Our Team
Meet Rachael Rose
Owner & Founder
Rachael Rose is the owner and founder of Creative Speech Therapy NYC, which was established in 2015. She is nationally certified through the American Speech and Hearing Association and state licensed in New York. She also holds the certificate of Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (T.S.S.L.D). She earned her bachelor’s degree in Hearing and Speech Science from the University of Maryland and her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Loyola University. Rachael has worked for over 16 years in public schools, Early Intervention, Child Find, sensory gyms and the private sector. She has earned 3 awards for post-graduate education work in the areas of pediatric feeding, speech/language, and social skills. She has also completed high level trainings including Natural Language Acquisition Trained (Meaningful Speech course on Gestalt Language Processing, Echolalia and
Natural Language Acquisition (NLA), PROMPT, SOS, Talk Tools level 2, IAOM trained orofacial myologist, and tethered oral tissue. Rachael speaks publicly about pediatric feeding, oral placement therapy, social skills, and picky eating. She is a creative therapist who focuses on tailoring individualized therapeutic programs for each child based on her knowledge of traditional and innovative techniques. She strongly encourages collaboration with parents, teachers, and other therapists.
Meet Siena Cardamone Viviano
Speech-Language Therapist
Siena received her bachelor’s degree from James Madison University in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a Master’s degree from Adelphi University in Speech-Language Pathology. For over seven years Siena has specialized in working with children birth to three years and their families in Early Intervention, early childhood school systems and private therapy. Siena creates treatment plans that are tailored to meet the unique needs of each child. Emphasis is placed on teaching techniques to the caregiver to promote carryover and ensure each child reaches his or her speech, language and/or feeding goals. Siena maintains the highest level of professionalism, respect, and passion in her daily work.
Areas of specialty include assessment and treatment in the following areas: speech/language disorder, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), sensory processing disorder (SPD), down syndrome, feeding delays/disorders, oral placement therapy, apraxia and picky/problem eaters.
Siena Cardamone is a skilled and passionate speech-language pathologist providing speech, language and feeding services to children in Manhattan, New York. Siena is certified through the American Speech and Hearing Association and state licensed in New York. She also holds the certificate of Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (T.S.S.L.D).
- A Three-Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement Therapy
- Feeding Therapy: A Sensory Motor Approach
- Solving the Puzzle to Autism: Using Tactile Therapy Techniques
- SOS- Approach to Feeding
- Introduction to PROMPT: Technique
Meet Christine Haggerty
Speech-Language Therapist
Christie is a dedicated and passionate speech language pathologist, whose goal is to make therapy a joyful and successful experience for her clients and their families. She is nationally certified through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and state licensed in New York. She also holds the certificate of Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (T.S.S.L.D).
Christie received her bachelor’s degree in English from Villanova University and her master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has worked with young children across Early Intervention, preschool age, and elementary school age populations in the home care, special education preschool, and private school settings. Christie prides herself on creating a safe, motivating, and fun environment for her clients as they work toward their speech and/or language goals. Christie is particularly excited about family training, as involvement of important adults in a child’s life can make all the difference in treatment outcomes.
Areas of specialty include: speech and language delays, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), pragmatic language delays, play skills, fluency
Special trainings: PECS (Level 1 Training), PROMPT (Level 1 Training), Kaufman Apraxia Training, DTTC, DIR Floortime Method Certification, Meaningful Speech course on Gestalt Language Processing, Echolalia and
Natural Language Acquisition (NLA)
Meet Kimmie Steinberg
Speech-Language Therapist
We are so excited to welcome Kimmie Steinberg to the Creative Speech Therapy team. Kimmie earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Adelphi University. She is nationally certified through the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) and state licensed in New York. She also holds the certificate of Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (T.S.S.L.D). Kimmie has worked with children of all ages in home health, Early Intervention, preschool, public school, charter school, and private practice settings. Kimmie provides child-focused therapy, building upon the child’s interests and strengths to engage and motivate them in therapy. She passionately believes that “everyone deserves a voice,” and feels it is a privilege to assist families in helping their children develop effective communication skills. Areas of specialty include: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Autism, Natural Language Acquisition, play-based language therapy, articulation and phonological disorders, and infant/toddler feeding.
Meet Jane Wright
Marketing Director/Office Manager
Jane Wright is an artist and child care-giver. After graduating with a BFA in classical acting from Southern Utah University, she moved to the Midwest and lived there as a volunteer service missionary for 18 months. Since 2017 she has called NYC home.Her resume goes in a lot of different directions and illustrates the many passions Jane has for just about everything – from teaching to logo design to exhibitionist. She has illustrated a book with an independent author and brought her own unique voice to the team of Egg and Spoon Theatre Collective as their Marketing Director. She has entertained as a requested guest artist at places at Rockefeller Center and neighborhood “Drink and Draw” courses. Recently Jane has been pursuing her interest in Arts Administration. She recently worked as the gallery assistant at a contemporary fine art gallery in Chelsea, NYC and is so excited to be a part of the team at Creative Speech Therapy. She cannot believe she gets to work somewhere with the word “creative” in the title – how awesome is that!?
