LIESL WENZKE HARTMANN
Liesl Wenzke Hartmann is the owner of Communication Therapy in San Francisco. She has provided speech therapy to children in the Bay Area since 2001. Liesl provides individualized speech and language services to children and adolescents in her clinic as well as in home and school settings. She believes that collaboration with family members and other professionals working with her clients is key to their success. She enjoys developing a trusting relationship with each of her clients and builds on each child's interests to make therapy an enjoyable and meaningful experience. Liesl also provides training to pre-school teachers and other professionals in the area of social communication.
Liesl is a consultant for the San Francisco Parent Participation Nursery Schools. In 2003, she received the American Speech and Hearing Association Award for Continuing Education. She also earned a grant from the US Department of Education for specialized graduate instruction in severe speech and language disabilities. Liesl and Jordan Sadler continue to collaborate regularly to provide the best quality of services to their clients.
LIESL HAS TRAINING IN:
- DIR/Floortime
- SCERTS
- PECS
- Social Stories
- PROMPT
- RDI
- Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking
- Hanen It Takes Two to Talk parent training
- Kaufman approach to apraxia intervention
Naima Contos, MS, CCC-SLP
Naima received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz and her M.S. degree in Communicative Disorders from San Francisco State University (SFSU). Her draw to speech pathology was a culmination of early experiences from working with children with autism during her undergraduate studies to teaching English abroad in Italy. Naima has provided speech and language therapy in a variety of settings including hospitals, private practice and schools. She enjoys working with individuals of all ages and has a diverse range of experience from leading early intervention groups to working with adult patients and related swallowing disorders.
During her graduate studies, Naima completed an internship at Stanford Medical Center and graduated with top honors as the recipient of SFSU’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Academic Excellence. Following graduation, Naima completed her clinical fellowship at the Center for Speech Language and Occupational Therapy where she learned a collaborative approach is essential for client’s progress. Naima has since continued to serve both children and adults in the private practice setting, schools, acute care hospitals, skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers. At Communication Therapy, Naima continues to bring forth her belief in the collaborative approach as she works closely with families and other professionals. Naima enjoys taking an individualistic and compassionate approach with her clients as she believes in honoring the individual needs of her clients and families.
Naima has experience and formal training in the following areas: DIR/Floortime, PROMPT, SCERTS, Lindamood Bell, Michelle Garcia and Social Thinking, Fast ForWord, Dr. Jeri Logemann’s course on dysphagia and pediatric feeding.
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