People

In a nutshell . .

• I am a speech therapist who has specialized in working with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.
• I'm passionate about supporting parents to nurture  their children by providing language-rich, learning-rich, and literacy-rich home environments.
• I see myself as an interpreter of research; I take professional research studies and make them accessible to parents in their everyday situations and routines.

A more formal bio . .

Jennifer Adams Oppenheimer, MA, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist with 20 years of experience working with hundreds of children and adults and their families. She has worked as a clinician, a supervisor, and a clinical director for a large multi-disciplinary practice.

Passionate about working with infants, toddlers, and young children who are differently-abled and their families, Jennifer sees parents as the key to the long-term, ongoing success of developing children. She also knows that if parents of differently-abled children have strong skills and confidence in using those skills with their children, all family members benefit which leads to joy and happiness in family life.

Jennifer holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is licensed as a speech-language pathologist by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board. Jennifer earned Master of Arts in communicative disorders from California State University, Long Beach and a Bachelor of Science in audiology and speech-language pathology from Brigham Young University.

Jennifer has presented on a wide assortment of topics at various professional conferences, workshops, and parent organizations. Jennifer has supervised dozens of clinicians, clinical fellows, graduate interns, and student volunteers over her career. She loves being engaged in clinical education; modeling and teaching clinical skills to fellow clinicians and student clinicians.