About Us
Alexia D. Dorsa, M.S., CCC-SLP
Alexia Dorsa is the owner and director of TALK. She has a passion for working with children and loves watching them achieve their communication potential. Alexia takes great pride in her ability to connect with kids and reach out to families. She enjoys watching the profound change often seen in a family dynamic as the child develops and increases their communication skills. Alexia has experience working with children in private practices in Honolulu, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Diego. She loves the personalization and intensity that is possible in a private setting as she sees faster gains and greater family involvement in this environment.
Alexia earned her Bachelor of Arts from U.C. Santa Barbara, then her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of the Pacific. She holds a certificate of clinical competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), the national association for Speech Language Pathologists. Alexia is also licensed by the state of California Department of Consumer Affairs Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Board (SPLAB). She has experience working with local Regional Centers providing early intervention services for children three years of age and under.
Alexia has worked for over 12 years with the pediatric population and has worked as certified speech language pathologists for more than three years. Her experiences include working with children with developmental delays such as Autism, various syndromes including Down syndrome, and neuromuscular disorders such as cerebral palsy. Alexia is trained in oral motor and motor planning techniques such as Talk Tools and PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Targets), the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) approach to feeding, the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM), and she is proficient in Sentence Writing Strategy. She is committed to continuing her education and staying current on the latest research-based treatment methods for communication disorders.
Alexia believes that every child has the potential to improve, therefore she sets high standards so that the children she works with will perform to higher levels of success.
Lindsey Olander, M.S., CF-SLP
Lindsey Olander, M.S. CF-SLP, is an innovative therapist and an asset to TALK. She holds a Master of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology from Purdue University. Lindsey has experience working with children with speech and language difficulties in a variety of settings including: a language intensive pre-school, an elementary school, a high school and an outpatient clinic. She has provided services for articulation, expressive and receptive language deficits, fluency (stuttering), pragmatics (social skills), aural rehabilitation, and voice disorders.
Lindsey loves working with children to help them communicate more effectively and increase success both academically and socially. Lindsey thinks it is vital to involve families in goal setting and therapy. She makes therapy effective by capitalizing on each child's strengths and interests so that they feel successful and have fun while improving their speech and/or language abilities.
