Guest guest Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Please feel free to forward this post. Meeting Topic: From Autism SLP to ASD Mom and Tips for Improving Communication with Your Child Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 2-4 p.m. Hyperbaric Therapy Center 104 Colony Park Drive, Suite 500, Cumming, GA 30041 Speaker: Meredith White, SLP Meredith White is a unique speech-language pathologist (SLP) in that she not only serves children with a vast variety of communication needs, she is also the mother of a child with autism and step-mother to children with articulation-, phonological processing-, auditory processing-, and sensory integration disorder. Meredith has first-hand knowledge of the range of emotions and experiences familiar to parents of children with special needs. Meredith graduated from Florida State University with her B.S. and from Georgia State University with her M.Ed. in Communication Disorders in 1998. After externships at the Emory University Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf and in private clinics, Meredith served six years in the school systems of Fulton and Rockdale Counties and eight years with her own pediatric home health private practice under her maiden name: Brand Speech Pathology, Inc. When Meredith began working with the early intervention (EI) population in 2000 she had no children with autism on her caseload. By 2005, about 75% of her caseload consisted of children on the autism spectrum. In an effort to best serve her clients, Meredith began DIR/Floortime training first through Floortime Atlanta (2005) and then through the national seminar in Tyson's Corner, VA, taught by the developer of DIR/Floortime, Dr. Stanley Greenspan. Two months later Meredith conceived her only biological child, who is on the autism spectrum disorder. In 2010, Meredith returned to Atlanta to once again pursue her love of working with children of all ages. Meredith constantly researches efficacious therapy practices and attends workshops to improve her skills. She now provides therapy in the natural environment through Meredith White Speech Pathology, Inc and serves as Supervising Therapist at Aurora Strategies, an alternative school specializing in research based interventions for students with learning disorders, autism spectrum, speech-language impairment, CAPD and ADHA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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