Meet Your Speech Pathologist:
Darcy Page Ramsdell, M.S., CCC-SLP
Hello! I'm Darcy Ramsdell, and I'm a speech-language pathologist based in Wells, Maine. As an SLP, I am passionate about helping children with speech and language disorders as well as children with literacy challenges. I believe that every client is unique and I strive to create a safe and welcoming environment where my clients feel comfortable working to improve their communication and/or literacy skills.
With both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees earned from the University of New Hampshire, coupled with over a decade of experience as a speech-language pathologist, I bring extensive expertise to my practice. My master's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders, with a concentration in language and literacy, underscores my commitment to excellence in addressing speech, language, and literacy challenges to children in the Southern Maine area.
In my practice, I take a client-centered, evidence-based approach to therapy. I believe in collaborating with my clients and their families to develop individualized treatment plans that address their unique needs and goals. I am dedicated to staying up-to-date with the latest research and techniques in the field of speech therapy, and I regularly attend workshops and conferences to expand my knowledge and skills.
During my leisure hours, enjoy being at my Wells home with my husband and children. I find joy in sipping my first cup of coffee in the morning. I love to travel, read and enjoy running and walking for exercise.
Specialized Trainings
Orton-Gillingham (OG)
A structured, multisensory, and sequential approach to teaching literacy that breaks down reading and spelling into smaller tasks and builds on them over time. It's often used to help people with dyslexia and other difficulties with reading, writing, and spelling.
Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program for Reading, Spelling, and Speech (LiPS)
A multi-sensory program that teaches the child to discover and label oral motor movements of phonemes. Through this program, a child can improve their ability to identify sounds in words, blend, and segment sounds and syllables to improve their decoding skills. This program simultaneously enhances phonological awareness, reading, writing, and articulation skills.
Visualizing and Verbalizing (V+V)
Visualizing and Verbalizing is another Lindamood-Bell program that helps teach children to develop concept imagery (the ability to create an image in their head from language). This program helps children with both reading and listening comprehension, memory, vocabulary, critical thinking, and writing skills.
Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Treatment approaches and strategies
Childhood Apraxia of Speech is a motor speech disorder that makes it difficult for children to plan the movement of body parts (i.e. lips, tongue, and jaw) in order to produce sounds, syllables, and words. Children with this disorder often have difficulty making progress with typical articulation therapy methods. This method utilizes a multi-sensory approach using visual and tactile cueing to improve the success of treatment for children with motor planning difficulties. In summary, a well-qualified clinician combines their knowledge of CAS with their knowledge of each individual child in designing treatment plans. The clinician understands the principles of motor learning and uses this knowledge to guide treatment decisions and the choice of techniques to use in order to facilitate speech motor learning for a child.
Dyslexia: Improving language-related challenges and teaching strategies to improve communication skills
Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects a person's ability to read and process language. It's caused by differences in the parts of the brain that process language, and can make it difficult to identify speech sounds and relate them to letters and words. Speech therapy is often an integral part of a comprehensive approach to dyslexia intervention. While speech therapy cannot cure dyslexia, it can address specific language-related challenges and provide strategies to improve communication skills.
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I am accepting new clients! Contact me to learn about services offered and to schedule an appointment with one of our compassionate and experienced speech therapists.