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Hello! Welcome to Our New Blog




As you can see from the title, Rehab Specialists will be hosting a blog where we will be posting information about speech and language therapy every Monday. This will generally serve to get information out to the public on what we do as Speech-Language Pathologists and how speech therapy can help you or your loved ones. We would also like to build this blog to serve as a space where caretakers can connect and where you can get your questions answered by professionals. The therapists in this office work with all populations in most settings within the Pittsburgh area. We hope to cover a variety of issues for professionals, parents, and clients and talk about disorders which may affect both children and adults. Please check back often and engage in these talks so we get a sense of what the people reading this blog may be interested in learning. The two main therapists who will be contributing to this blog include Kathleen Dames and Julie Stroup. Kathleen mainly works with pediatric populations in a variety of placements including schools, early intervention, consultation for learning institutions, and here in the office. Julie also works with children in those settings but she has a specialty with swallowing and alternative communication options for adults with severe physical and intellectual disabilities. Comment below with any thoughts, comments, or questions for us. Until next time!

Kathleen and Julie

(Originally posted 9/4/18)

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