Tip of the Tongue Speech and Language | 958 Kehrs Mill Road  Ballwin, MO 63011  | Office: 636 220-8200 | Fax:  636 532-5350
About the Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)
Hello and welcome to my website!  I am Rhonda J. Banford, M.A.T., CCC-SLP,  
speech-language pathologist at Tip of the Tongue Speech and Language, LLC 
in Ballwin, MO.  Here are some facts about me:

  • I graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans with a master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
  • I am certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and licensed in MO
  • I am certified in the state of MO as an Early Childhood Special Educator.
  • I have taken Level 1 Prompt Training.
  • I am trained in the Compton P-ESL method for foreign accent modification.
  • I designed and taught an intensive speech class at Rockwood School District for unintelligible preschoolers.  I continue to offer a similar program in the form of summer camp, called SCAMP.
  • I have a special interest in childhood apraxia of speech and oral-motor concerns and have taken trainings by Nancy Kaufman, Pam Marshalla, Edythe Strand, Shelley Velleman, Diane Bahr, Char Boshart, Julie Hoffmann, and others.
  • I am a member of the International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM) and the Missouri State Orofacial Myology Association (MOSOMA).  Having completed my coursework with Sandra Holtzman, I am in the process of becoming a certified orofacial myologist.
  • In the early part of my career, I taught a self-contained class for children with severe language disorders.  It was there that I gained my first experience in working on the many aspects of receptive and expressive language and reading difficulties.
  • I am married and have two grown daughters. 
  • I love animals, particularly dogs.  My dogs, Tilly and Lila, often accompany me to work.  My 
           beautiful cat, Osiris, waits for us at home.
  • I love to laugh!
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