Amy Lesher, MS, CCC-SLP

Certified Speech-Language Pathologist

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII-MANOA, HI
JOHN BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Speech Pathology and Audiology Graduate Program, 1999
Master of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology
Speech-Language Pathologist

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES, MN
Communication Disorders Undergraduate, 1999
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Disorders

CERTIFICATION
American Speech, Language & Hearing Association, 2000
Minnesota Department of Health, 2001

CERTIFICATES OF TRAINING

Trauma Informed Therapist (Attachment, Regulation and Competency Framework)

Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) Apraxia Intervention 

Nationally Recognized Expert in Diagnosis and Treatment of Apraxia of Speech 

Picture Exchange Communication System
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)
Yoga for Children with Special Needs

PUBLICATIONS
Author of Finding Out about Friends and Feelings for Preschoolers by Dr. Jill E. Rosenberg, Dr. Kara Brandall, and Amy Lesher, MS, CCC-SLP (Pending Publication)

OVERVIEW
I have worked with individuals with special needs for over thirty years and in the field of speech-language pathology for over twenty. I enjoy working with children of all ages. I particularly enjoy working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and with adolescents with higher-level language needs. I work with children who have language delays, learning differences, apraxia of speech, social language delays and articulation disorders. I provide one-on-one therapy, group therapy for social language delays, educational consultation and school planning in conjunction with families and their school staff as well as parent guidance and support for home programming. I believe coordinated care across environments is the key to a child’s success. I am a strong proponent of a family’s involvement with all aspects of assessment and intervention.