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The Northern California Voice Project for Parkinson Disease

Child Development 101 -
Dr. Swain featured in First 5 LA article on delayed speech

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Is your child at risk? Communication Risk Factors

PACE - Processing And Cognitive Enhancement

Now Offering PACE in Santa Rosa! Hope for Struggling Students - WHEN TUTORING DOESN'T WORK! For more information on the PACE Program see our PACE Overview, or Contact Us for a complimentary PACE assessment.

Social Skills Groups

Following Michelle Garcia Winner's Think Social curriculum, The Swain Center offers social skills groups for school-aged children ages 4-7 and 8-14. Older school-aged children are considered on an individual basis. The groups are limited to 4-6 participants and scheduled once weekly for 90 minutes for 16 weeks. For more information and to schedule a complimentary screening call us at (707) 575-1468.

LSVT® Loud

Lee Silverman Voice Training - A scientifically documented efficacious program for treating voice and speech disorders in patients with Parkinson's Disease and other neurological disorders.
www.lsvt.org

Upcoming Events

Monthly Autism Support Group
Monthly Aphasia Support Group [info]
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Dr. Swain's Research

See our research in The International Journal of Listening.

Committed to state-of-the-art therapeutic interventions

Saturday
February 4th, 2012

Tomatis Outreaches

Now Enrolling!*
Las Vegas
Starts Spring 2011
San Jose
Starts June 20, 2011
*Call Lindsay Swain 1-800-830-4061 for more information

Future locations:
Reno
Orange County
Sacramento

What are Outreaches? Find out: Outreach Info

The Swain Center brings services to West Africa

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about the director

Dr. Deborah Swain is the founder, owner, and director of the Swain Center. She is the former Chief of Speech Pathology at the University of California, Davis Medical Center and held a clinical staff faculty appointment to the school of medicine at the university. She is the past President of the California Association of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists in Private Practice (CALSPAPP). She was appointed to serve on the California Speech-Language and Hearing Association's Task Force for developing guidelines for Auditory Processing Disorder. Dr. Swain is a former California representative to the Legislative Council for the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. She is the author of six standardized test batteries and six treatment manuals. She has received national media and professional attention for her contributions and expertise in her field. She is married to Richard Swain and is the mother of four children.