Lauren Lightbody, MA, CCC-SLP graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelor's of Science in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology in 2005. In May 2007,she earned her master's degree in Communication Disorders from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Lauren has provided speech-language services in a variety of settings including clinic, school, hospital and home-based programs. She spent 3 years working with the Early Intervention system where she became a Certified Early Intervention Specialist (CEIS). Additionally, she is certified to facilitate The Hanen Centre's, "It Takes Two to Talk" parent intervention program designed to train and empower parents to foster the early language and social communication development of young children.