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Professional Speech Therapy for Kids!Esther is a licensed Speech Language Pathologist practicing in the state of New Jersey for the past 22 years. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Wagner College, Staten Island, NY in 1992 and her MA in Speech Language Pathology at Kean University, Union, NJ in 1996. Esther has experience in evaluating and treating children in early intervention, private practice, school-based settings, and sensory gyms.
Kids Speech Therapist in New Jersey
Esther Giordano, MA CCC-SLP
Esther is a Hanen certified therapist. She is also certified in Links to Language, Hippotherapy, Interactive Metronome, Therapeutic Listening, and Astronaut Training. Plus, she is level 2 PROMPT trained as well as trained in Yoga/Pilates for children with special needs, Oral Motor Therapy, MNRI for Tactile Integration, Postural and Dynamic Control, and Oral Facial Reflex,as well as an emphasis in DIR Floortime Approach. Esther has earned the American Speech Language Hearing Association Award for Continuing Education and has held this honor for the past decade.
Esther is particularly interested in working with the dynamics of the family to increase functional communication skills. She specializes in providing therapy for children diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Sensory Integration Disorders, Receptive/Expressive language delays and disorders, Auditory Processing, Autism, and Articulation/Phonological disorders.
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My Award Winning Speech Therapy iPad App for Kids!
From visionary speech and language pathologist, Esther Giordano, MA, CCC-SLP, comes JUNGANEW: A Herd of Sounds, the first in a series of sound acquisition apps for children ages 2-8. Junganew, a land where sounds are represented by characters and their habitats, is the first series where sounds are truly the stars of the show! Come along for an adventure into a beautiful, vibrant world of sounds with the lovable, audible Herd of Sounds – animals whose names represent a unique sound of the English language!
Brought to life using hand crafted interactive watercolor paintings from renowned artist Alina Chau, and Executive Produced by award winning writer & producer Timothy Michael Harrington under his Happy Medium production banner, JUNGANEW: A Herd of Sounds aims to utilize and develop the most engaging immersive technologies to help children get excited about learning their sounds!
I have been a practicing speech language pathologist for the past 18 years. While I have two children of my own, the children that I help have become an extension of my family. My love for children has inspired me to create fun new ways to learn sounds. As a result, I created the Junganew series of apps as a way to share my experiences with the world…
JUNGANEW: A Herd of Sounds is a strategy based program designed as a series of apps. The first app focuses on the sound of /s/. These apps are intended primarily for the use of children ages 2 to 8 years old, but can be enjoyed by children of all ages and needs.
I believe that anything is possible. Our children are our present and our future. Just as our characters learn, I hope we all can remember that our journey is as fulfilling as our destination.
– Esther Giordano, MA, CCC-SLP
Junganew: A Herd of Sounds
Welcome to the land of Junganew! Come join the herd for a sound-filled adventure! This is a world where animals play.
Follow us all as we learn to say…
Miss Snake’s favorite “S” sound as she gives a hiss. Theo the tree frog who’s filled with bliss! When he thinks good thoughts of his “TH” sound and FeeFee Bunny wants to play around! With big front teeth when she teaches us “F”, we learn to focus and take a deep breath. Roary Tiger can roar his “R” so friends come together from near and far. When Larry Lizard starts a landscaper’s club, we learn the sound of “L” to lead with love.
Moving to each sound and singing to the beat gets the sillies out so get off your feet! As the animals learn their sounds, they discover the true meaning of friendship, accepting each other’s unique qualities and sticking together as a herd.
Let’s have fun as we learn and grow and explore new things!
Ready, set, let’s go!
ISBN-13: 9781643786629
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers LLC
Publication date: 01/29/2021
Pages: 62
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A Review by Autism Specialist Penina Rybak MA,CCC-SLP,TSHH
My Recommended iPad App for Autism Intervention Providers/Parents: Junganew: A Herd of Sounds-"S" by Junganew LLC This App is an adorable, artistically creative, and repetative storybook-game-practice drill-language activity App in one, originally designed by fellow...
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