Apraxia of Speech, Articulation,

Language, & Autism Spectrum Disorders

With over 25 years as a Speech-Language Pathologist, Director, Therapist, Consultant, Autism Specialist, and program innovator, Gail Engels Barnard offers a wealth of knowledge and experience. Gail has worked with children of all ages, from infants to preschoolers, and through elementary to high school age children. Her experience includes both neurologically based and developmentally based disorders. Gail has training in Hanen It Takes Two to Talk, PECS (Picture Exchange Cues), Discrete Trial (DT), Pivotal Response (PRT), and PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets).

All Programs include:

complete evaluations
written reports
individualized treatment goals & objectives
personalized therapy materials
a functional & fun approach to therapy!

Programs are available as :

Individual sessions
Small Groups
Home sessions

Programs teach:

PROMPT - Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets
Articulation skills
Language, vocabulary, semantic and grammatical skill building.
Pragmatic communication skills (e.g. eye contact, turn taking, gestures, facial expression)
Family & Caregiver skills to facilitate communication in the home and "natural environment" settings
Oral-Motor and feeding skills
Basic learning skills (e.g. attending, pointing, matching, sequencing)

Gail Engels Barnard, MACCC

Speech-Language Pathologist

10876 SW Creightonwood Place

Portland, OR 97219

phone: (503) 977-3324

email: GailBarnard@SpeakingBetter.com

October, 2005

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