Christina Freise Pollitt MS, CCC-SLP, CBIS, CDP, ASDCS Owner/President
Speech By The Beach Consulting LLC, Naples, Florida
Mrs. Freise Pollitt is the founding speech-language pathologist, and owner of Speech By the Beach Consulting LLC, a family-operated private practice in Naples, Florida. She provides comprehensive speech-language pathology services to both pediatrics and adults. She is certified as a Brain Injury Specialist by the Brain Injury Association of America, as an Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist, and as a Certified Dementia Practitioner by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners. This triple certification distinguishes her from other speech-language pathologists, and enables her to offer patients more comprehensive assessment and treatment options.
Mrs. Freise Pollitt holds a Masters of Science from Columbia University, New York, the only Ivy League training program in the United States in Speech-Language Pathology, and she completed her internship at The Mount Sinai Hospital, in Manhattan, New York. Following graduation, she pursued a clinical fellowship at The Brady Institute for Traumatic Brain Injury to receive her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her diverse experiences include Level I acute care Trauma Center, LTACH, home care, and university clinical faculty member with supervisory and teaching roles in a pediatric academic clinic. As a clinical professor and supervisor, Mrs. Freise Pollitt has trained hundreds of aspiring speech-language pathologists. Furthermore, she is the author of Cognitive Implications of Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide to Improve Communication and Swallow Function. She has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Speech-Language Pathologists in America Impacting the Field.
Mrs. Freise Pollitt is the former vice president of Closet2Closet, an Illinois-based non-profit organization providing current trend apparel to teenagers living in foster care and/or disruptive situations. Locally, she is the former President of the Collier County Medical Society Alliance, and a former Director of the Florida Medical Association Alliance. She is an advisor to the Stroke Recovery Foundation and to the Alzheimer’s Support Network of Naples. Mrs. Freise Pollitt supports many local charities throughout the year.
Christina currently lives in Naples with her husband and two rescue dogs.
Licensure/ Certifications/ Memberships:
Publication: Cognitive Implications of Dementia: A Caregiver's Guide to Maximize Communication & Swallow Function, 2018.
Education/ Honors:
Five-time Recipient of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Award for Continuing Education (ACE Award), including post-graduate education from Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins University
4.0 cumulative GPA, State University of New York, highest GPA in graduating class, awarded highest departmental honors.
Named to the Southwest Florida's "40 Under 40" List, 2018
Top 100 Speech-Language Pathologists Impacting the Field in the United States
Speech By The Beach Consulting LLC, Naples, Florida
Mrs. Freise Pollitt is the founding speech-language pathologist, and owner of Speech By the Beach Consulting LLC, a family-operated private practice in Naples, Florida. She provides comprehensive speech-language pathology services to both pediatrics and adults. She is certified as a Brain Injury Specialist by the Brain Injury Association of America, as an Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist, and as a Certified Dementia Practitioner by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners. This triple certification distinguishes her from other speech-language pathologists, and enables her to offer patients more comprehensive assessment and treatment options.
Mrs. Freise Pollitt holds a Masters of Science from Columbia University, New York, the only Ivy League training program in the United States in Speech-Language Pathology, and she completed her internship at The Mount Sinai Hospital, in Manhattan, New York. Following graduation, she pursued a clinical fellowship at The Brady Institute for Traumatic Brain Injury to receive her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her diverse experiences include Level I acute care Trauma Center, LTACH, home care, and university clinical faculty member with supervisory and teaching roles in a pediatric academic clinic. As a clinical professor and supervisor, Mrs. Freise Pollitt has trained hundreds of aspiring speech-language pathologists. Furthermore, she is the author of Cognitive Implications of Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide to Improve Communication and Swallow Function. She has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Speech-Language Pathologists in America Impacting the Field.
Mrs. Freise Pollitt is the former vice president of Closet2Closet, an Illinois-based non-profit organization providing current trend apparel to teenagers living in foster care and/or disruptive situations. Locally, she is the former President of the Collier County Medical Society Alliance, and a former Director of the Florida Medical Association Alliance. She is an advisor to the Stroke Recovery Foundation and to the Alzheimer’s Support Network of Naples. Mrs. Freise Pollitt supports many local charities throughout the year.
Christina currently lives in Naples with her husband and two rescue dogs.
Licensure/ Certifications/ Memberships:
- Licensed by the Florida Department of Health for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
- Holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- Certified in Speak OUT!, LSVT LOUD and LSVT LOUD For Life, voice programs designed for individuals with Parkinson's disease with applications in other neurological diseases
- Certified in PhoRTE, voice program designed for individuals with voice changes due to aging (presbyphonia)
- Certified in Baby Signs®, a communication program designed for infants to improve communication
- Certified in the Compton PESL Accent Modification Method, a speech program designed for individuals with accented-English
- Certified in the Beckman Oral Motor Protocol, a program to improve oral motor skills to support feeding and speech development
- Certified in the SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) Approach to Feeding, a comprehensive program to evaluate and treat children with feeding disorders, and children who are picky eaters.
- Trained in Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT), a tactile-kinesthetic approach to evaluate and treat children with motor speech disorders such as apraxia
- Member, American Speech-Language Hearing Association Special Interest Group 3: Voice and Upper Airway Disorders, Special Interest Group 11: Administration and Supervision, Special Interest Group 13: Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders
- Member, Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences
- Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile Registered
- Basic Life Support Certified, American Heart Association
Publication: Cognitive Implications of Dementia: A Caregiver's Guide to Maximize Communication & Swallow Function, 2018.
Education/ Honors:
Five-time Recipient of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Award for Continuing Education (ACE Award), including post-graduate education from Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins University
4.0 cumulative GPA, State University of New York, highest GPA in graduating class, awarded highest departmental honors.
Named to the Southwest Florida's "40 Under 40" List, 2018
Top 100 Speech-Language Pathologists Impacting the Field in the United States
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- Jillian Jaramillo, MA, CCC-SLP,
Mrs. Jaramillo provides comprehensive speech-language pathology services at Speech By The Beach Consulting LLC to both pediatric and adult clients. With over 15 years of experience in the field of speech-language pathology, Mrs. Jaramillo has extensive knowledge in assessment and treatment of communication disorders across the lifespan.
Licensure/ Certifications/ Memberships:
Licensed by the Florida Department of Health for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
- Holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association
Education/Honors:
Bachelors of Arts, Speech-Language Pathology, Adelphi University, Magna Cum Laude
Masters of Arts, Speech-Language Pathology, University of Central Florida
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Phone: 239.631.1988 Fax: 888.974.1617 Address: 2180 Immokalee Road, Suite 305 Naples, Florida 34110 |
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