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A passionate clinician, executive director, and entrepreneur with keen strategic and intellectual ability evidenced in professional accomplishments, clinical staff mentoring, and advising and teaching students, professionals, and parents across the country. Landria has the opportunity every day to work and live in her purpose by working and training people with special needs and their families. Landria is described as a dynamic, informative, energetic, and captivating speaker. She is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist with specialties in autism, assistive technology, behavior, and communication. As the granddaughter of a woman who’s communication abilities were cut short by a massive stroke, she understands first hand the impact of impairment on the family. Landria is currently the owner and Executive Director of SLC Therapy, a private therapy firm located in Connecticut and Michigan focused on Empowering Families and Expanding Independence. Through her leadership at SLC Therapy, Landria has created dynamic and innovative programs for families that include Flourish!, a center based educational program for learners with autism, and the use of videoconferencing (Teletherapy) technology to provide families access to therapy service. In addition, Landria is focused on empowerment through partnerships with organizations to enhance community services. Landria is the creator of The Empowered Parent, a parent e-magazine focused on support for families of people with special needs. Landria was recently selected as a professional expert on a documentary focused on Autism in the African-American Community. Landria is the author of the social curriculum Keep the Conversation Going, which focuses on social cognition, conversation fluency, and social skills. Education B.S. Speech and Hearing Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.A. Speech Language Pathology Northwestern University Certified Speech Language Pathologist American Speech Language Hearing Association DIR Level 1 Practitioner Certification: Compton P-ESL Certificate: ADOS Training, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor PROMPT-Introduction Verbal Behavior, Dr. Vincent Carbone Achievements 40 Under 40 Business Professionals in Fairfield County 2009 Someone You Should Know Award, Bridgeport Black Pride 2007 People’s Bank Community Award 2006
Blog » A Salute to a Trailblazer, Dr. Stanley Greenspan
Everyone belongs to someone. They belong to friends and family. It is an amazing feat to belong to a global population and share professional wisdom and teach therapists, both present and future, and parents. It is amazing to have a stretch of a professional career that makes an entire population of people say Thank you for your work! Thank you for showing us! Thank you for making us pause and think differently!
It is not important in this case how one feels or is positioned for or against the clinical approach of DIR. What is important is that one individual moved an entire paradigm forward. One individual gave creativity, thought, intellect to the field of autism and people actually benefitted. One individual decided that his purpose was to expand beyond his own borders and effect change. One individual decided to be a trailblazer and set a path of teaching and training new and old professionals so that the field of therapy would move forward.
Dr. Stanley Greenspan is well documented in his research, his methods.
As a professional, I hope his other lessons remain important. You know those lessons that require us to read between the lines.
Lessons learned:
1. Find the one thing that you do well and Do IT!
2. It is possible to be passionate about your profession!
3. Clients never benefit when we hold our information at a high cost or hostage..making it unattainable for those that need it most!
4. All professionals need to work within the same plan to push the child toward their potential.
Thank you Dr. Stanley Greenspan for the time you gave us.
Thank you Dr. Stanley Greenspan for sharing your information.
Thank you Dr. Stanley Greenspan for the emotional, intellectual sweat equity it takes to be a trailblazer.
May your memory provide current and future professionals with fortitude needed to continue!
~Landria Seals Green
I am so very saddened to just learn of Dr. Greenspan’s passing. Not a day goes by that I don’t say a prayer of Thanksgiving for this dear man! We met Dr. Greenspan when our son, Matt, was 2. He is now a successful 20 year old who is a sophomore at Purdue University studying psychology.
Matt was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2. We were blessed to hear of Dr. Greenspan and flew out to meet with him right away. I had been told by the doctor we initially received the diagnosis from that Matt would be ” a nerd, social outcast, and never fit in today’s society”. Matt had no language and was very violent at times. He also had no eye contact. The story of Matt is so long, but I can say that by the time Matt was in kindergarden he was with out any special needs! Dr. Greenspan had told us to treat Matt’s case like it was a medical emergency and do everything he told us to do, including floor time and Tomatis Auditory Training.
Because of this wonderful man’s expertise, we have a wonderful successful son with a bright, beautiful future. Matt loves sports and has played every sport possible throughout his school years. He was the captain of his high school soccer team and earned the prestigious award for leadership at his school.
He is now attending Purdue University with the goal of helping others as Dr. Greenspan has. How can I ever express my gratitude to him and his family. It is overwhelming to think of just how many lives have been touched by this wonderful man!! He will never be forgotten by our son Matt and the whole Seidl family! God bless you Dr. Greenspan!!
Posted by Patty Seidl, 13/02/2011 5:31pm (12 months ago)
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