Offering a Full Range of Therapy Services
for Infants Through Adults
Since 1982

Effective communication is paramount to one's success in this world. Since 1982, Greater Atlanta Speech and Language Clinics, Inc. (GASLC) have enhanced the lives of individuals in Metropolitan Atlanta by offering comprehensive therapeutic programs in speech-language pathology. Services were expanded to include occupational therapy in 2000, and physical therapy was added in 2004.

Founding Director Joan Aronson, M.Ed., CCC, initiated the practice in 1982. Ms. Aronson earned bachelor's and master's degrees in speech-language pathology at the University of Miami in Florida, where she was awarded a graduate fellowship at the Mailman Center for Child Development. During her early years, she served on cleft palate and high-risk infant teams at the Children's Hospital of Orange County, California, and as head of program development for five rehabilitation clinics in Georgia. She served on the Gwinnett Early Childhood Interagency Council (www.ph.dhr.state.ga.us/programs/bcw/index.shtml) for over ten years, and her special expertise in myofunctional therapy has led to her frequent workshop presentations on this subject.

Ms. Aronson earned additional accreditations in the field of hippotherapy from 2000 to 2002, which led her to found two locations of Horse Talk NARHA Centers, as a division of GASLC, in 2001.

Mindy Elkan, M.A., CCC, joined GASLC as a speech-language pathologist in 1990, became the Assistant Director in 1991 and the Clinical Director in 2001. Ms. Elkan earned a bachelor's degree in early childhood/elementary education at Oswego State University in New York, and a master's degree in speech-language pathology at New York's Hofstra University. Active in the field since 1978, Ms. Elkan served on the Board of Cooperative Educational Services in New York with the Autistic and Communication Disorders Program. In addition, she directed her own private practice in New York, including services for a nine-office neurology team. Ms. Elkan has served on the Cobb/Douglas Early Childhood Interagency Council since 1991, and is a past chairperson. She is a member of the Autism Society of America (ASA) and received ASA's 1998 Award for Supporting Professional. Ms. Elkan is also a member of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association and the National Down Syndrome Society (www.ndss.org). In August 2004, Ms. Elkan participated with Connecting with Kids Network as the expert for stuttering (www.greatbyeight.com). She supervises GASLC's Speech Aerobics program that she co-created with a physical trainer as well as other innovative programs offered at GASLC. Ms. Elkan is a certified Humorica™ therapist which is now being offered at GASLC.

Staff Clinically Trained, Licensed

Greater Atlanta Speech & Language Clinics, Inc. hire only clinically-trained, highly-qualified speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists. The speech pathologists hold master's degrees in speech-language pathology, are licensed by the Georgia Board of Examiners for Speech Pathologists and Audiologists, and have Certificates of Clinical Competence (CCC) awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (www.ASHA.org). All occupational therapists and physical therapists hold bachelor or master's degrees and are licensed by the state of Georgia. They each have experience with sensory integration dysfunction, along with more traditional modalities.

Our therapists are experienced in working with a wide variety of populations including cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, apraxia, PDD, ADD, and with all age groups. Each staff member is dedicated to quality client care, strives to help clients reach their maximum potential, and has a true understanding of how their difficulties may impact the family.

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