I believe parents are their own children's specialists. If I listen to them carefully, I will better understand their child and my work will be all the more efficient. 

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I believe parents, as adult speakers and readers, possess the essential tools needed to provide the appropriate scaffolding for their children.

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I believe my role is to inform you as best I can so you may efficiently encourage your child’s development. In other words, my job is to guide you towards autonomy in the scaffolding you provide for your child’s development.

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I don't believe there are any prerequisites for starting treatment; it is up to me to adapt to your child's needs.

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I believe breaks in treatment are beneficial so individuals may invest in other areas of their development. 

 

I believe that even as we address an individual's difficulties we should not neglect the development of his/her abilities. Rather we must help each individual develop his/her strengths to the best of his/her potential.

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I believe reading is key in oral and written language development. In fact, I believe it is THE "medication" for language.

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I believe we should be working at the individual's active learning loci*: with a slight tweak, the individual develops at his/her own speed. We should not target the individual's difficulties, rather we should observe his/her active learning loci in order to facilitate his/her development in authentic social commerce.

 

Practically any authentic activity can serve as a context for the treatment of language. When we work within the individual's active learning loci, generalization is never an issue.

 

Fundamentally, I believe in development. I believe the manifestations of symptoms can evolve and even diminish over time as the individual matures and receives appropriate scaffolding.

 

I believe the brain is a life-long endeavor: whatever the diagnosis, whatever the age, it's worth a try.

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I believe in an approach to treatment that respects neurodiversity. I believe being different is the norm.​ I am FOR  the inclusion of all individuals in our society.

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All these principles are based on evidence based practice for effective treatment of oral and written language.

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*Muma, J.R. (2014): Effective Speech-Language Pathology: A Cognitive Socialization Approach. Taylor & Francis.

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