ROSE FAIRBAIRN, M.S., CCC-SLP
FOUNDER

Education & Training
Rose Fairbairn is a licensed and board-certified speech-language pathologist. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed as a Speech-Language Pathologist by the State of California. She is trained in Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC), Rapid Syllable Transitions (ReST), Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT), Hanen’s It Takes Two to Talk, as well as Sequential-Oral-Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding and certified in Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profiling (MBSImP). Rose is also CPR and AED trained for infants, children, and adults through the American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR AED Program.
Rose graduated from California State University, Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree (Cum Laude) and a Masters of Science (with distinction) in Communicative Disorders and Sciences.
Rose is passionate about providing the highest quality of care tailored to the individual. She continually pursues educational opportunities and additional training and certifications in her specialized areas to provide highly skilled care based on the most current research.
Rose is grateful to have found a profession in which she is able to match passion and creativity with skill and science to help others reach their maximum potential in their communication and feeding abilities to improve their quality of life.
Alyssa Phillips, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Langauge Pathologist

Bio:
Alyssa Phillips, M.S. CCC-SLP, earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences from Ohio State University and her Masters of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Baldwin Wallace University.
Alyssa is trained in Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) and Natural Language Acquisition (NLA), which she utilizes when working with Autistic children who communicate with immediate/delayed echolalia. She enjoys working with children from a wide range of backgrounds and etiologies and has a passion for early intervention, language delay, Apraxia (CAS), Autism, and phonological disorders.
Alyssa is a child-led and play-based therapist who values a holistic approach. She is dedicated to providing therapy based on her client’s strengths and interests along with consideration for their social and emotional well-being. She looks forward to working alongside clients and their families to build strong connections and create a fun and meaningful experience in therapy!
Alyssa enjoys spending time with her family and friends and likes doing anything outside from snowboarding, and hiking, to relaxing at the beach!
Akiko Fukuoka, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Langauge Pathologist

Bio:
Akiko earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from University of California, Irvine, a post-baccalaureate certificate in communication sciences and disorders from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and a Master of Science degree in communicative disorders from California State University, Northridge. She is licensed as a Speech-Language Pathologist in California and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence granted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Akiko is trained in the Seeing Stars program which supports phonological and orthographic processing in reading and spelling, the Visualizing and Verbalizing program which develops language comprehension skills, and Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT) for utilizing a tactile-kinesthetic approach for speech.
Akiko enjoys working with children of all ages and backgrounds, values the relationships she builds with her clients and their families, and is committed to providing a positive and nurturing environment to encourage growth. Her clinical interests include literacy, receptive and expressive language, phonology, and articulation.
Joy LePage
Speech-Language Pathologist

Bio:
Joy received her Master of Science Degree in Communicative Disorders from Eastern New Mexico University in May of 2019 and her Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders from California State University, Long Beach (Go Beach!) in May of 2014. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association(ASHA) and is licensed as a Speech-Language Pathologist by the State of California. Joy has been trained in Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing(DTTC) and is CPR and AED trained through the American Health Care Academy.
Joy has had the privilege of working with children and adults from a wide range of backgrounds, diagnoses, and needs. While Joy enjoys all therapy areas, she particularly enjoys the areas of early intervention, autism spectrum disorder, language disorders, gestalt language processing, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and childhood apraxia of speech (CAS).
Joy strives to provide individualized therapy that is motivating, functional, and meaningful for each client.
Outside of work, Joy has a passion for animals (she has 11 pets!), enjoys watching movies, and loves singing karaoke.
Jennifer vazquez, B.A.
Graduate Student Clinician

Bio:
Jennifer is a second-year Speech-Language Pathology graduate student at the University of Southern California.
She graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Child Development and a Post-Baccalaureate program in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
During her time in graduate school, she completed multiple externships in school and private practice settings, working with children, from early intervention to older elementary. Her clinical interests include working with individuals with complex communication needs, AAC, motor speech disorders, and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Jennifer strives to be a clinician that provides inclusive and motivating sessions for her clients, working collaboratively with professionals and family members to provide the best patient-centered care.