Jade Kurei

Greetings! I am a multilingual speech-language pathologist who is passionate about helping children and adults build communication skills through creative and functional therapy activities.

My professional interests include:

ADHD/ADD

Aphasia

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

Aural rehabilitation, auditory-verbal therapy

Autism spectrum disorders

Bilingual/bicultural populations

Cognitive-communication disorders

Deaf and hard-of-hearing

Dysphagia

Early intervention

Reading & literacy

Speech sound disorders

My past clinical experiences include:

Externship at Services for Brain Injury, where I assessed and treated adults with cognitive-communication disorders

Student teaching at Union School District, where I assessed and treated a diverse population of elementary and middle school students

Child language/specialty clinic at the Watsonville Migrant Headstart Program, where I provided Spanish-only therapy to Spanish-speaking preschoolers

Child assessment at the Kay Armstead Center for Communicative Disorders (KACCD), where I provided full speech and language evaluations to a pediatric population

Adult neurogenic clinic at KACCD, where I provided individual and group therapy to adults with aphasia, right-hemisphere disorders, and cognitive-communication disorders

Adult language clinic at KACCD, where I provided group therapy to adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders

Some of my past work experiences include:

Behavior (ABA) therapist at Inizio Interventions (Los Angeles, CA)

Reading and literacy specialist at County Speech (San Diego, CA)

Adult language and technology instructor at La Gran Dimensión (San Diego, CA)

Mandarin teacher at Berryessa Chinese School (San Jose, CA)