Meredith’s Background and Clinical Work

Meredith is a licensed Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) in the state of New York and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). She graduated with a Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology with Teacher of Students with Speech/Language Disabilities (TSSLD) Certification from Ithaca College. 

She is experienced in providing clinical services in the following settings:

  • Private practice

  • Home care

  • Teletherapy

  • Early childhood centers and preschools

Meredith has also held the role of supervisor of clinical fellows and graduate students through City Sounds of New York and New York University.

Personally, Meredith has enjoyed working with children and families her whole life, beginning as a young volunteer in her mother’s kindergarten classroom. Expansion into other contexts including childcare and leading a YMCA early childhood summer camp team naturally followed. As a result, Meredith’s evidence-based clinical work is augmented by incorporation of lively and interactive activities for young people of all ages including music, art, and creative storytelling.

 

Additional Clinical Training

  • Auditory Skills and Auditory Processing Disorder by Lois Kam Heymann, M.A., CCC-SLP from ListenLoveLearn

  • Beckman Oral Motor Protocol: Assessment and Intervention by Debra Beckman, M.S., CCC-SLP

  • Cracking the ABC Code by Dr. Lilian Fawcett, Ph.D.

    • Multi-sensory Reading Level 1 Workshop

  • Introduction to PROMPT: Technique

  • Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding Therapy

 

Selected Presentations

“Purposeful, Playful & Positive: Expanding Pragmatic Communication within the Preschool Classroom”
New York Center for Child Development Inservice Presentation, November 2021
New York, NY

“Music to My Ears: Using Music As A Tool In Speech/Language Therapy Sessions”
City Sounds of New York Summer Wednesday Lecture Series, August 2020
New York, NY

“We’re All in This Together! Considering Tenets of Family-Centered Practice in Speech/Language Therapy”
City Sounds of New York Summer Wednesday Lecture Series, August 2019
New York, NY

“Making Comprehensive Treatment Plans”
City Sounds of New York Summer Wednesday Lecture Series, July 2018
New York, NY

 

Selected Publications

“Becoming Detectives to Better Understand Our World Through Inference”, Meredith Gennaro M.S., CCC-SLP, Stephanie Sigal M.S., CCC-SLP | ASHA Leader Live | Jan. 2019  

“Two SLPs Multiply a Child’s Gains Through Collaboration”, Stephanie Sigal M.S., CCC-SLP, Meredith Gennaro M.S., CCC-SLP | ASHA Leader Live | June 2018  

“Revisiting neighborhood density: adult perception of phonological similarity”, Skott Freedman Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Meredith Gennaro B.S., Amanda DiTomaso, B.S. | Journal of Applied Psycholinguistics | Accepted for publication: Feb. 2015