Speech-Language Pathologist

Brief info

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Hearing Sciences
Indiana University-Bloomington 2014

Masters of Science in Communicative Disorders with a Masters Project on Bilingualism and Second Language Learners
Jackson State University 2018

Certifications & Acknowledgements

  • Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, Illinois
  • ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology
  • Illinois Early Intervention Credential in Speech Language Pathology

Organizations:

  • American Speech-Language Hearing Association
     Ariella is a bilingual, Spanish-English, speech-language pathologist who has experience treating a variety of pediatric speech and language disorders including receptive and expressive language delays, phonological disorders and articulation delays, and speech disfluencies. She also has experience working with alternative augmentative communication, autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and some rare genetic disorders. She is passionate about empowering families and caretakers in their abilities to support their children and supporting and advocating for bilingualism. She enjoys working with the birth to three population and school-aged children.
     Ariella is from the western suburbs of Chicago and currently resides there. When not working, Ariella enjoys baking bread and cooking, vegetable gardening, and spending time with friends and family.
     Ariella provides home based services in western suburbs including Berwyn, Oak Park, Forest Park. Maywood, River Forest, Melrose Park, and Lyons.