Hi, I'm Joanna!
I’m an ASHA-certified bilingual speech-language pathologist. I have been working with children and their families on various speech, language and feeding issues.
Specialty Training and Awards:
-Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities program (LEND);
-Minority Student Leadership Program (MSLP) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association;
-Distinguished Early Career Professional (ECP) Award by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association;
-Award for Continuing Education (ACE) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Author of a series of parent-training courses for Mandarin-speaking children with speech and language delays. Co-author of two speech pathology textbooks in Mandarin-Chinese. Guest lecturer to hospital-and college-level webinars.
Experienced in treating speech and language disorders, feeding disorders, social communication disorders, autism spectrum disorders, Modified Barium Swallow studies, and dysphagia.
美国言语语言与听力协会认证言语治疗师,注册语言病理学家,拥有多年在美国儿童医院康复科的工作经验。
美国儿童神经发育障碍领袖项目成员(LEND),美国言语语言与听力协会“少数裔杰出学生领袖荣誉”(MSLP)、“杰出青年治疗师荣誉证书”(ECP),以及“专业进修奖”(ACE)获得者。是语迟儿童家长培训系列课程——《儿童语言沟通家长课堂》作者,知乎言语病理学科普专栏Giving Voice作者之一。合作参与出版两部中文语言病理学专业书籍,并多次受邀在医院、大学开展言语治疗、吞咽喂养治疗方面的公开课。
专业从事儿童语言发育迟缓、构音障碍、自闭症导致的沟通障碍、婴幼儿吞咽障碍以及吞钡造影(MBS)诊断、各年龄层美式英语口音纠正等。
Joanna Gao, MA, CCC-SLP
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My child needs speech therapy. Should I find a bilingual SLP? What're the developmental milestones for Mandarin-speaking children? 3岁儿童不说话?5岁孩子有自闭症?哪里可以找到讲中文的言语治疗师?中文儿童语言语音发育里程碑有哪些?
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I traveled with my child alone and survived. Here're the tips for international travel with kids! 年底我带着1岁多的孩子回国,历经千辛万苦得以和亲人团聚。好在我准备充分,和大家分享我的回国行李清单和带娃旅行生存攻略。
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