I am an Arizona licensed speech pathologist and am certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. I have been in private practice for over 30 years working extensively with children who have speech and language problems. I received my Master’s degree from Seton Hall University in New Jersey. After graduation, I decided that I need sun and warmth and so headed south to work for the Volusia County Schools in Daytona Beach Florida. The next year I moved to California where I was offered a job working for the Los Angeles Unified School District in the severe oral language handicapped program. My next move was to UCLA where I worked in the department of Clinical Linguistcs at the Neuropsychiatric Institute. In 1981, I moved to Arizona where I went into private practice. It gives me tremendous satisfaction to know that I have helped hundreds of children gain normal speech and language skills.

In addition to my private practice, I have presented workshops in California and Arizona on children’s speech and language disorders. I have lectured to students in the University of Arizona department of Communication Disorders, parent groups and preschool teachers. I have presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association national convention and the New Jersey Speech and Language Association and the Arizona Speech and Hearing Association conventions. I am a contributing author for Children’s Speech Sound Disorder editions one (Bowen, 2009) and two (Bowen, 2015).

In 1990, I began writing the first of the Help Me Talk Right books—How to Teach a Child to Say the “S” Sound in 15 Easy Lesson. Following the success of that book I wrote How to Teach a Child to Say the “R” Sound in 15 Easy Lesson, How to Teach a Child to Say the “L” Sound in 15 Easy Lesson and Preschool Stuttering: What Parents Can Do.

I recently decided to change the focus of my practice. Instead of providing therapy, I will offer my services as a coach and consultant to parents. Please click on the Communication Skills Center tab to learn more.