Sunnywood Speech Therapy

Andrea is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with 15 years of experience working in early intervention and with school-aged children. For the last seven years her passion has been to help children with childhood apraxia of speech improve their ability to communicate. She is recognized by Apraxia Kids for advanced training and expertise in childhood apraxia of speech. Andrea received advanced training with Dr. Edy Strand in implementing DTTC (Dynamic Temporal & Tactile Cueing). She is also PROMPT Intro & Bridging trained. She is recognized as a certified DTTC research clinician after participating in a childhood apraxia of speech research study funded by the Once Upon a Time Foundation from 2022-2025. Andrea received extensive training from SLP researchers in how to conduct research-reliable evaluations and therapy in order to treat children who present with childhood apraxia of speech using the DTTC treatment approach. Andrea has experience in conducting Independent Educational Evaluations (I.E.E.) for children with motor speech concerns. She is also a guest speaker on the topic of differential diagnosis of CAS for graduate students at California State University, Fullerton. Andrea primarily offers speech-language services at her private office in Laguna Hills. Teletherapy and in-home sessions are also available for special cases.