Kate earned her Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Arizona State University and her Master of Science in Communication Disorders from the University of Texas at Dallas. She completed graduate training across a variety of settings, including home-based early intervention, acute and outpatient rehabilitation, preschool feeding clinic, speech sound disorder clinic, and school-based placements. She previously served as Director of Therapy at a multidisciplinary pediatric clinic.
Through her work in private practice, Kate has developed extensive experience in assessment and intervention. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with receptive/expressive language disorders, articulation and phonological disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, social communication difficulties, executive functioning challenges, stuttering, feeding, and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). She has broad knowledge and training in treatments such as Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP), DIRFloortime®, Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S.) Approach to Feeding, and Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT).
In addition to assessment and treatment, Kate has served as a clinical instructor for graduate students and clinical fellows pursuing certification in speech-language pathology.
Kate.ambrose@gentrypbs.com
