Tatyana Elleseff MA CCC-SLP
Professional Credentials
Ms. Elleseff graduated New York University Summa Cum Laude with a Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology.
She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association with dual speech-language licensure from the states of New York and New Jersey.
She also holds a Teacher Speech and Language Disabled (TSLD) certificate from the state of New York as well as a Speech Language Specialist certificate from the state of New Jersey, which qualifies her to provide speech language services in school settings.
In addition to the above credentials she also holds Bilingual Certification from Columbia University’s Teacher College which qualifies her to provide bilingual speech evaluations & services.
Ms. Elleseff is a recipient of multiple Awards for Continuing Education (ACE) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association dated October 2009 as well as August 2011 (click here for more information).
Clinical Focus
Ms. Elleseff chose to focus her clinical career on working with children with a variety of developmental and neurogenic disorders in the following settings: schools, hospital/rehabilitation centers, early intervention, and private care. She interned at the prestigious Rose F Kennedy Center (affiliated with Albert Einstein School of Medicine) and RUSK Rehabilitation Institute (affiliated with the New York University Langone Medical Center) in New York working with children 0-21 years of age with a vast variety of communication disorders, developmental speech/language delays and language-based learning disabilities.
She completed her clinical fellowship working with medically fragile pediatric and young adult population 0-22 years of age with severe multiple disabilities: mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autistic spectrum disorders, emotional disturbances, rare genetic syndromes, severe visual/hearing impairments as well as feeding and swallowing difficulties. During that time she became a member of multi-disciplinary team specializing in augmentative assistive technology (AAC), picture exchange communication (PECS) and adaptive technology, and spent extensive periods of time educating teachers, parents and support staff on how to reinforce speech, language & feeding/swallowing skills in severely compromised pediatric populations.
Ms. Elleseff provided per diem speech and language therapy services at the Children’s Specialized Hospital of New Brunswick to children 0-21 years of age with a variety of neurogenic, developmental, and acquired disorders including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, as well as feeding and swallowing deficits.
Ms. Elleseff also conducted 0-3 early intervention assessments for the Arc of Somerset, an organization dedicated to providing services to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities including genetic syndromes, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and autism spectrum disorders.
In addition to her private practice Ms. Elleseff maintains hospital-based affiliation which enables her to keep abreast of the latest techniques and methodology in the discipline of speech language pathology.
Presently, she provides comprehensive speech & language evaluations and treatment including group & individual therapy services to children and young adults ages 3-18 diagnosed with constellation of speech/language deficits secondary to psychiatric and emotional disturbances at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/University Behavioral Center – Child and Adolescent Day Program. There she is a member of a multidisciplinary unit team focused on delivery of psychosocial and behavioral services as well as a graduate speech language pathology student supervisor.
In addition to the above, Ms. Elleseff also conducts webinars and workshops as well as presents lectures for medical, academic and non-profit organizations. She had presented at New York University, American Academy of Pediatrics: Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care as well as for the New Jersey Taskforce on Child Abuse and Neglect. Ms. Elleseff have also written a number of articles regarding speech and language issues of at risk children and have been published in several magazines including Adoption Today and Advance for Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists.
At this time, Ms.Elleseff is also a member of New York and Central New Jersey Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) multidisciplinary teams, the aim of which is to provide a variety of services including assessment and intervention of children identified or presenting with features of FASD. For more information regarding the FASD project and its members, please visit this link.
