The Language Link speech-language pathologists are dedicated to serving children, teens, and adults with speech, language, social pragmatic, and executive functioning needs in Montgomery County, MD and Washington DC.
Our approach is holistic and uniquely suited for every individual client. This is accomplished by harnessing the client’s strengths, learning style, and interests in order to foster motivation, enthusiasm, and progress.
In addition to our bounty of therapy materials, games and apps, curriculum-based work is often incorporated into our treatment plans in order to promote to carry-over in the classroom. Additionally, our clinicians are trained in various specialized programs and techniques such as Linda Mood Bell (LIPS, Visualizing & Verbalizing), Social Thinking (Michelle Garcia Winner), Talk Yoga, PECS, and Hanen’s “It Takes Two to Talk” to address specific needs of our clients.
The Language Link maintains relationships with wide network of local private speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, neuro-psychologists, and learning specialists, who are available for consultation and services.
Aviva Krauthammer, M.S., CCC-SLP
Aviva has worked as a certified speech-language pathologist since 2006. She received her Masters of Science from Northeastern University, holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC) in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and maintains licenses from the Board of Examiners in Speech Language Pathology in both Maryland and Washington D.C.
Aviva has worked in Boston and the Washington DC area in private and public school settings, clinics, and summer enrichment programs. Her expertise lies in the areas of receptive and expressive language disorders, articulation/speech sound disorders, decoding and reading comprehension, and social-pragmatic language disorders. One of Aviva’s passions is leading social groups of adolescents and teens in community-based settings targeting problem-solving and social-navigation skills within real life settings. When not working with clients, you will find her taking family portraits of family and friends, playing golf (with husband, Brett), and dancing around the house to broadway and pop music with her two young daughters.
Suzie Djidjoli, M.S., CCC-SLP
Suzie received her Bachelor’s in Communication Science and Disorders from the University of Pittsburgh and her Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Maryland. She is certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and licensed by the the state of Maryland. Suzie is a speech-language pathologist for Montgomery County Public Schools. She has experience in a variety of clinical settings, including elementary schools, skilled nursing facilities, and therapeutic summer camps. She has expertise in receptive and expressive language disorders, articulation and phonological disorders, and early childhood voice and fluency disorders. Other areas of interest include the effect of bilingualism in language disorders and selective mutism.
Kimberly Hughes, MS. CCC-SLP
Kim is a seasoned pediatric speech-language pathologist with over 15 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults who have needs in the areas of speech, language, dyslexia, written language, and executive dysfunction. Kim addresses reading disorders using a variety of intervention strategies and all learning pathways (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic) in order to enhance phonemic awareness, reading fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. Kim’s strategies help students to “crack the code” so they will be able to read increasingly difficult texts with greater speed, fluency, and expression. Kim also specializes in study/memory strategies, project and time management, and problem solving. Her experience has allowed clients to build their self-esteem, prepare for college, understand their distinctive learning styles and develop useful study strategies, and to self-advocate.
Chaya Sapper, M.S., CCC-SLP
Chaya received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Yeshiva University-Stern College for Women and her Master of Science degree from Towson University. She is certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and licensed by the State of Maryland. Chaya has worked in both high school and elementary school settings where she evaluated and treated high school students with difficulties in receptive and expressive language, social pragmatics and higher-level thinking. Chaya’s previous clinical experience includes working with children with articulation, fluency and language disorders. She also enjoyed researching and treating adult dementia, aphasia and swallowing disorders.
Shira Goldstein, B.A., Hearing & Speech Sciences
