545 W 111th St New York, NY 10025 646-726-4591 bermane@yahoo.com Larisa Berman MS, CCC-SLP American Board certified in Speech Pathology Licensed for Clinical Practice in CT, NY, NJ, and MA

Russian/English Speech Pathologist with over 25 years of experience   • Delayed speech and language development • Acute disabilities following stroke                                          • All types of speech/language and communication disorders       • Effective programs for swallowing rehabilitation                           • Unique Zoom therapy clinical programs for distant treatment

Speech /Language Evaluation for children and adults with Speech and Language disorders Let’s Talk offers high clinical standards of speech language service We are working with children and adults who are suffering the Speech, Language, Communication, and Swallowing disorders: Aphasia The experienced clinicians provide management of Acute Aphasia resulting from Stroke or Head Injury. Traditional Aphasia treatment during earliest phases of disorder Speech and Language recovery program for Stroke and Head Injury patients with long-standing problems Some young adolescents 16 to 25 year old loose their ability to speak and communicate due to brain injury from a road accident or sport’s trauma. Brain Injury/Head Trauma Let’s Talk acquired unique expertise evaluating and treating people with Brain Injured. Comprehensive and efficient Speech Therapy program for Brain Injury Rehabilitation Intensive therapeutic training to compensate cognitive deficits, such as Attention, Perception, Memory, Language, and Problem Solving Non-Traditional Rehabilitation programs to re-adjust to life after trauma or to cope with illnesses. Let’s Talk maintains philosophy of “Heavy Work Loads and Shortens Hospital Stay” Developmental Speech and Language Delay Many families face a crisis when child development is delayed in the areas of Speech, Language, and Communication. Let’s Talk skilled therapists are focused on Evaluation and treatment all areas of speech and language disorders. Listening, slow processing of information, questioning and responding. Speech Modality of Communication: Articulation, Intelligibility. Oral Motor Skills. Fluency. Voice. Individualized treatment programs for: Autistic Spectrum Disorders Selective Mutism Apraxia of Speech Unique Speech/Language Home based program Let’s Talk offers simple and practical step by step training programs for the child and his family. Our scenarios consist of detailed suggestions for parents on how they can help their child to develop speech and language. Practical Guide to stimulate child’s language acquisition; Training Guide Speech and Language Evaluation for Adopted Russian-Speaking Children We are offering high quality Bilingual Russian/English Speech/Language evaluation to Russian-speaking adopted children. Testing in the child’s dominant language; Practical Guide of normal processing of a second language acquisition; Counseling for adoptive parents in the cross-cultural communication. Using culturally appropriate assessment materials; Provide understanding of basic interpersonal communication skills and cognitive academic linguistic proficiency including the difference between the two. Lessen misdiagnosis and placement erroneously the Second Language learners into Special Education program. Only speech/language evaluation performed in the adaptive child’s original language can establish a real clinical picture of language difference or disorders. Swallowing disorders More than 60,000 Americans die every year from complications related to swallowing disorders. Therapists from Let’s Talk are experts in: Evaluation and diagnosing of swallowing disorders; Designing of individualized dysphagia treatment program; Electro-stimulation to maximize pharyngeal contractions and facilitate swallowing; Therapeutically modified consistency of diet to ensure safe and efficient oral intake; Creation of individual programs to transition dysphagia patients from tube feeding to oral intake.