Merin Jose
Paediatric Speech Language Pathologist
Helping Your Child Find Their Voice, Their Way.
.IN-PERSON & ONLINE SPEECH THERAPY FOR KIDS .
Hi there! As a Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) registered Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), I have been a practitioner for over 8 years now and have worked with a variety of communication challenges and disorders. With dedication to assessing and treating speech, language, articulation, and fluency disorders in children, I look forward to the opportunity to work with your beautiful children.
What To Expect During My Visit
1. Assessment
-
I initiate an age-specific assessment toolkit to understand the challenges.
-
By involving caregivers, I understand their concerns on child development to plan an effective intervention programme.
-
Further assessments or referral to other specialists may be recommended if additional support is needed.
2. Counselling
-
Following diagnosis, I provide recommendations about what support your child may need.
-
Based on the programme, and on the type of need the child has - I plan out the type and extent of the course plan.
-
I involve caregivers in helping them realize their involvement in the overall development plan.
3. Course Plan
-
Multi-faceted action plan revolving around child's neurotypical speech and language development.
-
I interact with the child through talking and playing, and using books, pictures other objects to help stimulate language development.
-
Providing strategies and homework for the child caregivers.
4. Review
-
Re-assessment to ascertain child's progress, and persistent challenges.
-
Revisiting course-plan basis child's persistent challenges.
-
Prescribing caregiver-induced language intervention programme.
![[GetPaidStock.com]-613c52ced032c](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77aa94_c1b95b1dcbb24a21a8e72ef1f78ff73c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_93,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_avif,quality_auto/77aa94_c1b95b1dcbb24a21a8e72ef1f78ff73c~mv2.jpg)
![[GetPaidStock.com]-613c53534a48a](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77aa94_0e8e85125c3748d58170ce2983d93589~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_93,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_avif,quality_auto/77aa94_0e8e85125c3748d58170ce2983d93589~mv2.jpg)
![[GetPaidStock.com]-613c5332c3115](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77aa94_925e4e2186c747ac912f9048141d6cb7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_93,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_avif,quality_auto/77aa94_925e4e2186c747ac912f9048141d6cb7~mv2.jpg)
![[GetPaidStock.com]-613c530b056d5](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77aa94_78c8b3ae418242ea9135c0c2e2856736~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_133,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_avif,quality_auto/77aa94_78c8b3ae418242ea9135c0c2e2856736~mv2.jpg)
My Services
Late Language Emergence (LLE)
LLE is a delay in language onset with no other diagnosed disabilities or developmental delays in other cognitive or motor domains.
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication and social interaction and the presence of restricted, repetitive behaviors.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD is a lifelong brain disorder that makes it hard for a person to pay attention. Some people with ADHD have trouble sitting still or controlling their behaviors.
Speech Sound Disorders
Speech sound disorders (Articulation and Phonology) is an umbrella term referring to any difficulty or combination of difficulties with perception, motor production, or phonological representation of speech sounds and speech segments.
Fluency Disorders
A fluency disorder is an interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by atypical rate, rhythm, and disfluencies, which may also be accompanied by excessive tension, speaking avoidance, struggle behaviors, and secondary mannerisms.
Social Communication Disorders
Social communication disorder is characterized by difficulties with the use of verbal and nonverbal language for social purposes. Primary difficulties are in social interaction, social cognition, and pragmatics.
Helping over 900 families (and counting!)
Merin is a very kind hearted and polite person. She always gives personal attention to all kids. She is extremely polite, patient and gentle with kids. Her way of teaching and explanation is very good and easy for parents to understand.
- Mom of 3 year-old
Merin ma’am is a very friendly yet very focused therapist. She is adaptive to change and incorporates any feedback given by parents for child’s holistic development. My son learnt a lot in her sessions which she always made it playful and easy to understand.
- Mom of 3 year-old
I am extremely glad that I got a chance to work with Merin. Her love for her work (speech and language pathology) makes her a fabulous therapist, whom children adore. I think that a child’s love is the greatest acknowledgment for people like us working with children with special needs and Merin has achieved that very well.
- Dr. Tanvee Priya
Developmental Paediatrician
Merin is an extremely focused therapist and has been a great help in our journey to improve the verbal skills of our son. The most remarkable aspect about her sessions is that she is well organized, takes notes of the progress in each session and then compares her notes across sessions to see how the child is progressing in achieving near term and medium-term goals.
-Mom of 4 year-old