Meet Your Albuquerque Speech Therapist
Hi, I’m Sara!
If you are a parent struggling to understand your child, concerned with their communication skills, or worrying about their success in school then you are in the right place.
You want to easily understand your child throughout busy days, enjoy big and small moments in meaningful interactions, and feel excited for their future.
Speech therapy with me will help your child shine confidently with everyone!
I connect with kids who struggle to use their words because I was like them once.
As a child, I experienced language and articulation delays as well as a stutter, but thanks to several speech therapists I overcame those delays before entering kindergarten.
I can still remember taking a school bus from my daycare to a local elementary school and working one-on-one with a speech therapist in her small, inviting therapy room. We sat at a table together, I followed her prompts, and I always chose the cash register toy as the reward at the end of the session.
To this day, I am more grateful than words can express for receiving speech-language intervention that helped me find my voice.
My Values As A Speech-Language Pathologist
After more than ten years of experience in both the public and private practice settings, I have an abiding love for providing speech-language therapy that makes children and their caregivers feel understood
incorporation of deep interests
validating everyone’s unique experiences and strengths
connection over compliance
What Guides My Work In Albuquerque, NM
I founded Sound Steps LLC in September 2024 because I wanted the freedom to provide meaningful care without administrative obstacles or burnout.
With my small caseload I provide:
· Personalized and collaborative care
· Flexible scheduling options
· Consistent communication and follow-through
That truly supports you and your child!
Speech Therapy With Me Includes
Evidence Informed Practice
Nurturing Individual Strengths
Neuroaffirming Care
Child Led Interactions
Play Based Learning
Sensory Supports
My Services For Families Seeking Speech Therapy In Albuquerque, New Mexico
I am passionate about unlocking the magic of communication for all children. With mountains of dedication and oceans of ideas, I’m here to share adventures, victories, and goofy moments with your child (and you!) along the way.
I provide clinical expertise that has lasting influence, and delight in seeing children’s skills grow through play, songs, crafts, books, practice tasks, and daily routines embedded with meaning.
Articulation therapy promotes speech sound development, phonological disorders, articulation delays, and childhood apraxia of speech for intelligible speech
Stuttering therapy promotes sound or syllable repetitions with blocks and visible tension for fluent speech
Language therapy promotes analytic & gestalt processing, vocabulary, sentence structure, language understanding, pragmatics, and AAC to express / understand needs, wants, ideas, and feelings
Social communication therapy promotes connection, engagement, analytic & gestalt processing, communication, & social skills for all settings
Frequently Asked Questions
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It is about following a child’s lead, connecting with them, and slowly expanding their ideas to promote the learning of new skills in a safe and fun environment.
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You! A supportive and trusted communication partner who uses their own genuine emotions during play and learning tasks is the best support for children with communication delays.
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Most of the time children need extended processing time to understand what is being asked of them.
When they have the opportunity to take their time and initiate when they are ready, the learning is significantly more impactful and generalizes across settings that much faster.
I want the children I work with to do new, difficult things without prompting because that is real learning.
Who I Am Outside The Therapy Space
When I’m not in speech therapy sessions, I enjoy home improvement shows, non-fiction audiobooks, relaxing with my cat on the couch, joking with my nephews, and traveling with my husband.
Training & Experience
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o 2011: Bachelor of Arts in Speech & Hearing Sciences, University of New Mexico
o 2014: Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology, University of New Mexico
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o 2014-2015: The Children’s Workshop
o 2015-2018: Unlimited Teletherapy
o 2019-2021: Climbing Tree Therapy
o 2021-2024: ExplorAbilities Inc
o 2024-Present: Sound Steps LLC
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o DIR / Floortime
- Highlights the need to account for developmental norms, individual differences, and the relationship between the child and the practitioner, all while prioritizing child-led interactions
o Hanen – Learning Language & Loving It
- Evidence-based tips to promote vocabulary and sentence use for educators in preschool classrooms
o Natural Language Acquisition
- Customize therapy for those who experience gestalt language processing (i.e., kids who learn in “chunks”)
o PROMPT
- Systematic, detailed protocol that encourages speech sounds with adult-led tactile cues
o Kaufman Speech To Language Protocol
- Supports children with severe articulation deficits, such as childhood apraxia of speech
o Lidcombe Program
- Collaborative treatment procedures for children who stutter and their primary caregiver
My Certifications That Support Children’s Speech & Language Skills
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Take Steps Toward Speech Therapy In Albuquerque
At Sound Steps LLC, you receive empowering services that come to you on your schedule. If your child has articulation, fluency, language, or social skills delays, I’m here to help.
Get speech therapy that helps your child take meaningful steps forward!
