Areas of Specialty

Areas of Specialty

My virtual services include support for:

  • Autism-related communication needs

  • Pragmatic language and social communication

  • Understanding and using environmental, contextual, and nonverbal cues

  • Initiating, maintaining, and ending conversations

  • Perspective-taking and flexible thinking

  • Developing and maintaining friendships

  • Interpreting humor, sarcasm, figurative language, and implied meaning

  • Self-advocacy and communicating personal needs

  • Language development and language processing

  • Verbal expression

  • Narrative language

  • Executive functioning as it relates to communication

  • Communication challenges associated with ADHD and anxiety

  • Parent consultation and coaching

  • School and educational consultation

A tree diagram illustrating the roots and branches of social thinking. The roots include perspective-taking, emotional awareness, situational awareness, and inference. The branches include self-control, conversation, working in a group, storytelling, friendship, negotiation, and communication.

The Benefits of Virtual Therapy

Virtual speech and language therapy makes specialized support accessible to families throughout California and Florida without the time and inconvenience of traveling to an office.

Online sessions can be especially beneficial because they allow clients to practice communication skills in a comfortable, familiar environment. Sessions are interactive, engaging, and tailored to each client’s interests and real-life needs.

Virtual therapy also makes it easier to involve parents and caregivers, collaborate with other professionals, and apply newly learned strategies to everyday situations.

Virtual Services Offered

  • Consultation with families about personalized needs and goals

  • Assessment of social communication skills and current levels

  • Weekly and biweekly therapy focused on individualized goals, using videos, games, photos, stories, and direct instruction.

Therapy is personalized whenever possible to incorporate each client’s interests and support meaningful carryover into everyday life.

Begin Virtual Speech and Language Therapy

If you are looking for specialized virtual speech and language therapy for autism, pragmatic language, or social communication, I welcome the opportunity to learn more about your family’s needs.

Virtual consultations and therapy sessions are available to clients located throughout California and Florida.

Contact me to schedule an initial consultation and determine whether virtual therapy is the right fit for you or your child.

A young girl with long dark hair wearing a butterfly print dress, smiling and looking at a computer monitor on a wooden desk, with various stationery items and a document in front of her.

Contact Us

Please fill out this form with any questions and Leslie will get back to you.

Two stick figures facing each other, connected by a wire with tangled lines coming from each head

Communicating is at the core of being human. It is more than speaking.
It encompasses attention, thinking, planning, organizing, listening, and problem-solving.

— LESLIE WHITAKER