Staff

		Dr. Nancy Z. Schwartz
		Clinic Director
		Dr. Schwartz has 30 years of experience working with children with language problems and in particular, with children who are on the Autistic Spectrum and/or have Speech Apraxia. She holds a Ph.D. in Speech, and a Masters in Communicative Disorder. She has been certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association and in Relationship Development Intervention^®. Dr. Schwartz has taught at multiple universities on both the undergraduate and graduate levels in California, Connecticut and New York. She was the director of the Scottish Rite Institute for Childhood Aphasia in Los Angeles. Associations: For the past, 40 years I have practiced speech therapy as the Communication Clinic of Connecticut. For 20 of these years, I have trained employees re my philosophical stance. As of June, 2020, I no longer employ others but remain associated with: Caley Schwartz, Ph.D., Psychological services https://psychologistconnecticut.com Clinical Psychologist 203-464-9053 137 Ethan Allen Highway Ridgefield, Ct. 06877 Elisa Isabella Valenzi, Elisa Isabella-Valenzi, M.S.,CCC-SLP, QOM, C/NDT Speech Language Pathologist Qualified Orofacial Myologist Certified in Pediatric Neuro-Developmental Treatment B.E.S.T. Speech and Language Therapy LLC 137 Ethan Allen Highway Ridgefield, CT 06877 203-559-9332 Kelley Cardona, M.S., CCC-SLP More than Speech and Language 1506 Post Road, Fairfield, Ct. second floor, suite 5 06824 203-441-5680. 475-330-9015 (fax)

		Kelley Cardona
		M.S., CCC-SLP (Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association in Speech and Language Pathology)
		Kelley has been a speech pathologist at the Communication Clinic of Connecticut since August 2004. She received her Bachelor and Master's degrees from Southern Connecticut State University. She is a certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing-Association. Her current clinical interests focus on the integration of thinking skills within the process of language development.

		Elisa Isabella-Valenzi
		M.S., CCC-SLP (Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association in Speech and Language Pathology)
		Elisa received her Bachelor and Master’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University. She is certified by the American Speech and Language Hearing Association. She has experience working with adults, adolescents and children with a range of physical, neurological and developmental disabilities. She has worked in the medical setting, home-based setting and public school setting in CT. She has been working at the CCC since May of 2011. Her special interests include feeding /swallowing disorders in adults, working with children diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum and motor speech disorders.