Empowering Communication

Building Stronger Voices, One Session at a Time

Literacy Links provides personalized speech, language, and reading therapy for children, focusing on connection over compliance, progress over perfection, and lasting results.

Colleen Ellis, M.A., CCC-SLP

I'm Colleen Ellis, the owner and speech-language pathologist (SLP) at Literacy Links. I have over 20 years of experience as an SLP working with children with communication needs. As a parent to neurodivergent children, I know what it's like to be on the other side of the therapy table. I strive to provide a relaxed environment and lead with compassion. Speech therapy should be fun for your child!

My special areas of interest & training include:

Orton-Gillingham approach to reading intervention
DIRFloortime®
Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC)
Complex speech sound disorders
Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP)™
Gestalt language processing
Narrative language intervention (story telling)

When I'm not at work, I enjoy spending time with my husband, our two children, and our many pets, along with rooting for Philly sports teams, reading, writing, and spending time outdoors.

Specialized Services

Personalized therapy designed to support your child's unique communication journey.

Enhancing Language Development

Literacy Links offers child-centered therapy and an experienced therapeutic approach to target areas such as:

Receptive/expressive language delays
Late talking
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
Vocabulary
Grammar
Writing/sentence structure
Social skills

Reading/Literacy Intervention

Literacy Links offers an evidence-based, individualized approach to strengthen literacy skills by targeting:

Dyslexia/other decoding disabilities
Reading comprehension
Written expression
Hyperlexia
Mixed reading difficulties
Phonemic awareness skills (ability to recognize and manipulate sounds in spoken language)

Autism Support

I am passionate about enhancing communication skills for autistic children and take a neurodiversity-affirming approach to helping autistic children reach their full communicative potential. I use a child-led, total communication approach and encourage children to use all communication means at their disposal, including:

speech/verbal communication
non-verbal communication (e.g. gestures/pointing)
sign language
augmentative/alternative communication (AAC)

As the parent of an autistic child, I understand the importance of connection, and I will work hard to build a relationship of trust with your child while building social skills such as joint attention, turn-taking, and social/emotional reciprocity.

I strongly believe in meeting children where they are and incorporating their areas of interest into therapy sessions.

Speech Sounds and Fluency

Literacy Links offers targeted therapy for:

Articulation (speech sounds)
Phonological processing delays (speech sound patterns)
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
Fluency (stuttering)
Complex speech sound delays/disorders

My Personalized Approach to Communication

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Individualized Therapy Plans

I design every session around your child's unique needs, focusing on specific goals that drive meaningful progress.

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Child-Centered Environment

A gentle, supportive atmosphere and neurodiversity-affirming approach to care ensures that communication feels natural and empowering for every child.