Speech Language Pathologists
Julie Clemente M.S., CCC-SLP, CEIS is a speech language pathologist and graduate of MGH Institute of Health Professions. Since graduating in 2004, she has worked in a variety of therapeutic settings including schools, clinics, early intervention programs, and in private practice; through which she has seen children and adults in their homes and in an office setting. She has been with Peer Projects - Therapy from the Heart since 2010. Julie also holds a Certificate of Early Intervention Specialty (CEIS) and has worked extensively with children on the autism spectrum, children and adults with language/communication delays, children and adults with motor speech and articulation concerns, children and adults with hearing loss, children who use Augmentative Alternative Communication, and children with sensory and motor based feeding difficulties. Julie’s clinical interests include social pragmatic methods and approaches such as RDI®, the work of Michelle Garcia Winner and Jed Baker, Executive Functioning skills, and work by Sara Ward. She values the relationship between sensory integration and communication and has developed clinical expertise in this area. She enjoys working with families to help build developing skills in settings that are meaningful for each client. Julie also enjoys mentoring fellow clinicians and the continual process of learning and growing within the field of Speech and Language Pathology. She is excited to be part of the Peer Projects - Therapy from the Heart team!
Angela Lengerich, M.S., CCC-SLP, CEIS has been practicing as a speech-language pathologist since 2004 and has been with Peer Projects - Therapy from the Heart since 2009. She graduated from Butler University with a bachelor’s in speech-language pathology and continued on to gain her master’s in speech-language pathology from Northeastern University. She began her career in Early Intervention where she worked with children and families to provide services to a wide range of communication disorders, cultures, and socioeconomic backgrounds. These evaluations and treatment sessions were family-centered and provided in the child’s home or daycare. She has also worked in settings including charter schools for middle and high school, a horse farm doing hippotherapy, pull-out therapy at a public school for preschool-aged children, an outpatient clinic, and schools that serve children ages 3-21 years old with autism spectrum disorders using an ABA approach as well as other behavior modification strategies. Angela has supervised speech-language pathology assistants, graduate student clinicians, clinical fellows, and other SLPs. At Peer Projects - Therapy from the Heart, Angela has been doing speech therapy and screenings at a private elementary school for the past four years. She also assisted in planning and running a social pragmatics group at our center. Angela enjoys giving children the tools they need to effectively communicate with others so that they can feel successful and be heard.
Leigh-Anne Postizzi M.S., CCC-SLP Since graduating from Emerson College in 2003, Leigh-Anne has practiced speech language pathology in both private practice and school systems in California and Massachusetts, and has been with Peer-Projects - Therapy from the Heart since 2011. She has extensive experience working with children, adolescents and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, motor planning/apraxia, receptive and expressive language deficits, augmentative alternative communication, executive functioning and social pragmatic deficits. She has advanced clinical training in PECS, PROMPT, DIR®/Floortime™, Talk Tools and the Social Thinking® curriculum by Michelle Garcia Winner. Leigh-Anne utilizes a family centered approach in her therapy and is certified in Hanen’s ‘It Takes Two To Talk’, a program designed specifically for parents of young children identified with language delays.
Katie Vitas M.S., CCC-SLP, CEIS has been practicing as a Speech and Language Pathologist since graduating from
Emerson College in 2006. She completed
her Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at James Madison
University with minors in Special Education and Spanish. Katie worked in Early Intervention in
Cambridge and Somerville, MA for two years where she met Linda; they worked
closely until Linda left to commit to her private practice full time. In 2007, Katie pursued her aspirations to
become a Reading Specialist, knowing this would complement her speech and
language background. In May 2011, Katie
received her Certificate of Advanced Study in Reading from the MGH Institute of
Health Professions. As part of her
reading studies, Katie received her Wilson Reading Program certification while
working in the Wellesley Public Schools at a K-5 elementary school. Throughout
her four years working as an SLP in Wellesley, Katie continued her professional
development by participating in an eight week training course on Thinking Maps®, training in Project Read Written Expression: Framing Your Thoughts®, and Visualizing and Verbalizing®, along with workshops and studies in others areas such as Michelle
Garcia Winner’s Social curriculum. Throughout
her career, Katie has worked with clients ranging from toddlers to young adults
with a variety of speech and language challenges including, articulation,
stuttering, apraxia, receptive and expressive language, executive functioning,
auditory processing and social thinking.
Katie has particular interests in the areas of receptive and expressive
language, related to reading and writing challenges, as well as the area of
social thinking. In addition, collaborating with
a child’s family and team is an essential component to any therapy and one that
Katie holds in high regard. Katie has enjoyed working as a part of the Peer
Projects - Therapy from the Heart team since September 2013. A
more flexible, part time schedule has proven to be the perfect balance of
career involvement and spending time raising her young son at home.