Sandra is a practicing speech therapist with over 30 years of experience. She has worked extensively with the pediatric population including, birth to three, preschool and school-age clients. A graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sandra is licensed in New York State and has worked extensively with individuals on the Autisim Spectrum, clients demonstrating language, articulation, and fluency delays. She has worked along side parents to develop strategies within the home environment that lead to increased and improved communication. As a result of Sandra's history of working within public schools and serving on several multi-disciplinary teams determining appropriate educational placement, she is keenly aware of the skill-set needed to be successful within the school environment.
MS in Speech-Language Pathology
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, 1983
BA in Sociology
University of South Carolina, 1981
Sandra was my son's speech therapist for 15 months. When my son first worked with Sandra he was only saying "dat" for everything. By the time his services were finished, he was able to speak in 4-5 word sentences. She had begun to teach him the art of back and forth conversation, which he is still working on today. She has a lot of heart and dedication for her students and is firm yet patient and understand when teaching her students.
Our daughter's speech therapist Sandra W. has worked with her for a year and 8 months. She has been a huge support to not just her but to us as a family. Just to give you a brief about our daughter. She has a gene deletion which is causing all the speech delays. She had no words till she was 22 months. Sandra has worked with her ever since and our daughter has come a long way. Not only does she have words but forms sentences as well. Apart from working on her speech, she also works on a lot of other goals like focus, discipline and makes it fun as as well as a learning experience. To sum it up we love her and now that my daughter has transitioned to CPSE we do miss her.
When my daughter Avery turned 2 she still was not talking. Instead of even attempting to use words or trying to steer me in the right direction to what she wanted she would rather cry. Having a five year old who started talking before the age of two, this experience was new to me. I know everyone always say that all children grow and develop differently but I could not help but be concerned. I decided to speak to Avery's pediatrician. She suggested that I put her in a daycare center so that she could interact with other kids her age in hopes that it will develop her speech. The doctor told me that if putting her in the daycare does not work then come back and she will sign her up for Early Intervention. After waiting patiently to see improvements in speech from Avery in the course of 3 months in the daycare there was very little improvements. Avery was still crying all of the time in frustration because she could not express herself. I took Avery back to the doctor's office to begin the Early Intervention process. After being tested Avery qualified for speech therapy. Going into this new experience was a little nerve wracking but seeing the frustration on Avery's face everyday coupled with my frustration and not being able to hear her true voice, I hoped that this would pay off. That's where Ms. Sandra Williams comes in. When Ms. Williams was assigned to Avery I did not know what to expect how my shy Avery would respond to her. Ms. Williams was very warm, welcoming, and loving. Avery surprisingly opened up to her instantly. To see how Avery seemed so comfortable around Ms. Williams when it seemed like eternity for her to warm up to others really calmed all of my fears about the speech therapy actually working for Avery. Weeks went by and I started noticing results. Avery started to acquire more words and was able to use these words correctly. Avery became more social and even her teachers said they had seen an improvement. My family was now able to communicate with Avery over the phone and that is when it became real to me. Avery seemed to have clicked and start talking over night. I know this was all due to Ms. Williams. All of her phone calls, advice, tricks,and exercises that she had me try all lead up to this moment. I am extremely grateful for everything that Ms. Williams did for my family because before her everything that we tried did not work. Ms Williams has been a Godsend to our family and especially my little Avery and we are all appreciative.
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