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M.A., CCC-SLP, TSSLD
From podcasting, to teaching college courses, to creating her own educational materials, there isn’t a stone in world of Speech Pathology that Deborah Brooks has left unturned. She provides speech therapy to individuals of all ages and levels of need throughout NYC. Deborah is the author and illustrator of the speech therapy coloring book series, Color in Speech. She earned her B.A. in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2010 and M.A. in Speech Language Pathology in 2012, both from St. John’s University in Queens. Six years later, Deborah returned to St. John's as an adjunct professor. Additionally, she works at a special needs elementary school in Brooklyn and supervises clinical fellows pursuing licensure in the field of Speech Language Pathology. Deborah is also apart of the team at Downtown Kids Therapy Group in TriBeCa, NY. When she's not doing therapy, Deborah and cohost Maria Kotsonis have a weekly Speech Therapy podcast on iTunes and Spotify called SLPs Wine and Cheese. If you’d like to see Deborah’s sessions in action, she posts daily videos to her Instagram account @deborahbrooksslp. Deborah is passionate about all things SPEECH and she’s thrilled to share teletherapy activities for the elementary-aged population with clinicians all over the globe.
Deborah Brooks is the creator of Color in Speech speech therapy activities. She creates and sells the majority of the materials presented in this course. She is receiving an honorarium from brIQht ideas for this presentation.
Deborah Brooks has no nonfinancial disclosures.
This course contains examples of therapy utilizing a variety of materials, including some developed by the presenter.
5 mins | Financial disclosures, introduction, learning outcomes |
5 mins | The mindset of a productive clinician |
5 mins | Intrinsic motivation |
5 mins | Parent/Caregiver Coaching |
10 mins | Establishing routine within the speech therapy session |
5 mins | Transitions within the speech therapy session |
10 mins | Phonemic awareness teletherapy activities for the elementary-aged population |
5 mins | Pragmatic language teletherapy activities for the elementary-aged population |
5 mins | Expressive language teletherapy activities for the elementary-aged population |
5 mins | Receptive language teletherapy activities for the elementary-aged population |