Play All Day Speech Therapy LLC

Natalie Hackbarth, M.A., CCC-SLP/SLS is a New Jersey and California State Licensed and ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist/Speech-Language Specialist and the owner of Play All Day Speech Therapy LLC. She has over 10 years of experience providing play and routines-based speech therapy services to young children (birth-5 years old) and their families using a caregiver coaching and training model. She currently provides in-home and virtual early intervention speech therapy services. Natalie has experience evaluating and treating children with a variety of diagnoses and syndromes, including receptive and expressive language delays, ADHD, visual and hearing impairments, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and Down's Syndrome. Natalie is a neuro-diversity affirming provider who focuses on a child's strengths and interests to build on their social interaction and communication skills. She is a firm believer that parents and caregivers make the biggest impact on a child's development and that therapy should be fun and functional. She is passionate about all children receiving effective and quality speech therapy services regardless of whether they are delivered in person or virtually. Natalie is fluent in Spanish and is passionate about helping families celebrate and pass on their culture, language and traditions to their children.

Specialty Areas Include:

- Receptive and Expressive Language Delays

- Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

- Articulation/Speech Sound Disorders 

- Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)

- High and Low Technology Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) development and training (ex: sign language, picture communication, gestures, speech generating devices and applications, etc.)

- Family-Centered, Child-Led Therapy focusing on caregiver coaching and training

- Gestalt Language Processing and the Natural Language Acquisition Framework 

- Play and routines-based therapy using the child’s natural environment, strengths and interests

- Dual Language Development (Bilingualism)