Speech & Language Clinic (SLC) offers an environment that prepares students and adults to a successful life; each within his own potential. It is a private speech and language clinic led by Professor Dr. Dalia Mostafa Osman. Dr. Dalia has been working in the field of speech and language pathology for more than eighteen years. She is a Professor of Phoniatrics at Otolryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. She holds a Bachelor degree of Medicine & Surgery, a Master Degree of Phoniatrics, and a Medical Doctorate of Phoniatrics. She has been awarded the certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology from the council for clinical certification of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA CCC-SLP). She is a member of Hanen Program, Canada and is certified to provide the Hanen program "It Takes Two to Talk" for parents. She is also a member of the medical committee of the Arab Network of Autism. We do believe that
• Parent/patient active involvement is crucial for the success of any therapeutic plan.
• Each patient must have his/her own individual educational plan designed according to his/her areas of need & strength.
• Therapy, especially for young children, should be fun and play-directed using age- as well as gender- appropriate games, activities, and toys.
• Thoroughly preparing lesson plans in addition to regularly collecting data to closely monitor progress achieved with therapy is essential for any program to be successful.
• Ensuring rigorous training to develop skilful clinically competent professionals able to provide best practice to individuals with communication disorders across the life span, in medical, educational, and community settings, is very important.
• Working together as a team, health care professionals must share as well as coordinate responsibilities, expertise, knowledge and skills while establishing treatment plans and goals for the achievement of a patient's maximum potential.
• For therapeutic programs to be effective, clinicians and specialists need to integrate individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence derived from systematic research.
• Getting acquainted with the results of recent up-to-date basic and applied research can increase the knowledge in the field of communication disorders and promote the quality of speech and language services available for both children and adults.