“Everyone has a right to communicate, at every age.”
Speech Language Therapy for all ages
in office, home, and virtually
Communicating is harder for some of us.
People want to express themselves fluently, to participate in family and community, and to sound the way they would like.
Nationally-certified as a speech therapist, I trained after I understood my autistic child could not speak. I have been in the autism community for 25 years.
Everyone deserves functional communication, even when speech is not possible. (My son has no limits on what he communicates now, as a non-speaking autistic man who uses AAC.) Speech therapy he received from myself and other speech therapists gave him skills to become the man he is today. That’s living proof that at any stage, speech therapy can yield benefits. Autism can sound scary, but you can get meaningful support.
I have served toddlers through adults with speech therapy.
Early intervention and pre-schoolers tug at my heart.
I assessed and treated high schoolers as speech therapist on a Child Study Team.
Speech therapy in elementary schools was crucial for many of my students.
Teens and adults have needs later in life that speech therapy can help.
Children we knew with autism or other needs grew up into family friends and peers. Teens and adults continue to encounter new places, work or school, social needs, new support people, safety issues, health needs, and new peers.
Speech Therapy for All
Improve quality of life through communication
Collaborate on meaningful speech therapy goals
Find methods and materials to motivate participation in speech therapy
Support families with fun tools
Carry over in everyday life
Language and Life
Autism, Developmental disabilities,
Social skills, Play skills,
Family coaching, Words and syntax,
Literacy for all including non-speakers,
Voice output AAC or Total communication
for speech therapy clients with apraxia or limited or no speech
Professional Services
Special Education Advocate
Public Speaking Support
Business Speech and Presentation Skills
Voice and Accent for Self-identity
Personalized Speech Therapy to Help You Achieve Your Goals
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Personalized Speech Therapy to Help You Achieve Your Goals *
Communication using AAC
We assume babies will reach out for a hand, point to a dog, and stomp or smile or laugh. When speech is “late” or does not come, a person will communicate by behavior (including “negative behaviors”.)
No one way fits every situation or person. You used many communication methods today:
text, call, email, wave, nod, clap, turn away, lean in, and speak. Now imagine if speech was the all you have, it feels hard, and your frustration.
Not every one controls their body parts well enough to be understood every time. Maybe a child’s sounds are unclear. Maybe a neurological condition or a stroke makes it harder now.
Think of adding something. People who struggle to make speech sounds use a mix of high tech tools (like iPads), low tech tools (like gestures), handwriting, typing, and more. Many of these tools are referred to as AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication.)
Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Learning does not have to stop after high school. Adults can continue growing. You may want to improve socially, get along better with people at home or work, improve your reading or writing, or develop AAC for communication.
A speech therapist who understands adulthood and intellectual or developmental disabilities can help. You may need functional communication or other positive behavior supports. An adult eventually has to show people who are not relatives what they like, and hate. Autism is lifelong, and needs change. Speech therapy can support communication and social skills for autistic adults.
Speech Therapy for Children
Language uses words and sentences to make meaning. What you say or write helps you make friends, learn in school, get support, and say what you want. Problems with articulation and stuttering keep you from being who you could be.
When you can’t express yourself, life is harder for you and those who care about you. Intervention, speech therapy for you, and support for people who care about you, is what this speech therapy practice is for.
Transition to Adulthood
Teens and young adults face social changes, body changes, new demands on their social skills, changes in routines, and new expectations.
Speech therapy can help them understand why and how things are changing. They can try out new functional ways of communicating. By exploring their choices in speech therapy, they can start new stages with more confidence and grace. Their preparation helps the parent, guardian, or caregiver, too. Through keeping and gathering useful records and information, they will be confident facing changing requirements and services.
Speech therapy can get you prepared for easier transition.
Special Education Advocate,
and Adult Self-Advocates
The “Alphabet Soup” of early intervention, school services, adult services, and the transitions from one to the other are mind-blowing.
Ask for consultation or for someone to come to meetings with you. Help is a sign of confidence, not weakness. When you know more, you can and will get services and schools or centers that fit your person’s needs better.
(None of these services are covered by insurance in NJ, as of when this website was launched.)
Fluency, Accent, or Code Shifting
If there is something about your voice, accent, stuttering, or how you present yourself, that you want to work on, just ask.
A consultation may be all you need, or it may lead to more exploration. In a private session or video chat, you will have the freedom to say what you hope for. (None of these services are covered by insurance in NJ, as of when this website was launched.)
Laura Weinberg, CCC-SLP Is Here to Ask
Who Do You Want to Be?
When my baby was born, beautiful with eyes so bright, I did not imagine he could never speak a clear word. Autism was a distant planet.
Since then, it has been my joy to see him and his peers grow into adults. He received The Arc of New Jersey’s 2025 Leadership Award for his advocacy at the national, state, and local level.
Having a speech therapy practice lets me give back to you. I am here to support individuals and family members in ways I wish I had been supported.
We will find the motivation together. We will collaborate on speech therapy goals. Every subject and method in speech therapy has to be meaningful to you. (An adult, toddler, or child, or teen has ideas and will make choices if they have the skills!)
To improve your presence, my coaching draws on extensive experience in public speaking, interviews, business presentations, sales, and lobbying.
Meet Your Speech Therapist
Welcome!
I’m Laura.
Laura completed professional training at William Paterson University in 2015, to help the community and her own son. She worked with students in public schools from pre-school through age 21+, observed and assessed students, and served on a Child Study Team. She works in Early Intervention with children under age 3.
Her experience, however, goes back to 2000, when her son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Laura immersed herself in autism, apraxia, speech therapy, and much more. She went to grad school after her son got his high tech voice output AAC device, 10 years after she first said he should have one.
How it All Works
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Let’s look at your needs, scheduling, and any history or reports you already have. You can consider tele-therapy, office visits, or see if Laura is available for travel to you.
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In person or virtual, the first meeting starts planning and informal assessment. We look at goals, methods, and when and how we will have sessions. Written reports have to be requested in advance. Formal assessments are only by special arrangement.
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Every session has goals, methods, and notes on how much was achieved towards the goals. The client at every age is working with Laura, collaborating, not performing for her. Each session can be adjusted as needed. Sometimes, the need is to coach a parent, grandparent, or sibling.
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Therapy should bring meaningful, notable progress. Sometimes a therapist sees the little signs that a family member misses. So a note can be shared on what was achieved. Revisit goals often enough to be flexible, but not so often that they are never met.
Insurance & Billing
Only private payment/cash are accepted. Payment is due at the time of services.
This speech language therapy practice does not accept insurance at this time. You are responsible for charges.
A “superbill” or invoice with codes is available for submit to insurance.
Check with us about accessing your adult’s NJ DDD Budget with this therapy practice.
