Mae Timmons, MS/CCC, BRS-FD, ASHA certified Speech Language Pathologist, the owner of Cape Cod Speech and Language, has over 25 years of experience in communication disorders. Mae earned her Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology while attending the College of New Jersey and Leicester Polytechnic in England. She received her Master of Science in Speech Pathology from Boston University. In addition to holding the American Speech and Hearing Association’s highest credential, the Certificate of Clinical Competence, Mae is a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders; she holds dual Massachusetts Department of Education certification in Speech Language as well as in Instructional Technology; she holds licensure in the states of Massachusetts and California; she is a member of American Speech Language Hearing Association, the Stuttering Foundation of America, Massachusetts Computer Educators, the International and the U.S. Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, and has recently been a reviewer, trainer and presenter for the Massachusetts Department of Education’s statewide reading initiative, the Baystate Readers Program. Mae has been a long time consultant to the May Institute’s flagship program in Chatham, Massachusetts, the May Center for Child Development.

Mae’s experience providing speech and language services to children has included hospital, home health care, rehabilitation center, trauma centers, public and private school settings. She has been engaged in private practice on Cape Cod since 1987. Her areas of specialty include language based learning disabilities, fluency, educational technology and neurologically based communication disorders. Her research in the area of recovery following traumatic brain injury has been published in professional journals. She has presented at numerous regional, state, and national conferences, as well as in Canada, Mexico and England within her areas of expertise.

Our Staff

Tutors and therapists are selected to work at Cape Cod Speech and Language based upon their certification, areas of expertise and experience with children and families. All tutors hold Massachusetts teaching certificates, and frequently have advanced training in specific instructional and reading programs. All therapists selected hold a minimum of a Masters Degree in Communication Disorders, as well as the American Speech and Hearing Association’s Certificate of Clinical Competence. At Cape Cod Speech and Language, we are very committed to mentoring and supervision in the field of speech language pathology. Each summer we host high achieving undergraduate and graduate level volunteer interns from who are studying at top schools across the country, including Boston University, University of Connecticut, Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Loyola, University of New Hampshire, and University of Rochester. Our interns, studying in fields as diverse as speech language pathology, audiology, psycholinguistics, psychology and American Sign Language, gain valuable observation hours while assisting our therapy and office staff. Clinicians completing their Clinical Fellowship Year receive intensive supervision by licensed and certified staff well in excess of American Speech and Hearing Association recommendations to insure a high quality of service to our families and solid theoretical training for our first year Clinical Fellows.

Therapy Staff

Katie Castano, MS/CCC-SLP – Katie is a licensed, certified speech language pathologist with dual certification as a speech pathologist and a reading specialist. Katie received her Master of Science degree at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute of Health Professions in Boston and her Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Syracuse University. Katie’s areas of specialty include speech language disorders, reading disorders, executive function skills and all language based learning disabilities. In addition to her school based experience working with young children, Katie also provided comprehensive evaluation and treatment services to school aged children during the 4 years she worked at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In addition to providing services for the Truro Schools and her own private clients, Katie helps us out in summers when we are at our busiest.

Sarah Barr, SLP – Sarah has met licensure and certification requirements and will receive her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association in June 2008. Sarah is a highly skilled speech language pathologist who received dual certification as a speech pathologist and reading specialist through the Masters program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute of Health Professions in Boston. Sarah has worked with preschool, elementary and middle school aged children at Cape Cod Speech and Language in past summers, and while training at Massachusetts General Hospital satellite pediatric clinics in Chelsea and Revere. Her adult experience includes an internship at the Veterans Administration Hospital of Boston where she worked with some of the nation's foremost experts in communication disorders. When Sarah is not at Cape Cod Speech and Language, she is working at the Eagle Pond Rehabilitation Center in Dennis, Massachusetts where her caseload includes adults with neurological and cognitive communication impairments. Sarah loves working with both children and adults, and specializes in reading disorders, dysphagia and diagnostic evaluations.

Amy Chase, SLP – Amy joined our practice in April of 2008, just in time for our busy summer season. Amy recently received her Master of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology from Emerson College in Boston and has been completing her Clinical Fellowship Year under the direct supervision of Mae Timmons. Amy's undergraduate Biology degree, which she received cum laude from Bates College, gave her the needed background for the science and neurobiology of communication disorders. Amy has met all the requirements for Massachusetts licensure and will receive her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association in the fall of 2009. Amy is a gifted clinician who has varied talents and natural ability with children. Her clinical experience includes graduate internships at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands in Sandwich, Massachusetts, the New England Fluency Program in Boston, the Falmouth, Massachusetts School district, the Robbins Speech Language and Hearing Center in Boston and the Thayer-Lindsley Family Centered Program in Boston. Amy was selected from a pool of many candidates to intern with Adriana DiGrande, MS/CCC, Fluency Specialist at the New England Fluency Program in Boston, and comes to us with solid theoretical and clinical knowledge of fluency disorders as well as a strong recommendation by Adriana DiGrande. Amy's areas of interest and specialty include fluency disorders, early intervention, and pediatric language and motor speech communication disorders.