about kia
Tara
Thornton, M.S. CCC-SLP is the co-owner of Kids In Action and she is an ASHA
certified and New York State licensed speech-language pathologist. She is
currently attending Adelphi University for her doctor of arts in communication
sciences and disorders. Tara has taught a college level learning disabilities
course and has supervised graduate students at Adelphi University's clinic.
Her clinical work includes children 0-21 with the following diagnoses/impairments:
hearing impaired, developmental disorders, fluency, neuromuscular disorder,
cleft palate, and pervasive development disorder (PDD). Tara has been trained
in oral motor and feeding, ABA, PROMPTS, augmentative communication, and
auditory assistive technology.