1. Services for children:
At logouerga.com we provide quality speech and language services in English.
For stuttering we use
a) Parent Child Interaction (PCI by Michael Palin Centre in London)
b) Mini-KIDS (Peter Schneider – University Hospital Aachen – Germany)
c) The Lidcombe Program (The University of Sydney - Australia)
d) Integration model of therapy approaches.
For Early Intervention we use
a) It takes two to talk (Hanen – Canada)
b) Language enhancement techniques in which parents are trained and involved.
For Children who have difficulty with organization and who might have characteristics from the autistic spectrum disorder, we use methods from
a) TEACCH
b) Intensive Interaction
Therapy for each child is individualized to his/her needs and the needs of the family.
2. Services for adults:
For adults we provide services for stuttering and / or cluttering.
Language enhancement material:
logouerga.com is a new company that aims to provide speech-language therapists, kindergarten and elementary education teachers and special educators with appropriate, target oriented materials for everyday use. Our vision is for every therapist and every teacher to be adequately prepared without consuming any of his/her valuable time in creating materials. Let us provide you with ready to use materials in really low prices. All of our books are e-books; therefore they are easily accessible, attractive and colorful. Children love them. Each page can be laminated and used with several students or it can be given as homework.
Maria Paphiti, PhD, CCC-SLP, CESS, has been a speech-language pathologist since 1996. In 1997, she earned the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, which she has maintained to the present day. In 2011, she completed the Master’s-level European Clinical Specialization in Fluency Disorders (ECSF) program and is the only speech-language pathologist in Cyprus to hold the title of Certified European Stuttering Specialist (CESS).
She also holds the title of Hanen-Certified Speech-Language Pathologist, demonstrating specialized expertise in early language development. She has worked as a speech-language pathologist in special schools in New York and for eighteen years in public elementary education in Cyprus. Since 2016, she has been working in private practice.
In November 2024, she successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Inhibitory Control and Cognitive Flexibility in Children who Stutter”, at the University of Turku, Finland, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the same institution. Since Fall 2024, she has been teaching undergraduate speech-language pathology courses at European University Cyprus.
