Sonia Salama, M.A.

Bilingual speech & language pathologist in English & Portuguese. Her professional activities include:

Participation in research projects in psycholinguistics; frequent guest speaker before teachers, speech & language pathologists, parents and professionals in related areas; presentation of articles and panel conferences with participation in round tables at Congresses in the field of Child Development, Orthodontics, Linguistics and Neuropsychology. Certified Hanen specialist in the Program for early childhood educators and child care providers. Certified ELP -1 in the Program “Enhancement of Learning Potential”. Frequent visitor of other foreign institutions. Interchange with the Kendall Speech & Language Center in Miami. Responsible for the language area with a column on the website www.clicfilhos.com.br for information for families about upbringing of children. International affiliate of ASHA- American Speech-Language –Hearing-Association. Sonia holds a Master degree in applied linguistics, and she has been a university professor for 12 years at the Catholic University of São Paulo and Campinas, where she taught graduate students in psycholinguistics and language acquisition and evaluation of young children.
sonia@clinicapotencial.com.br

Astrid Mühle Ferreira

Bilingual speech & language pathologist in German & Portuguese. Voice evaluation and therapist specialist. Her professional activities include: Participation in research projects in the field of “Voice and Stuttering” with paper presentations in different Congresses. Active participant in groups for intervention, prevention and orientation for disorders of communication in adults.
Member of the “Deutsche Logopädische Verband”. School speech & language pathologist since 1990, nowadays working at a bilingual school. Astrid holds a Masters degree in Speech & Language Pathology. astrid@clinicapotencial.com.br

Candida Bastos

Speech & Language pathologist. Responsible for the department of evaluation of auditory processing disorders. Former professor at the University (UNIFESP – Esc. Paulista de Medicina) for “Methods of evaluation in the area of Disorders of communication”. Gives lectures and coordinates seminars for orientation of parents and for professional updating of speech & language pathologists.
candinha@clinicapotencial.com.br

Irene F. Cimerman

Speech & language pathologist with specialization in therapy and audiology. Experienced in providing orientation to parents with children who present Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities. Active participant in groups for study of the Auditory Processing Disorder spectrum. Past experience at the neurological rehabilitation center of one of the most important hospitals in São Paulo (Hospital das Clínicas).
irene@clinicapotencial.com.br

M. Lorena Sanchez

Bilingual Speech & language pathologist & audiologist in Spanish & Portuguese by the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, revalidated in Brazil. Responsible for the department of Hearing Screening and auditory processing in Spanish. Takes part of a research project sponsored by the Brazilian Government: “Auditory brainstem response test to speech” at University of Sao Paulo. Audiologist for children and adults at the Hospital Universitario – USP. Member of the Brazilian Academy of Audiology.
lorena@clinicapotencial.com.br

Marisa Maino

Speech & Language pathologist. Responsible for the service of Speech & Language prevention and stimulation programs at several schools. Coordinates seminars for teacher’s orientation in the “reading and writing process” for young children. Co-author of most of the forms used at the clinic to establish the relationship between oral motor therapy, feeding and speech development.
marisa@clinicapotencial.com.br