Speech Staff

Kelly Beck

Kelly Beck, Speech Therapist – Clinical Fellow, is a graduate from the University of Pittsburgh, where she received her Master of Arts Degree in Speech Language Pathology. Currently, Kelly is completing her Clinical Fellowship Year as part of her certification as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Kelly has clinical experience working with adults and children with a variety of disorders and diagnoses such as, Cerebral Palsy, ADHD, Cochlear Implants, Epilepsy, Neurological Impairments, Autism, Aphasia, Dysphasia, Parkinson’s Disease, & Alzheimer’s Disease.

Lia Pacienza

Lia M. Pacienza received her Masters of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Duquesne University in the year 2000. Lia began her career evaluating and treating cognitive-linguistic deficits in the adult stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury cliental. Lia has spent the majority of her career diagnosis and treatment pediatric speech and language disorders in the autism, cerebral palsy, cochlear implant, and chromosomal disorders populations on a one-on-one basis. Lia has also provided social-pragmatic therapy in a group setting to the Aspergers and Autism Spectrum Disorder population.
Lia's certifications include:

• Board certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Licensed Speech Language Pathologist