Our Therapists

Seeing Children In Office, School, Daycare, Or Virtually

Our therapists see children in office, at their schools and daycares, and virtually for speech therapy, nutritional therapy, and occupational therapy. We see adults virtually for accent modification.

OUR FOUNDER

Lisa Koenigsberg, MSCCC-SLP, is the founder of The Center for Speech & Language Development. She has been in the field of Speech-Language Pathology for over twenty years. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association as well as a certified Compton PES-L trainer. She regularly participates in continuing education courses to maintain her state of the art skills. She is committed to the success of her clients.

Throughout her career, she has worked to evaluate and treat children with varied diagnoses in a variety of settings. Her pediatric practice focuses on feeding and swallowing, oral-motor coordination, language development, apraxia, dysarthria, articulation and parenting assistance. Her adult practice focuses on Accent Reduction with heavily accented non-native English speakers to a more standard American accent. Lisa has worked with professionals who did not learn English as a first language or clients who have a strong regional accent.

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS

– Certified, Licensed Clinician in Speech Language Pathology
– MS, Boston University, in Speech-Language and Hearing
– PESL Certified Accent Modification Instructor
-DIR/Floortime trained
– Early Intervention Credentialed Therapist and Evaluator
-PROMPT trained
– CPR Certified

Marissa Baras, MS CCC-SLP has over seven years of experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and she regularly participates in continuing education courses to maintain her skills. She is committed to the success of her clients.

She is extremely passionate about working with young children and their families. Throughout her career, she has worked to evaluate and treat children with varied diagnoses in a variety of settings. Marissa specializes in working with young children and is focused on feeding and swallowing; oral-motor coordination; language development; apraxia; articulation; and parenting assistance.

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS

-ASHA and State of Illinois Certified Licensed Clinician in Speech Language Pathology
–MS, Speech Language Pathology – Emerson College
-Early Intervention Credentialed Therapist and Evaluator
–PROMPT trained
-S.O.S trained

Catie Pappas, MS, CFY-SLP, is a Speech-Language Pathologist. Catie has an MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Midwestern University. She has experience working with children ages 6 months through high school. She has worked with children and their families to provide articulation, receptive/expressive language, hearing, and pragmatic language therapy. She believes it is important to incorporate the child’s interests during therapy to maximize motivation and to empower the child to learn.

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS

-Illinois Temporary Speech-Language Pathology License

-Illinois Early Intervention Certification (temporary)

-ASHA CFY Certification program

Catie Pappas The Center for Speech and Language Development

Esther Zigun MS, OTR/L is a graduate of Rush University. She has been working in the field of pediatric occupational therapy for over seven years. Her experience ranges between outpatient clinics, the school system, and early intervention.

Esther is passionate about collaborating with every individual of the child’s support system, and consistently puts in the extra time to facilitate this. There is no greater accomplishment for her than seeing a child progress and ultimately succeed. Esther enjoys bringing novel and creative ideas to her therapy sessions. She is passionate on staying up to date with most-current evidence based research, with a particular emphasis on sensory integration, behavior management, and neuromuscular facilitation.