My name is Miri Shaffer. I'm a speech language pathologist, licensed in New York State and a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. I am trained in PROMPT and certified in the LAMP methodology.

I began my journey as a speech-language pathologist when, as a classroom teacher, I noticed that I needed more training in order to help my struggling students. I have spent most of my career in public schools, working with children diagnosed with autism, cerebral palsy, emotional disturbance, and intellectual difference, among others. I have become passionate about ensuring that all my students have a voice, no matter their limitations, because we all have something to contribute.

Over time, I realized that my trainings and experience made me uniquely qualified to assess and treat children (and adults who were born with their special abilities) in the area of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Together with my colleagues and friends, Inna Itskovich and Megan Meyer, I wrote the Treatment Companion: A Speech-Language Pathologist's Intervention Guide for Students With Developmental Delays and Disorders in which we explore evidence-based strategies from our own experience.

Finally, I decided to start Let’s Talk, NY, Speech and Language Services to share my expertise and passion in AAC, and other areas of speech and language, with clients outside the public school system.