Mitzi has been in the field of speech-language pathology for more than 10 years.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences from the University of Colorado - Boulder with a minor in Linguistics and her Master's of Science degree from Chapman University in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has experience working with children 16 months to 18 years, including early intervention, private practice, elementary school, middle school, and high school.  When Mitzi isn't providing treatment, she can usually be found hiking with her husband and two dogs, at the beach, or spending time with her friends and family.

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She is trained in the following:

• PROMPT

• Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) approach to feeding

• Barton System - Reading and Spelling (dyslexia)

• Michelle Garcia Winner's Social Thinking Program

• Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson's Talk Tools and Feeding Therapy

• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) - Level 1 

• More Than Words ® - The Hanen Program ® for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

• PEERS® School-Based Certified

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