, places to hike, and books to read!