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	Home>About K. Bruce Harpster K. Bruce Harpster, M.A., CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist (SLP) in private practice in Central New Jersey, specializing in treatment of children with autism, severe language delay and other disorders of speech and communication. He holds a license to practice speech-language pathology in the State of New Jersey, a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and is a member of both the New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association and ASHA. As an SLP, Bruce served as an adjunct instructor at the Program in American Language Studies, Rutgers University and was on staff at the Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County -- Lakeview School, Roosevelt Hospital in Edison, New Jersey, and with the Woodbridge Board of Education, Matthew Jago School. Before becoming an SLP, he taught for ten years at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Bruce is a certified provider of the Compton P-ESL Accent Modification Program and enjoys providing accent-modification services and public-speaking instruction to working professionals who wish to improve their English-language intelligibility and public-speaking skills. His academic degrees include an A.A.S. in Theatre from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, a B.A. with Highest Honors in Linguistics from Rutgers and an M.A. in Communication Disorders from Kean University. Professional areas of interest include: Foreign Accent Instruction Accent modification and accent reduction are the two main terms for this specialized form of ESL instruction Voice disorders and vocal production and theatrical performance skills Voice evaluation and treatment, voice coaching Presentation skills Public speaking and theatre performance skills communication and in the educational and business settings Study and academic skills Students' In-class and at-home academic skills Memory,test-taking and classroom-performance skills Therapy and assessment NJ-based speech-language pathology services for swallowing, augmentative and alternative communication, speech, language, and literacy skills Fluency and speech skills Stuttering and Other Disorders of Fluency Written and verbal narrative language Writing and speaking skills for the improvement of academic performance and participation He is a member of the following organizations: The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) ASHA's Special Interest Division for Voice Disorders ASHA's Special Interest Division for Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia) ASHA's Special Interest Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations The Institute of Language and Phonology The New Jersey Speech Language Hearing Association K. Bruce Harpster, M.A., CCC-SLP
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