Marissa Stockstad, MS CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Certification and Licensure:
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, North Carolina
Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, Massachusetts
ASHA Certification for Clinical Competency (SLP-CCC)
Specialized Training:
Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S) Approach to Feeding
Basic Sign Language
Language and Literacy, Orton-Gillingham and Wilson Reading Approach
Executive Functioning Skills
Social Thinking Curriculum
Zones of Regulation
Everyday Speech Platform
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children
Multidisciplinary Approach
Experience:
Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
Pediatric Language Disorders
Social-Emotional-Behavioral Disorders
Articulation and Phonological Processing Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Integrating Sensory Integration Principles into Speech-Language Therapy
Play-based Therapy
Visualizing and Verbalizing – Linda Mood Bell
Executive Functioning – Sara Ward
Tracheostomies and Ventilator Management
Neuromotor Speech Disorders and Dysarthria
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (low, mid, high tech)
Bio:
Marissa is originally from Asheville, NC and received her BS in Psychology from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. She moved to Boston, MA to achieve her MS in Speech-Language Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Institute of Health Professions. There, she concentrated in medical speech-language pathology and found her passion for working with medically complex children, feeding and swallowing disorders, and neurodiverse populations. In Boston, Marissa worked at a pediatric clinic and a skilled nursing facility before making the move back to Raleigh, NC. She has wide clinical experience with a variety of diagnoses and disorders in both children and adults, including but not limited to: feeding and swallow disorders, speech and language disorders, social-emotional-behavioral disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and congenital disorders. Marissa has experience utilizing the Zones of Regulation and Social Thinking curriculum and loves to incorporate sensory integration and interdisciplinary work into her therapy. Marissa is passionate about working with children and their families to create a child and family-centered therapy plan to achieve success.