Penina Pearl Rybak MA/CCC-SLP, TSHH, CEO
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Penina Pearl Rybak MA/CCC-SLP, TSHH, is a practicing, pediatric speech-language pathologist with a master's degree from New York University, an Autism Specialist, an Educational Consultant, a national/international special education professional development provider, and the founder/CEO of Socially Speaking LLC.
Penina has over 2 decades of diversified clinical experience in autism intervention. She is an avid iPad advocate, a popular educational and entertaining speaker, a known published author, and a unique social entrepreneur.
Penina was part of the initial Apple Educators Pilot Program under the NY TRAID Project 1995-2000, and one of the first speech-language pathologists in the United States to subsequently and comprehensively combine Visual Supports with ABA/VBT under The Mayer Johnson “Boardmaker Initiative” for several years at a school district in NY. It resulted in the 2010 launch of her boutique education consultancy, her 2010 trademarked and nationally/internationally published "Socially Speaking®️ Program- A Social Skills Curriculum for Young Children with Autism/Special Needs", her popular Socially Speaking™ Seminars(ongoing), and her previous Socially Speaking™ iPad App in iTunes.
Penina specializes in professional development on best practices re: Early Childhood Autism Intervention. She particularly focuses on social communication development, behavior management, play skills development, and pre-literacy based treatment plans. Penina has been invited to speak at various conferences including the ASHA National Convention, the Closing the Gap National Convention, the YAI Annual Convention, and customized conferences for private schools and hospital staff (ex: CHOA; Atlanta, Nemours Children's Hospital; Delaware).
Penina has also publicly spent time in the social entrepreneurship and female startup arenas, providing written thought leadership, digital branding webinars/seminars, and insight into pre-pandemic best practices, resulting in her published book “The NICE Reboot: A Guide to Becoming a Better Female Entrepreneur”. It was eventually parsed into an 18 month weekly column for The Huffington Post, prior to the pandemic.
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Email: penina.sociallyspeaking@gmail.com
LinkedIn: Penina Rybak
YouTube: socialslp