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Whitney Thompson helping your children unmute themselves
Whitney Thompson Speech Pathologist Helping parents help their children to communicate

Whitney J. Thompson is a licensed Speech Language Pathologist (SLP). Whitney is a native of Bennettsville, South Carolina where she currently resides. Whitney is a proud graduate of South Carolina State University where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology in 2013. Whitney also obtained a master’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from South Carolina State university in 2015. Whitney holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC).  She is a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA).  Whitney has over five years of experience as an SLP in various settings.  Whitney currently works full time as a school based SLP. In the School setting, Whitney diagnoses and treats speech and language disorders in children. Whitney has worked with students aged 3 to 18. Her experience in the school setting includes treating multiple disorders including, language, articulation, fluency, voice, and auditory processing. Whitney loves to create personalized therapy materials for her students. She prides herself on making therapy fun and very engaging for students. Whitney also has experience in treating cognitive and swallowing disorders among the geriatric population. 

Whitney’s passion to help “unmute” others has led her to start further “unmuting” herself and following her dreams of becoming an author of children’s books and a parent advocate. Through her UnMuted, LLC business, she is currently creating useful material to help parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles and everyone involved in a child’s life promote healthy speech and language skills. Whitney believes with the proper skills every parent/significant person in a child’s life can help to foster healthy language.

When Whitney is not busy helping parents build their children’s speech and language skills, Whitney enjoys traveling to new places, reading, writing, and spending time with her family. On any given day Whitney can be found laughing with loved ones or planning her next adventure. 

Whitney looks forward to “unmuting” children and parents all over through hard work and faith in God.

 

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