Facilitating Better Speech, with Lenora Edwards

2023-04-06

Discover what’s possible when progress starts at home. Lenora Edwards is a Certified Speech Language Pathologist with over 10 years of experience treating children and adults. She is the Chief Knowledge Officer at Better Speech, a US-based, online service provider with 150 speech therapists working with individuals of all ages. In today’s conversation, we discuss: Benefits and considerations of delivering services online What a typical online session looks like The various populations Lenor...

Discover what’s possible when progress starts at home.

Lenora Edwards is a Certified Speech Language Pathologist with over 10 years of experience treating children and adults. She is the Chief Knowledge Officer at Better Speech, a US-based, online service provider with 150 speech therapists working with individuals of all ages.

In today’s conversation, we discuss:

Benefits and considerations of delivering services online
What a typical online session looks like
The various populations Lenora works with
The difference between a speech delay and a speech disorder
Common speech difficulties among autistic people
What Lenora enjoys about working with autistic people
Common misconceptions about speech therapy
How to encourage families to use Alternative Augmentative Communication with their autistic loved ones
Advice for parents who want to improve their children’s language skills at home

To learn more about Lenora Edwards and her work, please visit: betterspeech.com

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