OUTREACH
Pooja Aggarwal: Pooja graduated Summa Cum Laude with her Masters of Science in Speech Language Pathology from Columbia University and has 15+ years of experience helping children with special needs. She is a repeat recipient of the ASHA ACE (American Speech Hearing Association Award for Continuing Education). Pooja is Recognized for Advanced Training and Clinical Expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech by Apraxia-Kids as a graduate of the 2011 training, and is an instructor for the 2020 training. She has also participated in multiple advanced trainings in DTTC (Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing). Pooja is the Regional Volunteer Outreach Coordinator for Apraxia-Kids.
Pooja enjoys mentoring and working directly with children with CAS, continually learning more about the rapidly growing evidence base, and teaching about best practices while continuing to engage in her clinical work as the Owner and Director of Progressive Speech Therapy. She has experience presenting both locally and nationally to a variety of audiences including parents and educational/medical/allied health professionals. Pooja believes in providing and expanding evidence-based practices to help every child achieve the very best outcomes possible; this is what drives her to volunteer, practice, learn, and teach. She envisions a future in which all children will have access to evidence-based therapy and best outcomes!
You can contact Pooja Aggarwal at poojaa@apraxia-kids.org.