ABOUT SAREN SCHAPIRO

Saren Schapiro, M.Sc., CCC-SLP is the proud founder of SAGE Speech and Learning Associates. She is a nationally certified Speech-Language Pathologist with experience in a wide variety of pediatric settings. She started her career with Gwinnett County Public Schools providing services to children in classrooms ranging from severe-profound impairments to mainstream settings. She continued her experiences working in a multidisciplinary private practice which included Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Therapy, and language focused computer programming, as well as working for other private practices specializing in providing Speech-Language Therapy within clients’ most natural environments. Saren has both diagnostic and therapeutic experience treating a variety of Speech/Language challenges, including Articulation and Speech Sound Disorders, Language based learning disorders, Early Intervention approaches, Oral and Written Language impairments, Feeding and Oral Motor impairments, Apraxia of Speech, Auditory Processing and Autism Spectrum Disorders, Syndromes affecting speech/language skills, and pre-reading/Phonological Awareness skills.

Saren is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where she majored in Communication Sciences and Disorders and received a Bachelors of Science degree upon completion. She then earned a Masters degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Saren currently holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and remains an active member of ASHA, as well as the Georgia Speech-Language Hearing Association (GSHA). She is the proud mommy of 2 incredible little girls, and known first-hand the challenges of overcoming early developmental challenges.