My name is Faith Becker and I am a licensed Speech and Language Pathologist with 30+ years of pediatric experience in the school and clinical setting. I received my Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Speech and Language Pathology and Psychology from Indiana University. I have completed continuing education at the college level in the areas of swallowing disorders, auditory processing, language development, articulation, Spanish, written language, autism, non-verbal language, social language skills, stuttering, and more.
I hold a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association, and am licensed in Speech Language Pathology in the state of Illinois.
I have worked with children at all age levels through adults. I have significant experience with school age children in elementary through middle school and have a strong understanding of the special education process.
I really enjoy working with children and getting to see the improvement over time in the areas they are working on. It is a thrill for me to see when the “lightbulb” all of the sudden goes on and a child realizes that they understand something they did not before and that they have made progress. I chose to be a speech and language pathologist after trying some different areas of interest in college. I started out as a communications major and wanted to be working in radio or television. Then I switched to pre-med and the sciences, and finally, I decided to combine my love of speech and medical areas into speech and hearing sciences.
I think the most important quality in a clinician is that they listen. Listening to parents/guardians and caregivers is very helpful in gaining insight into what a child needs. Listening to a child helps a therapist understand what a child is able to do and what progress they are making. Communication overall is so important and there are times when we, as a people, forget to listen and learn.
In my free time, I love to read books, spend time with my family, watch college sports, especially basketball, walk my dog, and do 5Ks. I also work in a school and I am one of the coaches for our Girls on the Run group. I really enjoy working with these young ladies and watching them grow as athletes and in confidence.
Areas of specialty
- Articulation/phonology
- Receptive and expressive language disorders
- Stuttering
- Social/pragmatic language
