Michelle O’Sullivan

Michelle's career in speech-language pathology came about from both a love of language and of working with children. She chose the University of Arizona in Tucson for her graduate degree where she had the privilege of being trained by some of the top specialists in their fields, like autism spectrum disorders, articulation, preschool language, social communication therapy, voice disorders, AAC, cochlear implants, school-age language disorders, and stuttering.

Since joining the field in 2005, she has been able to expand her knowledge and experience of these speech and language difficulties while also gaining expertise in language-literacy struggles, executive functioning, and social-pragmatic development and treatment. She has worked in specialized therapeutic schools, outpatient hospital clinics, and as a consultant to NYC public schools. In any setting, her goal is to provide the most efficacious and effective therapy to children while maintaining frequent collaboration with families and other professionals.

She wants every child to know that they do not have problems that need to be fixed but rather so many strengths and charms that make them unique and equally as incredible as their peers.

Michelle's areas of expertise, passion, and focus with Down the Road Education include executive functioning and study skills, language development, and literacy development.