About

Deborah M.A., CCC-SLP, TSSLD, is a licensed speech and language pathologist with 10 years of experience working with both children and adults with speech, language, communication, feeding, and cognitive disorders. Throughout her career she has worked in schools, clinics, homecare, skilled nursing facilities, and she is currently an adjunct professor at St. John’s University. Deborah is a certified member of ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) and holds a New York State TSSLD license (Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities). She received her Bachelors of Arts in Communication Sciences & Disorders and Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology both from St. John’s University. Throughout her career, she gained invaluable clinical practice in both academic and healthcare settings. Deborah has a special interest in preschool speech and language disorders. 

Deborah is DTTC and PROMPT trained and working towards her certification in the application of PROMPT. She has experience with adult and pediatric populations in the areas of expressive and receptive language delays and disorders, processing disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), articulation and phonological disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), aphasia, cognitive communication disorders, and dysphagia.

Deborah is the author and illustrator of the speech therapy coloring book series,Color in Speech. When she’s not doing therapy, Deborah and co host Maria Kotsonis have a weekly Speech Therapy podcast on iTunes and Spotify called SLPs Wine and Cheese. If you’d like to see Deborah’s sessions in action, she posts daily videos to her Instagram account @deborahbrooksslp. Deborah is passionate about all things SPEECH and she’s thrilled to be part of the team at Speech in the City.