Children from early intervention through school age, and Transition to adulthood

The practice treats childhood apraxia of speech, articulation and phonological disorders, and stuttering (fluency) across the age range she serves — from young children building early speech sounds to older children and adults refining intelligibility or working through fluency or stuttering challenges. Laura Weinberg has experience and training in oral motor therapy, prompting for speech sounds to develop clear speech. For those who are struggling to speak, she has experience in AAC, spelling and literacy for non-speaking people, sign language and Total Communication,

Autism spectrum communication, social skills, and motivation is another focus of the practice. Laura has personally navigated raising a non-speaking autistic son, immersing herself for two decades in autism-specific approaches — including apraxia treatment, DIR/Floortime, and multiple formats of ABA. That lived and clinical experience directly informs how she works with autistic clients of any age, including those who are non-speaking or minimally speaking.

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
(NJ DDD)

Laura provides speech-language therapy to adults with developmental disabilities, including services funded through NJ DDD, at no out-of-pocket cost to eligible individuals. This includes adults working on functional communication, community inclusion, transition-to-adulthood skills, emotional self-regulation, behaviors in home and community, and other crucial life skills. Laura’s approach is extending speech-language support into life, long after the last school bus and teacher.

AAC users, from toddlers through adults

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a specialty built from both professional training and firsthand experience — Laura's son received his first high-tech voice-output AAC device after years of advocating for it, and she rented, programmed, and implemented that device herself before formal training caught up. She has since worked with AAC users from toddlers through adults in schools and specialized settings, supporting device selection, implementation, and the communication partners around the AAC user — not just the device itself.

For Support with IEPs and special education

Beyond direct therapy, Laura offers special education advocacy and IEP review for families navigating the school system — a natural extension of her Child Study Team experience and her own years advocating for her son's services.

Social skills, behavior and self-awareness

From seeing hundreds or thousands of children grow into adulthood and leave school, Laura has a deep sense of what subtle behaviors can become, for good or for ill.

Rather than judge or scold, Laura works on personal growth. By treating a child or adult with maladaptive behavior or challenging behavior with respect, trust makes growth possible.

When Laura shows why or how “that-thing-they-do” is not working for them, the individual can begin to take responsibility for their behavior. When they cannot do what is healthiest for themselves, they can learn instead to get support. They can recognize it as a problem that and accept or ask for help. With work and skill developmental, eventually they may be able to get solutions on their own, (such as getting “accommodations” under the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA).

Apraxia, articulation, and stuttering

Unlike many speech therapists, Laura Weinberg is comfortable around CAREGIVERS and PARENTS! Laura’s practice offers insights into behaviors and communication differences for parent or caregiver to think about. Often there’s a hint at something underneath a behavior, but it is missed by a school, physician, or other professional.

Contact Laura Weinberg, CCC-SLP LLC to discuss your needs, scheduling, and any existing evaluations or reports. Consultations and appointments can be in her office, in-home in Bergen, Passaic and Essex Counties, NJ, or statewide in NJ via telehealth.