Speech-language pathology is a profession that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of communication impairments or disorders. This can include speech, language, cognitive, social pragmatic, and swallowing disorders. Speech-language pathologists, also known as speech therapists, specialize in evaluating and treating these deficits.
Our Mission
Since 2006, our mission is to improve the communication skills of our clients and positively affect their lives. The clinicians at Chandani & Burns, LLC recognize and respect the uniqueness of each child and adult. Clinicians utilize a personalized approach to ensure each client's speech and language treatment is effective and beneficial.
We view each individual as a gift to us, a blessing, a person we serve. We believe that each person has the right to be a productive and successful member of the community, to live a life with purpose, and to THRIVE with dignity and respect in an environment of change and challenge. We EMPOWER individuals and their families by:
Improving self-awareness and self-advocacy skills
Providing skilled, effective, functional, collaborative, and individualized patient-centered therapy, resources and support to more fully attain their potential.
Providing education and advocacy to increase understanding, awareness, and supports for individuals with communication difficulties
Serving families from diverse backgrounds in a culturally sensitive and appropriate manner - We strive to reflect the world in which we live in terms of diversity; we strive to embrace and respect ALL our clients, irrespective of their cultural, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds. In fact, we take into account the client’s cultural perspective and other language and culture influences on communication and pragmatics, during the therapeutic process.
Providing educational opportunities, including workshops and trainings for professionals and families around the globe.
Chandani & Burns, LLC offers a range of SERVICES to help children and adults who are experiencing speech, language, and/or social communication challenges. Our specialists are trained to help your loved ones with:
AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) – Evaluation and Implementation
ADHD and Anxiety-Related Language and Communication Difficulties (ADHD = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Aphasia (after a Stroke or Traumatic Brain Injury)
Apraxia of Speech and Dysarthria (Motor Speech Disorders)
Auditory Processing disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Celebral Palsy, Fragile X and Other Developmental Disabilities
Cognitive-Communication Impairments, including Focus/Attention, Visual and Verbal Memory (Learning New Concepts, Retaining Learned Concepts), Decision-Making, Organization, Problem-Solving/Reasoning, and other Executive Functioning Skills.
Communication difficulties related to Neurological Conditions and Chromosomal and Genetic Abnormalities/Disorders, including Nonverbal Learning Disorder, Down Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Smith Megenis Syndrome, DiGeorge Syndrome, and Fox P1/P2-related.
Developmental Delays
Difficulty Remembering Information or Trouble Following Directions
Executive Functioning Disorder or Deficits, that is, Difficulty with Attention; Switching Focus; Organizing Thoughts, Tasks, and Belongings; Planning; Sequencing Steps; Prioritizing Tasks and Information; Thinking and Working Flexibly; Initiating, Persisting with, and Completing Tasks; Problem Solving; Managing Time; Setting Goals and Working Towards Them; Self-Awareness; Self-Regulation; and Self-Monitoring; Inhibition/Impulse Control (i.e., avoiding saying or doing the wrong things); Working Memory; and Overall Metacognitive Skills.
Feeding, Oral-Motor, and Swallowing (Dysphagia)
Intellectual Disability
Language Delay, Language Processing, and other Language Impairments
Late Talking
Learning Difficulties
Literacy Skills (Reading and Written Expression)
Receptive/Expressive Language Disorders, including difficulty understanding spoken directions, questions, lectures (Listening/Auditory Comprehension) and difficulty organizing and explaining ideas; formulating sentences with correct grammar, word order, and vocabulary; and describing and narrating events and stories (Expressive Language).
Selective Mutism
Speech Sound Disorders (the inability to correctly form sounds in words, which can affect being understood), including Articulation and Phonological Disorders.
Study Strategies, Academic Strategies
Stuttering (Fluency Disorders)
Social Communication and Social Problem Solving, including Social Thinking and Perspective-Taking (e.g., reading social cues, making inferences, forming and maintaining friendships).
Voice Disorders
Word Retrieval/Word Finding Difficulties