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Dr. Dodge has been providing speech and language therapy to children and their families for over twenty years. She is an Oregon licensed speech pathologist and member of certified member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. She has presented around the country on topics ranging from literacy in speech therapy to use of light-tech communication boards for children with complex communication disorders.
I use games, crafts, and activities in most sessions.
I love to including songs, videos, and stories in therapy.
Therapy sessions are built upon your child's interest!
Contact me today to set up your free consultation!
For tele-therapy, I serve the entire state of Oregon. Unfortunately, due to license restrictions, I cannot work with families that live outside of Oregon.
At this time, due to COVID, I am not doing in-person therapy. When that begins again, therapy will occur in your home (or a mutually agreed upon location). Please note that there is a travel fee charged for all in-person sessions in your home. I live in SE Portland. Travel fees will be calculated from my home to your home.
I understand and fully support that your child should NOT miss school in order to get speech therapy sessions. Therapy sessions are therefore scheduled during evening hours (4:30-7:30pm) when both children AND parents can participate.
As a field, speech-language pathologists are moving away from standardized testing to definitively define speech and language disorders. There is increasing evidence that speech/language samples, response to intervention, dynamic assessment and narratives can provide more information about a child's skills. As a result, I do NOT offer norms-based standardized testing. All evaluations that I complete with your child will be written as comprehensive descriptions of your child's skills, including strengths and weaknesses. These may or may not be considered by a school or medical team when making educational or medical diagnoses.
No. My rates are less than half of other clinics in the area because I am the owner and sole employee. In order to keep my rates extremely low, I do not accept insurance. I accept cash, check, or electronic payment, such as Venmo, immediately after services.
Rates depend on the time and location of your therapy session. In-person therapy sessions have added charges based on the time/distance that I must travel.
Teletherapy services are:
30 minutes - $50
45 minutes - $75
Cancelations must be communicated 24 hours in advance. Failure to cancel with sufficient notification will result in a $20 cancelation fee that must be paid before any additional sessions. Exceptions for emergencies will be made at my discretion.
Of course! It is extremely important for us to get to know each other a little and decide if we would work well together. I provide a free 30-minute consultation meeting to everyone interested in services. Email me at cheri@superpowerspeech.com so we can set up our consultation!