Welcome to Alphabet Soup Speech!
Effective. Efficient. Joyful. Respectful. Family-Centered.
At Alphabet Soup, families are the focus. My goal is to provide you with tips and strategies that can help you, the parent, feel empowered, capable and able to support your child’s individual communication needs.
Evaluations and consultations are strength-based and look at your child’s specific areas of strength and areas of challenge. Treatment sessions always involve one or both parents so that you can we can learn from each other and you can leave feeling as though you have strategies that you can work with whenever you are interacting with your child!
In-person and/or virtual sessions are available in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania depending on the specific communication needs of the client. Reach out today with any questions or to schedule an appointment!
Alphabet Soup Speech is the only pediatric practice in New Jersey that is owned and run by a developmentally based speech pathologist who is a certified DIRFloortime expert and an endorsed Infant Mental Health Specialist.
The practice focuses on working with children with communication delays or disorders that may be due to social-emotional challenges including Autism Spectrum Disorder. A focus is also on the developmental underpinnings of language deficits in all children regardless of diagnosis.
Services are offered in-person and virtually in New Jersey. Virtual services are available in New York and Pennsylvania.
Melanie is:
An experienced, developmentally based pediatric speech pathologist.
An ICDL certified DIRFloortime expert level practitioner and training leader.
A clinical supervisor and a reflective supervisor
The first and only speech pathologist in New Jersey endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Specialist by NJAIMH.
an expert witness able to testify in litigation proceedings on matters related to speech pathology in the school setting and beyond.
Licensed in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania