Dr. Bettina Larroudé is a bilingual Spanish/English speech-language pathologist with almost 30 years of experience in the field of pediatric bilingual speech-language services, neurodevelopmental disorders, and pediatric feeding. Among all of her certifications, she is NOMAS, PROMPT, and HANEN "It takes two to talk" & "Target Word" certified. She has completed TALK TOOLS seminars in oral placement therapy and Down Syndrome.

 

Dr. Larroudé began her career working in the public schools as an itinerant speech-language pathologist, a Diagnostic Team evaluator, and a coordinator of a bilingual assessment team for special education. She was also a program specialist in charge of the speech-language department for the Oakland Unified School District.

 

Dr. Larroudé worked for almost ten years as an instructor/clinical supervisor for San Francisco State University, teaching undergraduate and graduate classes and supervising students in the clinic and out in the field. She continues supervising graduate students and speech-language pathologist assistants.

 

In 2003, Dr. Larroudé opened a small private practice, Linguistic Alternatives, where she and a team of professionals, privately served the pediatric population for different Bay Area Agencies and school districts. She had the great opportunity to work with, train, and supervise new graduates, and Clinical Fellows during the first years in the field.

 

In 2008, Dr. Larroudé moved back to Argentina to complete a research project, work in a NICU, and in a home-health agency as a coordinator of speech-language services.

 

Some of Dr.Larroudé's published credits include several publications on bilingual/bicultural issues in English and a book about Latino Parental Perceptions regarding home-based speech and language services. She has developed a criterion-referenced articulation checklist in Spanish, two language curriculums for children with language and developmental delays, a curriculum for pull-out communication skills for Spanish speaking children, and a communication tool-ASL for the Down Syndrome population in collaboration with Charlie´s Clinic-UCSF Benioff Children´s Hospital Oakland.

 

Since 2012, Dr. Larroudé works as a consultant for the Alameda County Office of Education Parent-Infant Family Support Program collaborating with special education teachers, home visitors, a special education nurse, and an occupational therapist in three different center-based programs and in the families' homes.

 

Dr. Larroudé is also a consultant for the YMCA of the East Bay, providing screenings, consultation/collaboration with teachers, full inclusion team, center directors, and staff. She also provides teachers' training, parent training/support. Her consulting work takes place among twelve different Head Start Centers of Alameda and West Contra Counties. 

 

Dr. Larroudé specializes in the following areas: bilingual/bicultural assessment and treatment, language treatment for mild/moderate/severe disabilities including genetic syndromes, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, ASD, Down Syndrome, assessment and treatment of oral motor/feeding skills, learning disabilities. 

 

In the last twenty years,  Dr. Larroudé has presented at ASHA, CSHA, First 5, Bananas, Family Resource Network, The Unity Council, YMCA-Berkeley Head Start, UCSF Benioff Children´s Hospital, Down Syndrome Association-Burlingame, and numerous other agencies and school districts in Northern California and Argentina. Her topics have included speech-language issues in the bilingual/bicultural populations, bilingual speech/language assessments and therapy, and assessment and treatment of children who have a diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disabilities, etc.