Meet our Speech Language Pathologist

Find out how we shine!

Our Story: Speech Superstars

We stand out not just in our expertise, but also in our commitment to trust, transparency, and honesty. We inspire the Superstar within your child, using unique therapy techniques and working diligently for every child and family we help. Speech Superstars was established with the goal of enhancing children’s communication through fun and enjoyable, educational play activities and everyday routines. Jennifer’s unique perspective has developed through extensive experience servicing hundreds of children in numerous schools, which has allowed her to provide efficient and effective assessments and intervention for children of all ages. Jennifer is a nationally certified Speech and Language Pathologist and possesses the Certificate of Clinical Competency CCC-SLP from the American Speech Language Hearing Association. She graduated with her Master of Arts in Speech and Language Pathology from NYU. With 20 years of experience, Jennifer is intuitive and sensitive to communication difficulties in children, building encouragement and motivation and inspiring them to work hard to achieve their goals. Jennifer consistently seeks out opportunities for continuing education and is a three-time ASHA award recipient for the ACE award. Jennifer met the requirements of each ACE award by earning seven ASHA Continuing Education Units, which is equivalent to 70 contact hours in a 36-month period.

American Speech Language Hearing Association ACE Awards
Certified and Licensed as a Hanen SLP “It Takes Two to Talk”
Diagnosing Speech Sound Disorders
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS 1 and PECS 2)
Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol
Interprofessional Collaboration when Diagnosing Autism
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy – Reducing Tongue Thrust
Diagnosing Apraxia
Remediation of “R”

We create, learn, and grow everyday!

We strive to support each child and their family, and we believe in kindness and patience in all of our interactions. We cultivate an engaging learning environment that enables your child to grow and improve their communication.

A play based approach to treatment

Jennifer realizes that each and every child is a unique individual. Therapy is fun and motivating at all times! Her philosophy is for each and every child to achieve their goals while building a child’s confidence, and her desire is to empower and educate parents in the process. Speech Superstars creates opportunities using a play-based learning environment to assist children in reaching their speech and language goals. Play is engaging, child-led, and elevates the child’s spirits and brightens their outlook on life. Play therapy can also help a child cope with difficult emotions and find solutions to problems. Jennifer is passionate about working in a private practice setting, as it allows her the opportunity to build strong relationships with a child and their family. Family training is an integral part of the therapy process; therefore, caregivers are heavily involved in their child’s program.

Jennifer is a classically trained musician and a professional vocalist. Her training in melodic intonation therapy which uses singing, tapping, rhyming and pitch modulation to improve word retrieval, is extensive.

Treatment for language

Therapy may include using songs, rhymes, and combining 2 words together.
We follow your child’s lead. Engaging in pretend play helps to build your child’s language skills. Your child will be able to ask and answer questions and improve his or her vocabulary.

Treatment for pragmatics

Therapy may include: teaching your child new skills to manage their emotions and “wait” time; learning turn taking skills; using appropriate gestures; improving facial expressions; and increasing eye contact to improve their interactions with others.

Treatment for speech sounds

Therapy may include teaching your child “where” their articulators (teeth, lips, tongue, and jaw) need to go to make a sound. Your child will be able to learn the correct way to pronounce sounds, tell which sounds are right or wrong, practice sounds in many different words, and pronounce these sounds in short phrases and sentences.

Meet Our Therapists

Jennifer Schlendorf

Speech and Language Pathologist

Jennifer has worked in a variety of settings, providing therapy services to: babies and toddlers in early intervention, preschoolers, elementary, and middle school students. She specializes in the areas of speech sound disorders, apraxia, remediation of “R”, receptive and expressive language and orofacial myology, to name a few. Jennifer enjoys playing the flute, singing, dancing, and spending time with her family.