ABOUT ME

Graduated in 1998 from Boston University with a Masters in Speech Language Pathology and  is a DIR/Floortime Expert Training leader who has worked in private practice and public schools for the last 20+ years. She frequently lectures and mentors students in local and international institutions. She has lived across the United States in Massachusetts, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey and finally settled in Pennsylvania in 2005.

 

Her focus has been on Autism, Developmental Language Disorders, apraxia of speech, reading and written expression. Mahnaz has a particular interest in narrative formulation and how it relates to the development of self. Mahnaz has worked closely with OTs and PTs and understands the connection between movement and higher level language functions and therefore always incorporates movement into every session. Mahnaz has a passion for working with children and believes that children are not a collection of diagnoses but unique individuals with their own interests, personalities and strengths. Her unique strength-based focus is the developmental model of therapy where individual differences are celebrated and the child is led through each developmental milestone of language development.

 

Mahnaz believes that the success of therapy is through building a strong relationship with the child and those in their world and providing them and their caregivers with safety. Only when an emotional bond is well formed is the child and family ready and available to learn. 

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Mahnaz is a bilingual therapist in Urdu/Hindi.

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When not working Mahnaz enjoys running, reading and crocheting and spending time with her husband and three children.