Dr. Susan Pike is a licensed, pediatric speech-language pathologist with certification from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She is the author of Talk Me Into It: Preparing Children for School Success Through Language, published by Xlibris Corporation, and TopicTalk® A Conversation Card Game, published by Super Duper Publications.

With over 25 years of experience in both educational and clinical settings, Dr. Susan Pike has served as a special education classroom teacher for language-learning impaired children, taught courses in language development and disorders at a university, presented her research at state and national conventions, and conducted workshops and training for daycare and preschool personnel. She is the director of Susan L. Pike & Associates, a private practice in Westchester County, New York. Her credentials include:

Degrees

• Ph.D. University of Virginia
• M.S.  Columbia University Teachers College

License & Certification

• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from ASHA
• New York State License in Speech-Language Pathology
• New York State Teacher Certificate (Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped)

Memberships

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association(ASHA)
• New York State Speech Language Hearing Association (NYSSLHA)
• Westchester Speech, Hearing & Language Association (WSHLA)
• International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM)