Meet the Owner/Therapist
Danielle D. May M.S., CCC-SLP
As the founder of Elevated Speech Therapy Services, I strive to provide an elevated therapy experience that is tailored to the child’s/family’s needs outside of the limitations placed on SLPs by school systems, insurance, and productivity requirements. I started my business to fulfill my purpose of helping little ones to communicate effectively so they can go out and make the world a better place.
In 2011, I graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne where I majored in communication sciences & disorders and minored in linguistics and psychology. I attended graduate school at Purdue University from 2011-2013 where I was awarded a research assistantship in the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory studying audio-visual integration in school-age children with specific language impairment. I graduated from Purdue University in 2013 with a master’s of science degree in speech, language, and hearing sciences.
I hold the Certificate of Clinical Competency for Speech Language Pathology from the American Speech Language Hearing Association. I also hold Speech Language Pathology Licenses in Virginia and Indiana.
I have more than 10 years of experience providing speech therapy services to children ages birth-21 with a focus on early intervention, preschool, and elementary-aged children. I have provided services in private practice, early intervention, and public school settings. My experience includes delivering in-person services as well as virtual/teletherapy services. I am passionate about the field of speech pathology and each student and family that I have the opportunity to work with. While qualified to provide a wide range of speech therapy services, I’ve always been drawn to working with children ages 1-6 years and have had a special interest in working with delayed language acquisition, speech sound disorders, articulation deficits, and childhood apraxia of speech. I provide evidence-based services that incorporate a combination of play-based and explicit instruction/practice therapy techniques while keeping the child interested and motivated throughout sessions. I believe that parent education and coaching is a vital and natural component of speech therapy services that will aid in the generalization and carry-over of targeted speech and language skills at home.