Our Practice

Talya has been practicing for over 20 years and is the founder of Speech Learning Center. She worked for 10 years for Chicago Public Schools as a speech language pathologist and supervisor before opening her own private practice. She is a dedicated professional who enjoys working with children and their families. She works with them to achieve their goals in a caring manner and believes in making the therapy session fun!

Talya has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of children with a variety of communication disorders, including receptive and expressive language disorders, speech disorders - articulation and phonological, oral motor, apraxia, autism, and fluency disorders. Talya obtained her Bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders from The University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned her Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from The University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana.

She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and holds an active teaching certificate with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). Additionally, she is certified through Early Intervention to treat children from birth to 3 years old.

Outside of work, Talya enjoys spending time with her husband, their 2 kids, and their 2 dogs. She loves traveling to new places, eating at new restaurants, being with friends, and doing yoga.