Courtney Kornblum is a Speech Language Pathologist who has extensive experience working with children and adolescents with a variety of diagnoses and communication differences. She understands the needs of diverse learners and takes on a strengths-based approach when working with any child. Courtney is thoughtful and practical in her approach to screenings, evaluations, treatment, and consultations. She deeply values collaboration with parents and the entire interdisciplinary team to meet the individualized academic, social-emotional and learning needs of all children.
During her tenure, Courtney has worked in various private practice and school-based settings. She has spoken at conferences including multiple American Speech-Language Association conferences, the Social Thinking Providers Conference, and various school-based settings. In 2016, Courtney co-authored the curriculum, Conversation Club: Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder and other social cognition challenges to engage in successful conversations with peers, which teaches children with social language differences the importance of conversation and hands-on ways to engage in successful conversations with their peers.
Courtney received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Arts degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from The George Washington University. She maintains certification in Speech Language Pathology from the American-Speech-Language-
Courtney has additional training in the following methodologies: DIR/Floortime, Hanen’s It Takes Two to Talk, Lidcombe Program, Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program for Phonemic Awareness, Reading and Spelling (LiPS), Lindamood Bell’s Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking, Nancy Kaufman’s Behavioral Teaching Strategies for Teaching Childhood Apraxia of Speech, PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets Level 1, Sarah Ward’s Cognitive Connections for Executive Functioning, Social Thinking from Michelle Garcia Winner, SOS Approach to Feeding, Talk Tools Sensory Motor Approach to Feeding
In her spare time, Courtney enjoys exploring new restaurants, traveling, spending time at the beach, talking about her favorite new podcast, book, or show, listening to live music, and venturing out on adventures with her family.
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