Caitlin M. Ingraham, M.S., CCC-SLP
Owner & Director of Small Talk 4 Kids, Caitlin M. Ingraham received her Bachelor’s of Science degree from Iona College in 2006 and her Master’s of Science degree from New York Medical College in 2008 where she gained extensive training in the field of medical speech-language pathology and feeding. She holds Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed in both NY and CT. Caitlin is certified in the Sequential-Oral-Sensory (S.O.S.) approach to feeding and holds her Teaching of Speech and Language Disabilities Certificate from NY State. Caitlin has extended her clinician training beyond traditional methodologies for speech-language pathology and has also completed coursework in John Barnes Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR), Cranial-Sacaral Therapy (CST) through the Upledger Institute, Bobath Neurodevelopment Therapy (NDT) training and is PROMPT Level 2 (Bridging) trained through the PROMPT Institute.
Caitlin has clinical expertise in apraxia, language delays, articulation, play, feeding and swallowing disorders, as well as social-language, fluency, voice, phonology, reading and written language and augmentative communication systems. She has provided services to children with varied diagnosis including Down’s syndrome, failure to thrive, stroke, cerebral palsy, learning disability, autism, central auditory processing disorder, seizure disorder, hypotonia and developmental delay. Her background is in working with children in acute inpatient settings, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs, preschool and school-based settings as well as private and home-based therapy environments. Caitlin has also worked with Early Intervention in NY State and Birth-to-Three in CT providing feeding therapy services.
Caitlin’s skill set includes being able to informally assess each child’s unique neurodevelopmental profile and apply techniques for sensory and motor learning. She looks at the interaction between all body systems and seeks out ways to maximize their ability to work together in order to organize a child’s brain and body for learning. Caitlin enjoys working collaboratively with families and other professionals to make sure all goals targeted in therapy are realistic and functional for the child.