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Since 1998
Nicole Gerami and Nancy Theofrastous have been working together for more than a decade. Every year brings new patients, new challenges, new staff, and great accomplishments.

We are always looking for talented individuals to join our team. If you think you would like to be a part of WRSLP, send us a cover letter and resume.
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Nicole Gerami Nicole Gerami
M.A. CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist
FIT Director, & WRSLP Co-owner
ngerami@wrslp.com
Nicole Gerami received her master's degree from Case Western Reserve University. From 1993 to 2004, Ms. Gerami served children in public schools, clinical settings, and private practice. She treats children with a wide range of delays and disorders but is best known for her work with children with autism spectrum disorders. Ms. Gerami is co-creator of the Program for Establishing and Enhancing Relationships through Social Skills (PEERSS™) and Friendship in Teams (FIT™) and is a founding member of Western Reserve Speech & Language Partners (WRSLP™). From 1995 to 1997, Ms. Gerami was a member of the adjunct faculty in the Department of Communication Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Ms. Gerami is fully licensed by both the Ohio Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology and the Ohio Department of Education, and she is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Ms. Gerami is a frequent lecturer for the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Milestones, and the Cuyahoga County Special Education Service Center. She lectures on treating children on the autism spectrum and provides in-service training to teachers who offer social skills instruction to children and adolescents in the public schools.

Nancy Theofrastous Nancy Theofrastous
M.A. CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist
FIT Director, & WRSLP Co-owner
ntheo@wrslp.com
Nancy Theofrastous received her master's degree from Case Western Reserve University in 2000. Ms. Theofrastous is fully licensed by the Ohio Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She serves children with a wide range of delays and disorders. Her areas of specialty include autism spectrum disorders; speech and language delays in toddlers and preschoolers; severe apraxia; delays in written expression; and study skills. She has worked on-site with young adolescents who attend independent schools in the Cleveland area. From 2001 to 2006, she provided evaluation and therapy services at the Hershey Montessori Farm School in Huntsburg, Ohio. During the 15 years prior to joining the field of speech-language pathology, Ms. Theofrastous worked as a professional in publishing and educational measurement in New York City and Amherst, Massachusetts. She joined Nicole Gerami in private practice in 2000. Ms. Theofrastous and Ms. Gerami co-founded Western Reserve Speech & Language Partners (WRSLP™) in 2004.

Ms. Theofrastous has extensive experience in program design and professional development. In 2004, she and Ms. Gerami formally launched the Program for Establishing and Enhancing Relationships through Social Skills (PEERSS™). From 2005 to the present, Ms. Theofrastous has collaborated with Lori Lundeen Smith, a music therapist at the Cleveland Music School Settlement, to develop and administer a co-treatment program. In 2007, they began to provide professional development in that practice area. In 2005 and 2006, Ms. Theofrastous taught language development in an adjunct position in the Department of Communication Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She frequently lectures in the northern Ohio region on early language development and social skills therapy.


Rita Gregg
M.S. CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist
rgregg@wrslp.com
Rita Gregg received her master's degree from Eastern Washington University in 1985. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Additionally, she is fully licensed by the Ohio Board of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology and the Ohio Department of Education. She has practiced in the public schools and in hospitals throughout the United States, including Virginia, Arizona, Washington, Idaho, Delaware, and Ohio. Ms. Gregg currently is on staff at a local private school. She joined Western Reserve Speech & Language Partners (WRSLP) in January 2007. She serves children with a wide variety of speech and language delays and disorders. Her areas of expertise include developmental speech delays, motor-speech disorders, and language delays in young children.

Lacey Horwitz
M.A., CCC, SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist
lhorwitz@wrslp.com
Lacey Horwitz received her master's degree from Ohio University in 2007. She is fully licensed by the Ohio Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and the Ohio Department of Education and a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Mrs. Horwitz provides treatment to children with a wide range of delays and disorders. She is developing a specialty in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and has training in use of Dynavox, Prentke Romich, TOBII ATI and many other AAC devices. Mrs. Horwitz completed research in the areas of ASD and AAC. She is also PROMPT trained. Mrs. Horwitz joined WRSLP as a full-time speech-language pathologist in July 2009.

Casey Maicki
M.A., CCC, SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist
cmaicki@wrslp.com

Nancy Duggan
Office Manager
nduggan@wrslp.com
 
 
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