Meet The Thera+Kids Team

Lori A. Gross

M.A. in Speech Language Pathology

Clinic Program Director

Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in the State of California, USA

Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in the State of Texas, USA

Certificate of Clinical Competence From the American Speech and Hearing Association

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​Background: Lori A. Gross is licensed and practices as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the state of California. She also holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association. Lori has over 25 years of clinical experience and has practiced in the United States as a Speech and Language Pathologist in many settings including pediatric clinics, hospitals and schools. She has worked with children of all ages and diagnoses.

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Additional Training: Lori is Hanen® certified in It Takes Two to Talk and More Than Words, a program for children with social communication difficulties and Autism Spectrum Disorder. [MM1] She has advanced training in Social Thinking®; Zones of Regulation®; DIR® Floortime (play and relationship-based therapy); ABLC (Affect Based Language Curriculum); and the SCERTS model (Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support) designed for children on the Autism Spectrum. Lori has also been educated in the Kaufman speech-language treatment approach to address Childhood Apraxia of Speech and expressive language challenges.​

Special Interests: Lori was selected and completed the Social Thinking® Clinical Training program and has extensive knowledge in the areas of social cognition, social and emotional learning, pragmatic language, play and self-regulation. In addition to her extensive clinical experience and training, Lori has co-presented to teacher and parent groups on a variety of topics including Autism: How Teachers Can Assist in the Identification and Intervention Process, and The Importance of Play in the Classroom.