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SAGE Speech & Learning Associates was born when Saren Schapiro, nationally certified speech language pathologist and founding SLP, realized the need for quality, reliable, in-home or in-school pediatric speech therapy.  Saren has worked in both public and private schools, clinic and home-based environments.  During her 10 years of experience, she came to understand that while speech therapy provided in a clinic setting has its own benefits, the home environment or school environment provided the best real-life setting for a child to learn quickly and thrive in therapy.  Her vision of working closely with parents and caregivers, to ensure accurate training and carryover, has become a reality over the last 6 years.  

A notable client for Saren was "Katie", age 5.  Katie was a smart and energetic child, who was struggling with both her speech sounds and her early academic skills.  Katie's parents diligently brought her into the speech clinic every week, but progress was slow to carryover.  Saren began home visits, twice weekly, with intensive parent training.  Quickly, Katie was able to master her difficult speech sounds, without requiring cues and reminders from her parents!  In addition, Saren was able to spend the time getting to know Katie and her early academic development, leading to appropriate referral for a psycho-educational assessment in which Katie was diagnosed with Dyslexia.  Katie was finally provided the correct intervention for her needs and blossomed into an articulate little girl with a love of reading!

Why in-home speech therapy?

Our Services

Stuttering Therapy in Atlanta

SAGE Speech & Learning is the ONLY practice in Georgia that is trained and certified to provide the Lidcombe Program for stuttering.  Stuttering therapy in Atlanta is scarce, and much…

Special Needs Facilitator

A compassionate and enthusiastic person who provides one-on-one help in the classroom for a child with diverse needs. A facilitator's goal is for their student to be successful in the…

Speech Therapy

Speech therapy is the evaluation and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders. Speech and language development usually follows a typical pattern in children. If you have concerns about your child's…

Associated Services

SAGE Speech & Learning strives to provide each family with a welcoming and knowledgeable team of specialists, each uniquely equipped to address the needs of your child.  We refer to…

The SAGE Speech & Learning model encourages using the home environment to build functional and life skills that the client will use daily. 

SAGE Speech SLP's establish a relationship with both the child and parents, allowing progress to happen more quickly and effectively.  Intensive parent education and training provides evidence based information to families.

In-home pediatric speech therapy with nationally certified and licensed speech language pathologists can be particularly beneficial for children with special needs, developmental delays, or just busy families!

In-home sessions reduces cancellations and capitalizes on convenience, leading to successful therapy outcomes. In a city as big as Metro Atlanta, a highly trained speech pathologist at your door can be life changing!  

Who is the SAGE Speech & Learning team?

The SAGE Speech team is comprised of 10 Speech-Language Pathologist, as well as a few highly regarded pediatric specialists.  Each Speech Pathologist is nationally certified and licensed, holding the highest of certifications, the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (asha.org).  In addition, many of our SLP's specialize in an area of the field, including Feeding/Swallowing, Autism and other Developmental Delays, Apraxia of Speech & Motor Speech Disorders, Language based learning differences, Articulation and language delays, and many more!

The team of specialists that work closely with the SAGE Speech team include educational psychologists, occupational therapists, pediatric dentists, audiologists, autism specialists, reading specialists, tutors, healthcare industry experts and medical billing experts.  

SAGE Speech & Learning accepts many types of insurance and medicaid as well, allowing for more affordable services for many clients!

 
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Apr 21

The Power of Collaboration at SAGE Speech & Learning Associates

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Mar 31

Fluency Tips: Early Identification and Treatment of Stuttering

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Feb 20

Should I Consider a Device For My Child's Speech & Language Development?

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Oct 29

SAGE Speech & Learning's Teacher Trainings in Schools- Enhancing Language Skills

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Apr 22

Fall School Screenings are BACK for 2021!!!!!

Fingers crossed, but it seems it that 2021 is shaping up to be a much better school year than 2020. We…

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Mar 08

A Letter to Medical Professionals, From Founder Saren Schapiro M.Sc., CCC-SLP

A Letter From Founder Saren Schapiro M.Sc., CCC-SLP Dear Colleagues, As the year rounds into the second quarter, I am touching…

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Mar 03

A Letter to SAGE Clients

Hello Clients and Friends, I want to thank you for being a part of our team in 2020. To have made…

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Feb 03

5 TIPS from Speech and Language Pathologists to Encourage Development

Discuss with the child out loud/verbally what's coming next--"First we do this, then this, then this, then done/lunch/play/etc" Bundle-up…

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Apr 29

How can a child with language and communication impairments thrive during social distancing?

This is a question we never imagined we would have to answer. SAGE Speech & Learning has pivoted to teletherapy services…

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