Ms. Angie Dawn Ellenbecker, MS, CCC-SLP

Angie Ellenbecker is a speech-language pathologist in the Nashville, TN, area.  She has been certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association since 2008.  She has seventeen years of experience providing speech-language services to a diverse population of clients between the ages of two through teenagers in clinical, home, and school settings. She has experience working with many disorders: augmentative alternative communication (AAC), auditory processing problems, sensory oral dysphagia, aphasia, apraxia, articulation/phonology, receptive/expressive language disorders, myofunctional (tongue thrust), traumatic brain injury, cognitive communication, fluency/stuttering, vocal nodule voice disorders, and executive function difficulties.  She has worked extensively with populations with autism, emotional disturbances, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and children in foster care.

She founded Talk to Me Speech Therapy in Las Vegas, NV, in 2008, as an administrator over ten speech-language-pathologists and occupational therapists. In 2016, Ms. Angie franchised her company to the Nashville area in Tennessee.  In 2018, Ms. Angie was certified as a clinical provider for the Fast Forward program.  Fast Forward is an evidenced-based reading intervention for struggling readers and English Language Learners.  

In 2019, Ms. Angie was certified as a Preferred Trainer with LDS & Associates for Accent Reduction/Modification Therapy.  An accent may become an issue when it interferes with communication and affects the individual’s professional success and future opportunities.  This therapy program is designed to assist in English as a Second Language (ESL), people with strong accents, and people that are difficult to understand, to speak with a Standard American English Accent.  This therapy is geared to helping people communicate clearly.  Individual, small, medium, and large group classes are available.  This program may also be available over Skype or Facetime for distance learners, or people that have difficult work schedules.

In addition, Ms. Angie currently serves as a standing member of the National Advisory Committee for PRAXIS Teaching Students Language Impairments, PRAXIS Test Development Standing Committee Member, and independent contracted test writer for PRAXIS for Educational Testing Services (ETS). She has also been a part-time instructor for Nevada State University, and Clinical Supervisor for speech therapy practicum students in Las Vegas, NV. She has piloted language programs for Super Duper Publications, and contracted as a standardized test developer for Western Psychological Services.  She also is an International Ambassador for Duolingo.