MySpeechPath
Get your child on the right path, MySpeechPath!
MySpeechPath is committed to providing personalized speech, language and social skills services to children in Northern Virginia.
Services
Home, private school, preschool and childcare facility visits
We provide a personal service to you and your child to ensure the best possible outcome. The ability to communicate is the foundation for successful participation in family, social, and academic activities.
The goal of MySpeechPath is to provide the highest quality of service to children and their families. We are focused on diagnosing and treating the unique needs of children with communication disorders. Because we view families, caregivers, and other professionals as valuable team members, we involve them throughout the evaluation and treatment process. We help parents and caregivers understand every phase of progress and actively involve them in their child's improvement by providing training and activities specific to their child's needs. These powerful strategies and tools aid in their child's progress. A family's commitment and support is instrumental in a child's development and progress. We are here to help you on that path!
Individual Therapy
Individualized therapy plans are customized to meet the needs of your child based on the evaluation. Treatment sessions can be scheduled in your home or at your child's private school, preschool, or childcare facility. Collaboration with teachers, physicians, and other professionals is utilized to maximize results.
Social Skills Groups
MySpeechPath is excited to offer Kids Club! Enrichment Programs. This program is designed to teach the important skills of 'PLAY' to your child. All groups are structured to to include targeted social-play skills, speech-language skills, motor skills, and sensory skills in a natural environment with peers.
Testimonials
What Patients Are Saying
"As parents, we wanted to maximize the impact of speech and language therapy sessions. Michelle worked with us to find activities that extend the therapy beyond a given session, both at home and in school. Our son has improved and continues to progress due to Michelle's expertise and dedication. She never forgets that our child's progress today is critical for his communicative success in the future. Our son is on the autism spectrum and required significant and cohesive speech language therapy to address a number of communication delays. Michelle's approach to helping us has been to blend compassion with effective therapeutic strategy.
T.B.
"Michelle Schwartz guided my family down a path that led to my child's proper diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. She engaged him utilizing solid speech and ABA-VB based techniques and is a remarkable team player. She was able to be in my child's classroom to assist his teachers and design a treatment plan that met all his needs. Her advice has been spot-on and has led to a remarkable success with my son. He has been mainstreamed since kindergarten and it wouldn't have been possible without her."
C.D.
"Michelle has been well received by my 5 year old daughter and she looks forward to her lessons on a weekly basis. The lessons are well thought out and she makes the learning fun."
T.J.
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About Us
Owner and Director Michelle Schwartz graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences from The Ohio State University in 1994, and a Master of Science in Communication Disorders from The Pennsylvania State University in 1996. She is state licensed in Virginia and has the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA).
Michelle began her speech and language pathology career working in acute and subacute care in hospitals and rehabilitation centers where she worked primarily with adults. In 1998, she had the opportunity to work with children in the public schools and in early intervention. She has continued to work with the pediatric population in a variety of settings.
Michelle has worked in private practice since 2001. In 2002, she began serving clients in the office, at home, and in private schools/day cares in Western Fairfax and Eastern Loudoun Counties.
Michelle works with children with a variety of speech, language, and oral motor/swallowing delays and disorders including expressive and receptive language, pervasive developmental disorder and autism, articulation and phonological processing, apraxia, oral motor, literacy, auditory processing, voice, and fluency/stuttering.
All service providers are state licensed in Speech Language Pathology by the Commonwealth of Virginia, hold a Certificate of Clinical Competence from, and are members of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association. We are dedicated to providing high quality speech and language services to children and their families.