OUR AWESOME THERAPISTS AT TEAM BI-COUnty
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Bi-County Therapy treats pediatric and adult clients for Speech and Occupational Therapy. We have bilingual therapists who specialize in the treatment of a variety of disorders. Our philosophy is to cultivate a dual partnership between the therapist and the client/family. In our busy lives, time is of the essence. We strive to achieve results that enable clients to enjoy their lives without having to be concerned about communication or motor deficits.
team bi-county Speech PATHOLOGISTS
Stephanie Eisen Gilfarb M.S. CCC-SLP Certified Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist President & Owner
Education:
Bilingual (Spanish) State of Florida Certified Speech Language Pathologist since 1992; Vanderbilt University 1991, Masters of Science in Speech Language Pathology, with honors; University of Florida 1989, Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology, with honors.
Specialties (pediatric population):
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder), Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Phonological Disorder, Augmentative Disorder, Auditory Processing Disorder, Oral-Motor Dysfunction, Articulation Disorders, Feeding Difficulties, Apraxia.
Specialties (adult population):
Traumatic Brain Injury, Swallowing Disorders, Post Stroke difficulties, Apraxia, Aphasia, Disphagia, ventilator dependent patients, laryngectomee.
Specialized Training:
LSVT Loud Certified
Modified Barium Swallow studies, FEEST (Fibroendoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing), DPNMS (Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation), Passy-Muir Valve.
Publications:
The Effects of Phonetic Training on the Identification of Normal and Articulatory Disordered Children’s Naturally Produced Glide Sounds
Memberships:
ASHA (American Speech and Hearing Association), FLASHA (Florida Speech and Hearing Association), MACS (Miami Association of Communicative Specialists), President (1998-1999), President Elect (1997-1998), Treasurer (1994-1997) and Secretary (1993-1994), Cooper City Chamber of Commerce, JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Board of Directors 2001-present.
Email: Stephanie@bicountyslp.com
Johanna Jimenez MS, CCC-SLP Certified Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist
Johanna graduated from Florida State University with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and from Nova Southeastern University with a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC) from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). Her areas of interest include early intervention, receptive and expressive language delays, auditory processing disorders, feeding disorders, autism, and social-pragmatic disorders. Johanna enjoys spending her free time with her husband, reading, and traveling around the world.
Email: J.Jimenez@bicountyslp.com
Susan Malca MA, CCC-SLP Certified Speech Language Pathologist
Susan graduated in 1984 with a Master’s degree in speech/language pathology from Nova University in 1989. She has been working as a speech pathologist for the past 25 years treating children and adults. Susan believes that speech therapy should be a cooperative team approach between parents, client and speech therapist working together to enhance progress through carryover within the home environment. She believes that therapy should be happy positive experience where clients are excited and motivated to learn new skills. She also believes that therapy should be functional for the clients to take skills learned and carryover within the home/school environment. In addition, Susan believes that in order to facilitate communication, client and therapist need joint attention in activities, turn-taking skills and motivation to participate in the interaction.
Email: S.Malca@bicountyslp.com
Roberta Greenberg M.S. CCC-SLP Certified Speech-Language Pathologist
Roberta Greenberg is a Master’s level, state of Florida licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. She was born and raised in Massachusetts. She attended Westfield State College and Central Michigan University, where she received her BS in Communication Disorders. She worked in a day habilitation center for Mentally Handicapped adults for 6 years before attending Nova Southeastern University, where she received her MS degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Roberta currently works full time in Broward County Schools. Her work site is a center-based school for intellectually/mentally handicapped children from age 5-22 yrs old. She specializes in AAC with her students; most curricular lessons are adapted with Boardmaker symbols and she uses low tech and moderate tech devices with her students. She also works at Bi-County Speech-Language Pathology, inc. There, she works with pediatric patients who have speech or language dysfunctions and Early Steps aged birth through 3 yrs, utilizing parent education and modeled strategies to help with receptive and expressive language deficits. Roberta lives in North Lauderdale with her three girlie cats Lovey, Queeny, Nala.
Email: R.Greenberg@bicountyslp.com
Adriana Ruiz M.A., CCC-SLP Certified Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist
Adriana is a licensed and certified bilingual Speech Language Pathologist. She graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a Masters of Arts in Communication Disorders. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Disorders from the University of Central Florida. Adriana’s specialties in the pediatric population include Autism, ADHD, Phonological Disorders, and Articulation Disorders. She is a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. Adriana came to Bi-County one year ago after working as Head Assistant Therapist for four years.
Email: A.Ruiz@bicountyslp.com
Giselle Marie Clemente Albors M.S., SLP, CCC Certified Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist
Giselle Marie Clemente Albors, M.S., CCC, SLP is a Bilingual Speech and Language Pathologist. She also has her Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC) from the American Speech -Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). Giselle was born in Puerto Rico. She graduated from Carlo’s Albizu University with a bachelor’s degree in Speech and Language Therapy and with master’s degree in Speech and Language Pathology. Her clinical interest is: pediatric population, feeding and neurological disorders. However, she thinks that what matters is what she can achieve with each patient because at the end she is helping, serving, and changing lives. Her every day goal is to prepare herself as much as possible by acquiring the necessary knowledge and experience to be able to serve each patient in a better way. As well as giving the best of her to help patients get the best out of them. Giselle enjoys spending time with her family.
Email: G.Clemente@bicountyslp.com
Jessica Wells MS, CCC- SLP Certified Speech Language Pathologist
Jessica graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology and with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She has enjoyed working in the school and private practice setting and loves helping children and adults. Jessica enjoy spending her free time with her husband and children.
Email: J.Wells@bicountyslp.com
Cristina Wiborg MS, CCC-SLP Certified Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist
Cristina is a licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in Communication Sciences and Disorders and her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Florida Atlantic University. She is fluent in Spanish and has been treating and evaluating children since 2009. Cristina has special interest in working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and attention difficulties. Her professional experiences have included treating little ones in the hospital setting, as well as individual and group therapy in the school system. Outside of work, Cristina enjoys spending time with her family and volunteering at her sons’ school.
Email: C.Wiborg@bicountyslp.com
Silvina Scatrut MS, SLP Certified Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist
Silvina is a bilingual Speech Language Pathologist licensed in the state of Florida. She got her Master’s Degree in Speech and Language from Universidad Del Salvador, in Argentina. Silvina’s interest in the field began after getting her Bachelor in Education of the Deaf and People with Speech Disorders from Universidad Del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She enjoys working with the pediatric population with diagnoses including Autism, language and articulation disorders. Silvina spends her free time with her husband, children, and friends.
Email: S.Scatrut@bicountyslp.com
Maria Marcela Chavarria M.S., Ccc-SLP certified Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist
She graduated with a Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology from the Albizu University in August 2019. She has been a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant in the state of Florida for 10 years and has worked in both clinical and private school settings. She has always loved children and is honored to be part of a field that aids them in progressing past their difficulties, allowing them to reach their full potential.
Email: M.Chavarria@bicountyslp.com
Laura Rivera SLP-A Licensed Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist Assistant
Laura is a certified bilingual Speech Language Pathologist assistant. She received her B.S. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the Mexican Institute of Hearing, Speech and Language A.C. graduating at the top of her class. Since then, she has accumulated over twenty years of experience with both kids and adults in the United States and Mexico. She believes speech therapy works best when it caters to a patient’s interests, creating an engaging session that works on the patient’s needs.
It is her conviction that parents play a crucial role in the making therapy a success. As such, she enjoys guiding parents through the process, sharing specific techniques and activities to promote linguistic abilities through play. Her main areas of experience and interest are apraxias, phonological disorders, autism, and language and articulation disorders, and she has been an Early Steps provider since 2006.
She joyfully dedicates her personal time to read and catch up with the latest research available to implement it during therapy and to share with Bi counties’ families.
Email: L.Rivera@bicountyslp.com
Nancy Vera SLP-A Licensed Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist Assistant
Miss Nancy is a Speech Language Pathology Assistant since 2010. Born and raised in the city of Caguas, Puerto Rico. She graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in which she obtained a degree in Natural Science. In addition, she graduated from the University of El Turabo obtaining a degree in Speech and Language Pathology. Miss Nancy was awarded an academic excellence medal, had the highest point average of the Science Department of Health in SLP, was a member of the honor group, and graduated Summa-Cum-Laude. She was certified with the Beckman Oral Motor approach. She relocated here from El Paso, Texas.
Email: N.Vera@bicountyslp.com
Joseph Meenu MS, CCC- SLP Certified Speech Language Pathologist
Meenu Joseph has been a Speech Language Pathologist since 2018. She was born and raised in New Jersey and attended Seton Hall University where she earned a Bachelors Degree in Elementary/Special Education and a Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She works full time for Broward County Public Schools. She loves working with the pediatric population. Meenu is a first generation Indian-American and is fluent in the South Indian language-Malayalam. She enjoys cooking, traveling, dancing, and spending time with friends and family. She is eager to continue her growth in the field of Speech-Language Pathology.
Ashli Defina MA, CF-SLP Clinical Fellow-Speech Language Pathologist
Ashli graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Ashli's interest in the field began after she learned she had attended language therapy herself when she was a child. While in graduate school, Ashli worked in a variety of clinical settings including an outpatient clinic, adult acute-care hospital, and a pediatric acute-care hospital. Now, she is joining our team to treat a range of communication difficulties. As a first-generation college graduate, Ashli plans on perfecting her Spanish to honor her Cuban heritage. In her free time, she loves to exercise and cheer on the Florida Gators football team!
Email: A.Defina@bicountyslp.com
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Jessica Kiesel MS, CCC- SLP Certified Speech Language Pathologist
Jessica graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and from Adelphi University with a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She is a licensed and certified Speech Language Pathologist and a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association. She enjoys evaluating and treating receptive and expressive language delays and disorders, social-pragmatic disorders and working with both the pediatric and adult populations. She believes that therapy should be functional, fun and a collaborative team effort! In her free time, Jessica enjoys training at her CrossFit gym, spending time with her family, her fiancé and their pup, Ziggy.
Tracy Barna, MS, CCC-SLP Certified Speech Language Pathologist
Tracy is a licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist and member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelors degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Tracy has worked solely with the pediatric population in the school and clinical settings. Her interests include working with toddler, pre-school, and elementary aged children. She has been a certified SLP for 18 years and has the same love for helping children now that she did when she first became an SLP. Tracy enjoys working with parents and developing a special bond with all her families. Outside of work, Tracy enjoys reading, crafting, cooking, or spending time with her own family.
Email: T.Barna@bicountyslp.com
Alisa Machina MS, CCC-SLP Certified Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist
Alisa is a bilingual SLP who was born in Russia and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Brooklyn College with a Bachelor’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and from Adelphi University with a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She is a licensed speech-language pathologist and a member of the American Speech and Hearing Association. She has experience working with school-aged children and adults of all ages. Her special interests include treating expressive/ receptive language disorders and social-pragmatic disorders. In her free time, she loves to spend time with her family, friends and kitten Milo.
Kaitlyn Vickery MS, CCC-SLP Certified Speech Language Pathologist
Kaitlin is a licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist and member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education and Communication Sciences and Disorders. She continued her education at Nova Southeastern University earning her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology. Kaitlin taught Kindergarten and First grade before becoming a Speech-Language Pathologist. Kaitlin has experience working in a private practice/outpatient setting, schools, and a behavioral and private clinic with ABA therapists, working with children aged 2-20 years. She has experience working with Early Intervention, Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia, Articulation/Phonological Disorders, Receptive/Expressive Language Delay/Disorders, Sensory Processing Disorder, Pragmatic/Social Skill Deficits and Down Syndrome. Kaitlin is PROMPT Trained (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets). In her free time, Kaitlin enjoys traveling, working out at the gym, going to Yoga, going to the beach and spending time with her family and friends.
Email: K.Vickery@bicountyslp.com
Mercedes Becerra BS, SLP-A/ ITDS Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist Assistant & Infant Toddler Developmental Specialist
Mercedes Becerra is a bilingual Speech Language Pathology Assistant since July 2018. She completed her undergrad at Florida International University and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education with Magna Cum Laude honors. She is a first-generation Cuban-American and was born in Miami, Florida. Before becoming an SLP-A, and earning her certificate from Florida International University, she was an elementary school teacher who has had students in the Autistic spectrum, ADD/ADHD, ODD and OCD in her classroom. Mercedes, although new to Speech Language Pathology is a very caring, passionate and enthusiastic individual. She deeply cares about the progress of each of her patients that she sees. She believes that with the help of the therapist, the patient, and the parent/guardian, the patient can reach their maximum potential.
Email: M.Becerra@bicountyslp.com
Tiffany Roberts BS, SLP-A Licensed Speech Language Pathologist Assistant
Tiffany graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelors of Science degree in communication sciences and disorders. Also, she holds an A.S degree in Nursing. She currently is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant, in Florida for the past two years. She has worked in both school settings and clinical. When working in the school system she taught in a specially integrated cluster consisting of children with Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), Down syndrome and a variety of speech and language disorders. Her clinical interests include the pediatric population with ASD, fluency disorders, articulation disorders, and feeding. She is looking forward to continuing her education towards her masters in becoming a Speech Language pathologist one day, as well as becoming fluent in American Sign Language. In her spare time, She enjoys traveling around the world and spending time with her Fiancé and two dogs.
Email: T.Pitts@bicountyslp.com
Savannah Palmer BA, SLP-A Licensed Speech Language Pathologist Assistant
Savannah graduated with her B.A. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Central Florida with speciality in Deaf culture. She has been working as an SLPA since 2015. Savannah also works as a school based SLPA for Duval County Public School in Jacksonville, Florida. Her clinical interests include early intervention, receptive and expressive language delays and disorders, and deaf/hard-of-hearing patients. She spends her spare time with her two small children, crafting, and doing yoga.
Email: S.Palmer@bicountyslp.com