MISSION: Anna Rooney is committed to providing quality, family-centered speech language therapy.  She is dedicated to helping children become effective, successful communicators.   

METHODOLOGIES INCLUDE: 

• Cognitive Solutions Get Ready*Do*Done Model for students with executive function challenges
• Hanen program for children with language delays
• Hanen program for children with autism or social communication difficulties
• Nancy Kaufman Early Intervention Approach for Apraxia of Speech
• LindaMood Bell Visualizing and Verbalizing for language and reading comprehension
• Lindcombe Program of Early Stuttering Prevention
• Marcia Garcia Winner Social Thinking for initiation, listening, abstract/inferencial thinking, understanding perspective, getting the big picture, and human relatedness.  * Anna is mindful that there is not a one size fits all approach to social communication.  Anna is learning more about  neurodiversity-affirming therapy; the child’s individual strengths and interests drive therapy sessions.  
• Minimal Pairs Therapy for phonological disorders
• Wilson Reading System curriculum

CREDENTIALS: Anna Rooney, MHS, SLP-CCC/L, is a licensed speech language pathologist who holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association.  She holds a Master of Health Sciences Degree from Governors State University.   Anna completed the WRS Introductory Workshop Provides which providesthe background knowledge, practice, and guidance needed to effectively begin teaching the Wilson Reading System curriculum.  The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) has included Anna in their online directory of speech language pathologists who have high level of experience and skill at treatment for children with apraxia of speech.

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION:   Certified in Hanen It Takes Two to Talk® for parents of children with Language Delays and Hanen  More Than Words® for Parents of Children with Autism or Social Communication Difficulties.                                                           

EXPERIENCE: Anna has over 17 years of experience providing speech language therapy to children with a variety of diagnoses, including but not limited to: articulation disorder, autism spectrum disorder, childhood apraxia of speech, speech-language delay, early childhood stuttering disorders, expressive language disorder, receptive language disorder, mixed receptive-expressive language diorder, and social communication disorders.  Anna has participated in developmental diagnostic evaluations at Erikson Institute, Center For Children & Families in Chicago, IL.  

THERAPEUTIC APPROACH: Anna’s therapeutic approach is family-centered and supportive;  she creates a partnership with parents, teachers, and caregivers.  Therapy is individualized and it builds upon the student’s strengths and interests. In the child's natural environment, Anna can better identify communication challenges and help implement effective strategies that can be used throughout the week.  Anna uses multi-sensory strategies to help children learn better.  She uses visual, tactile, auditory, and/or kinesthetic cues to help children with different learning styles.   Anna encourages children to be invested in their progress and feel positive about themselves.