Taryn Alper is a state licensed, ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist based out of Astoria, NY. She graduated from the University at Buffalo in 2014 with a master’s degree in Communicative Disorders and Sciences. Her bachelor’s degree is in English with a Creative Writing concentration from Binghamton University. Her experience is primarily with children from early childhood through adolescence in a variety of settings including schools, clinics, homes, and teletherapy.
Taryn also works in a special education elementary school where she primarily services students on the autism spectrum. Her areas of expertise in this setting include assistive technology, sensory feeding, social communication, articulation, and expressive/receptive language delays.
She completed the Introduction to PROMPT: Technique Workshop in May 2023. She learned to perform an in depth analysis of a client’s motor-speech system and to develop a treatment plan to either introduce phoneme targets or to correct inaccurate targets.
In March 2021, Taryn completed the Level 1 certification to be an SOS Approach to Feeding Trained Therapist. She uses this comprehensive, multidisciplinary program to assess and address the causes of feeding difficulties.
She believes in taking a multisensory approach to reading intervention. Her practice uses Lively Letters which is a research-based and clinically proven, multi-sensory reading program that targets phonemic awareness, phonics, and speech production.
For articulation therapy, Taryn has been trained to use the SATPAC (Systematic Articulation Training Program Accessing Computers) program. This is a helpful therapy program for children who have difficulty saying /s/ and /r/.
In her free time, Taryn enjoys cooking with locally farmed produce from her CSA, taking advantage of all the cultural experiences in New York, and photographing concerts.
