Hi! I’m Katia Cardona! 

Hi! My name is Katia Cardona and I am the sole practitioner and owner of Raise Your Voice Speech and Language Therapy. I was born and raised in Tampa, FL and am excited to be serving children and families in this community! I received my Bachelor’s Degree from Florida State University (Go Noles!) in Family and Child Sciences with a minor in Elementary Education. After that I completed my Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences in Disorders at North Carolina Central University. 

I began my career working in the elementary school setting then transitioned to the private practice setting. Within the private practice setting, I’ve treated ages 1-18, including the birth to 3 population both in-clinic and in-home. I have experience treating a variety of areas, including but not limited to; Gestalt Language Processors, AAC, Receptive/Expressive Language Disorders, Speech Sound Disorders, Pragmatic Language Disorders, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Fluency Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Feeding Disorders. 

When not working you can find me spending time with friends and family, cheering on Tampa Bay and Florida State sports, serving at my local church, and trying out all the new spots in town!

Trainings & Certifications

  • A course designed by Alexandria Zachos (SLP) to educate SLPs about Gestalt Language Processing. There are two ways of learning language: Analytic Language Development which is the “standard” method of developing language, children learn by processing single words. Gestalt Language Development is another way of learning and processing language, children learn in whole chunks versus single words. Echolalia is an essential part of Gestalt Language Development. Children with ASD are often Gestalt Language Processors.

  • Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) is a therapeutic approach using motor learning principles paired with a voice output AAC device to give pre-verbal individuals with disabilities that limit their verbal language, a method to communicate independently and efficiently while they continue to develop their verbal language skills. I teach children (and their parents as this is a family effort) how to utilize and implement LAMP so they can use words and build sentences to communicate their wants, needs and ideas by activating buttons on an AAC device.

  • PROMPT stands for Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonemic Targets and is a multidimensional approach, treating communication as a blend of social-emotional, cognitive-linguistic, and physical-sensory domains. It is a highly recognized and evidenced-based treatment method for those aged 6 months and older with disorders such as Autism, Apraxia, Dysarthria, Cerebral Palsy, Speech Sound Disorders and other Motor Speech Disorders. With PROMPT therapy, an SLP manually guides a client’s articulators using tactile cues to the lips, jaw, vocal cords, tongue to shape movements properly from the phoneme level, syllable level, word level and multi-word level, gradually reducing the tactile cues to promote independence.

  • Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) is a therapy approach rooted in the principles of motor learning. It is an integrated approach that involves stimulation and a systematic cueing hierarchy. DTTC is frequently used with younger children with moderate to severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

  • TD Snap is a flexible software that offers a choice of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) solutions to help people with communication disabilities develop literacy skills using symbol communication. It is compatible with all Tobii Dynavox devices and supports touch, eye gaze or switch input, clear speech output, and access to various tools and page sets.