Tara Green M.S. CCC-SLP

SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

Tara shares ownership of Benefit Therapy Services with close friend and fellow Speech Language Pathologist, Lindsay Thomas. Tara graduated from University of Florida in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and received a Master of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Western Carolina University in 2009. During her tenure as an SLP, Tara has enjoyed gaining therapeutic knowledge and clinical experience in a variety of settings with a variety of age groups including birth to age 3, school age, high school, adult and geriatric populations. She has experience working with a variety of diagnosis including: Autism, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Articulation Delays/Disorders, Language Delays/Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Klinefelter’s Syndrome, Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, Cognitive Impairments/Delays, Sensory Disorders, Behavioral Disorders, Fluency Disorders, Feeding/Swallowing Disorders, Hearing Loss, and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Tara seeks to improve the quality of life of each of her patients and their families by providing quality, researched-based and patient-centered therapeutic interventions. She believes that each patient and family is unique and looks forward to getting to know each individual and working closely with them to achieve their goals. In addition, Tara strongly feels that early intervention is vital to a child’s development of age-appropriate communication, social, and academic skills.

Tara is nationally certified and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) as well maintains an active and current license in the state of North Carolina. She is married and is the proud parent a son and daughter. The Green family enjoys spending time in the outdoors, participating in community events and spending time with family and friends.