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+1 619-692-0622
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7840 Mission Center Ct Ste 200, San Diego, CA, 92108
Mission Valley
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0.3 miHazard Center
0.3 miMission Valley Center
0.8 miRio Vista
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Specialties
Pediatric Speech Therapy
Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS)
PROMPT techniques to improve oral motor planning and verbal output
Kaufman approach to Apraxia
Hanen Center (More Than Words) techniques using visual helpers and schedules to support comprehension
TalkTools: Muscle-based Oral Motor Programs” to promote speech and improve oral motor
Floortime– Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship Based (www.circlestretch.com) are utilized within treatment sessions.
Social skills programs with techniques used based on Michelle Garcia Winners «ILAUGH» model (www.socialthinking.com)
The SCERTS® Model –Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support (www.scerts.com)
Carol Gray Social Stories (www.thegraycenter.org), and Video Play Modeling.
History
Established in 2001.
Kara Dodds & Associates was established in 2001 and has family-friendly centers located in San Diego and Encinitas, California. We provide the highest level of individualized speech, language and social communication services to children in need, including diagnostic and therapy services. As comprehensive speech-language therapy center, we offer a broad spectrum of communication related services to meet the needs of children and their families in the San Diego area. Our team of highly qualified Speech-Language Pathologists design individual treatment programs and carefully evaluate these programs on an ongoing basis in order to make changes depending on the child’s progress.
Meet the Business Owner
Kara D.
Business Owner
Kara received her Masters degree in Clinical Speech Pathology from Northern Arizona University in 1998. As a result of her clinical training Kara has chosen to focus a significant portion of her professional practice on the children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. She established her practice in 2001 with offices in both San Diego and in Encinitas, California.
Kara’s pediatric experience includes the evaluation and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Apraxia, feeding/swallowing, oral motor and language deficits. Kara’s specialized training includes certification in the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). .
She has training in ABA and uses behavioral techniques within her therapy.
