Danielle Baker, MS, CCC-SLP

Supporting children in Amherst, Northampton, and surrounding towns in Hampshire County

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Hampshire Speech Therapy offers private speech and language services to children ages 0-18 throughout Hampshire county. Danielle Baker is the owner and sole speech language pathologist for Hampshire Speech Therapy. Danielle travels to provide services within your home. If you prefer for therapy to take place outside of your home, a few public or private locations can be discussed. Virtual therapy is also available.

Danielle specializes in the following challenges or diagnoses:

  • Stuttering and fluency disorders

  • Developmental delays

  • Articulation and phonological disorders

Danielle also has experience treating the following:

  • Feeding and swallowing disorders

  • Voice disorders

  • Receptive and expressive language delays

  • Dyslexia and other literacy-based challenges

  • Childhood apraxia of speech

  • Autism spectrum disorders

  • Down Syndrome

  • Executive functioning disorders

Session Details

Danielle offers a free 30 minute in-home or phone consultation.

Speech therapy sessions can be 30, 45, or 60 minutes in length. In-depth evaluations and evaluation reports can be completed upon request.

Hours of availability: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Danielle is dedicated to building a supportive relationship with every client and views parents or caregivers as significant members of the therapy team. She strives to learn her clients’ strengths, interests, and challenges to create effective therapy tailored to each individual child. She believes that therapy is most effective when it is fun, motivating, and functional for children.

Personal & Professional Background

Danielle received her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston. Prior to moving with her husband to Northampton, she was the Regional Director of Speech-Language Pathology for Stars Therapy Services in California. In this position, Danielle provided direct services while supervising a team of speech language pathologists. Danielle also has experience working in Early Intervention programs (ages 0-3), private practices (ages 0-18), an elementary school, and a long-term acute care medical facility. She is certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed in both Massachusetts and California.

Training Certifications & Recognition

 

TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS

  • Introduction to PROMPT: Technique

  • Hanen – It Takes Two to Talk

  • Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Level 1 Training

  • Sequential-Oral-Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding

  • Lively Letters

  • CPR

RECOGNITION

  • Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Shishmanian Student Fellowship for Early Intervention (2014 Recipient)

  • ASHA Award for Continuing Education (2020)

  • Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology, Medical Concentration, The MGH Institute of Health Professions

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Middlebury College

Testimonials

“Danielle worked with our daughter, Josephine, from age 2 to 3. Every single session was valuable and Danielle always had strategies that were easy for us to implement at home. Within that year, Josephine flourished in so many ways -- advancing from one- to three-word sentences to having full conversations with us about her day, improving her speech clarity, using complex words within context, and more -- and we have Danielle to thank for that!”

“We could not have been happier with the progress we saw in Ida's speech during our time with Danielle. Ida initially had ~5 words she repeated around the age of 2.5 and by the time she was close to 3 she was speaking in 2-3 word sentences, we lost track of how many words she could say and her speech was a lot clearer to everyone around her. As first time parents, we were so new to many things, and learning to work on speech and other forms of communication was at times stressful. Ida could have been so frustrated during these times but she was just so happy to be able to communicate with us in so many ways; Danielle gave her/us the resources to find ways to communicate during this process of learning to speak. Danielle always reassured us when we felt stuck in progress and answered our millions of questions. Even when COVID hit and everything went to zoom, we figured out ways to be able to have Danielle observe our play and continue the weekly interactions. We continue to keep in touch with Danielle because she became such a close part of our family - Ida saw her on a weekly basis and really became just as comfortable as she is with any other family member. Danielle has the perfect personality to engage a child and earn their trust so that they do feel comfortable working/playing with her. And parents/family members are equally lucky because she provides the tools for us to continue the work at home. Any child and family would be fortunate to work with Danielle.” 

“Working with Danielle was wonderful! She was so punctual, so great with follow up, and so professional yet caring with my one year old son. I can’t recommend her enough!”

Contact Danielle

We are not currently accepting new clients

To get in touch, please use the form below or send an email to HampshireSpeechTherapy@gmail.com