Jennifer Blaine, MA, CCC-SLP
Jennifer Blaine, MA, CCC-SLP
Jennifer has over 15 years experience working with children ages birth through school-age. She specializes in speech/articulation delays, drooling, picky eating, and feeding delays. She is trained and certified in several motor therapy techniques, such as PROMPT (Level II), orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT), and oral placement therapy (OPT) training. Jennifer is a MyoMunchee Certified Provider. She is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and licensed in NYS.
We offer private, home-based and in-school therapy, as we value the importance of collaboration with parents and teachers in your child's therapy plan. Our in-person therapy sessions are based in lower Manhattan (FiDi, Battery Park City, Tribeca, SOHO). We also see clients in other areas of Manhattan and Brooklyn on a specialized schedule and offer virtual therapy to clients interested throughout NYC and New York State.
We specialize in oral motor/orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT), a specialized approach focused on neuromuscular re-education of the oral and facial muscles. This includes teaching facial exercises and behavior modification techniques to promote proper tongue position for speech and feeding, as well as improved breathing. We always prefer a team approach when it comes to oral motor disorders and delays so often provide referrals and work collaboratively with other specialists who support oral development, such as ENTs, dentists, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and sleep specialists.
We offer a range of speech and feeding therapy services, including assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for various oral motor speech and feeding delays such as:
Jen is amazing. When our son started therapy, his speech production lagged behind his classmates'. He was very frustrated and we were so worried and exhausted. After only six months, he was speaking at the level of his peers and acting like a different child! My son loved seeing Jen each week and I loved her constant encouragement about his progress. He's graduated from speech therapy now and talking up a storm.
-Sonya
We began working with Jen when my son was in pre-K, after his teachers noticed that he was behind in making certain sounds for his age, and we're just finishing up as he's about to enter first grade. We have had the best experience with Jen - she made every session fun and engaging, figuring out exactly how to motivate him and keep him engaged even after a long day of school. Thanks to Jen, he never once thought of speech as anything negative, and always thought of it as an exciting challenge full of different kinds of games and activities and goals. As a parent who wasn't often home during sessions, Jen was a lifesaver, keeping me informed at my son's progress, updating his teachers periodically, proactively coordinating with school staff, and generally making logistics painless. I can't recommend Jen any more highly, and feel so grateful for the wonderful progress my son made with her help.
-Susan
Jennifer Blaine is truly the BEST in the business. My daughter started working with her just before her second birthday and the developments she has made over the past three years of working with Jennifer have been amazing. Not only has Jennifer helped with my daughter's language and speech development, but she has also identified other struggles and challenges, and then helped to remedy them, as well. Best of all, my daughter adores Jennifer. She looks forward to spending time with her and views Jennifer as a friend, more than anything.
-Bethany
I highly recommend Jen. She has done such an excellent job assisting me and my 17 month old son through virtual speech classes due to COVID. Helping a toddler with speech through zoom is not easy, but Jen did a great job and was always very patient. She also provided me with the necessary tools to help my son during the week. She followed up each session with an email and notes on what we worked on and some skills to work on during the week so I never felt "lost". I saw major improvements with my son's speech in a short period of time. Jen was always on time, professional and never canceled a session.
- Jojo
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