About
Play & Talk
Bilingual Therapy
About Play & Talk Bilingual Therapy
In 2017, Maricarmen Angeles-Simon launched Play & Talk Bilingual Therapy—a provider of quality home-based speech-language services to the pediatric population to enhance their verbal/non-verbal communication skills. This is accomplished by identifying concerns through specialized evaluations and developing goals to meet the needs of the child and the family.
Language is one of the most important skills that children develop. There are several red flags that parents should notice in determining whether their child requires speech-language intervention.
Meet Our Founder:
Maricarmen Angeles-Simon
With more than 20 years of experience, Maricarmen Angeles-Simon, M.A;CCC-SLP, is a bilingual (Spanish-English) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) member, certified autism specialist, and PROMPT-trained speech-language pathologist (SLP) emphasizing early intervention. She is a vendor with both Frank D. Lanterman and Westside Regional Centers in Los Angeles for which she provides both clinical and home-based speech-language services to the pediatric population. She is a mother of two little girls, ages 10 and 7.
In 2006, she was recruited to work in New York as a bilingual speech therapist for Achieve Beyond, where she completed her clinical fellowship year (CFY). In 2009, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she began working as a speech-language pathology assistant (SLPA) for the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), from Head Start to elementary, with a focus on the bilingual population. In 2011, Maricarmen received her SLP license and returned to her roots in early intervention for Achieve Beyond, this time providing home-based bilingual speech-language services.
Maricarmen began her career working with kids with different disabilities, and she quickly discovered that she loved working with them. At the time, speech-language services were lacking in Peru, so she decided to fill the void. Not everybody can work with kids, especially babies. It takes a unique personality to be able to talk, play and laugh with them, and Maricarmen is naturally gifted in that area. She connects with children through play and feels it’s crucial for children to see her as a friend, not as a teacher. When a child is happy and confident, he or she will learn.
In addition to play-based therapy, Maricarmen’s philosophy includes parent/teacher coaching. She believes strongly in relationship-driven therapy models and treating the individual child within the context of his or her family and community. Regardless of the diagnosis, if parents believe in their children, they will improve.
Maricarmen Angeles-Simon
M.A;CCC-SLP
Meet our awesome team
Trisha Vu
M.S. CCC-SLP
Trisha is a licensed speech-language pathologist in the state of California and holds a Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC) through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UCLA and her Master of Science in Communication Sciences & Disorders from Teachers College, Columbia University. Before pursuing her master’s, Trisha worked as an applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapist, providing one-to-one behavior intervention to young children (birth-5 years old) with autism. Throughout her career as a speech-language pathologist, Trisha has worked with clients of all ages and in a variety of settings. Trisha enjoys collaborating closely with clients and their families in order to provide individualized treatment and create strategies to encourage communication development in the context of meaningful interactions and daily routines.
Eleana Izquierdo
M.A CCC-SLP
I am an accomplished educator with a demonstrated ability to motivate and develop students. Prior to Play & Talk Bilingual Therapy, I was an early intervention speech-language pathologist at Achieve Beyond, where I performed evaluation and treatment services for children with developmental delays and disabilities. I have a background in working with both children and adults with cerebral palsy, autism, disorders of intellectual development, and hearing and fluency disorders.
Our Core Values
Enthusiasm
Professionalism
Creativity
Fun
Empathy
