Caitlin Hines, M.A. CCC-SLP is the owner and director of Communicating with Caitlin. She is a certified and New York State licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. In addition, she holds a Certificate for Teaching Students with Speech-Language Disabilities (TSSLD) from the NYS Department of Education. She received her Master’s degree in Speech and Language Pathology from Queens College.

Throughout her years working in elementary and middle schools, Caitlin has provided interventions for autistic individuals and people with dyslexia, Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD/ADHD), Intellectual Disabilities, child neurological disorders, speech sound disorders, Specific Language Impairment, genetic disorders, and Language-based learning disabilities (reading, writing, listening and speaking) in different classroom settings. 

Caitlin has numerous years of experience working in the Nest program in the NYC public schools, a program designed for autistic students who are academically on grade level but require social support. She services autistic students by using a neurodiversity affirming approach to teaching social language. Caitlin uses autistic advocate voices and up-to-date research to guide her therapy. Her social groups are based on the idea that children learn best when they are having fun! She uses highly motivating and engaging activities to promote group thinking and social concepts. 

Caitlin is a Hanen® certified speech-language therapist. She believes that parents are their children’s best teachers. Caitlin provides parent trainings that teach strategies to facilitate connection, engagement, and communication between parents and child.

Caitlin is trained in multiple areas, including the Orton-Gillingham Approach, Sounds-In-Motion, Wilson Reading, SPIRE, Sound Sensible and Recipe for Reading. Caitlin understands the importance of the Science of Reading and how explicit and systematic instruction is crucial for students learning to read and write. She has experience in individualized writing instruction to help students meet the New York State Standards in writing. Caitlin is also trained in Natural Language Acquisition, an approach that targets moving children who use echolalia/scripted language to self-generated language.

Caitlin has also attended continuing education courses on topics such as A Strengths-Based Approach to Autism and Behavior, Play-Based Speech Therapy, and Improve Regulation to Improve Communication.

When Caitlin is not providing speech and language services, you can find her spending time with her family and friends, searching for her next fiction book to read, and playing with her nieces and nephews (pictured here!).