Stephanie Sigal, M.A. CCC-SLP, is a Manhattan speech-language therapist offering kindergarten prep and pediatric speech therapy. Before entering private practice, Stephanie worked on staff as a speech therapist at Duke University Hospital and NYU Medical Center.
Kindergarten Prep
Stephanie has helped children earn kindergarten admission to elite Manhattan schools. Between 2025 and 2026, Stephanie’s students have enrolled at Riverdale, Trinity, Dalton, Horace Mann, St. Bernard’s, Collegiate, Brearley, Chapin, and Spence.
Additionally, Stephanie works with children over Zoom to help them gain admission to schools in Connecticut, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Dallas.
Stephanie offers kindergarten admissions preparatory services to children in Manhattan as they prepare for interviews, playdates, testing, and the FLI Assessment (First Look Insights). Examples of skills addressed may include improving:
- Attention and Transitions Between Activities
- Critical Thinking
- Social Skills (e.g., sportsmanship)
- Math/Number Skills and Reading
- Following Directions/Listening Comprehension
- Picture Book Discussions
Speech Therapy
For children in Manhattan seeking speech therapy, Stephanie conducts articulation, oral motor, and language therapy, including:
- A traditional articulation evaluation examines which sounds your child is having difficulty producing.
- An oral motor evaluation determines WHY your child has difficulty saying specific sounds.
- A language evaluation examines vocabulary, sentence length, grammar, and listening skills.
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Language
Listen to Stephanie speak about Amy, age 2. Amy is not using many words. -
Articulation
Stephanie speaks about Josh, age 7, who has trouble saying the sounds R and S.
Certification and Training
- American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) Speech-Language Pathologist, CCC-SLP
- New York State License in Speech-Language Pathology
- Preventing Academic Failure (PAF)/Windward Teacher Training Institute
- The Hochman Method/Writing Revolution/Windward Teacher Training Institute
- Handwriting Without Tears
- The Hanen Centre
- Talktools
- PROMPT
- Infancy and Early Childhood DIR/Floortime
Publications
- Say and Play Family Blog
- Becoming Detectives to Better Understand Our World Through Inference
- Two SLPs Multiply a Child’s Gains Through Collaboration
- Helping Parents Build Their Youngsters’ Vocabulary
- How an SLP and OT Collaborate Long-Distance
- Sticky Tape – Helpful for Carryover of S and Z production and Eliminating Tongue Thrust
- Encouraging Speech and Language Skills while Sharing Books with a Group of Children
- How to Read Books with Children with Language Delay
- Encouraging Rhyming Skills
Getting Started With Stephanie
Evaluations, treatment, and consultations are conducted in the comfort of your Upper East Side Manhattan home between 60th Street and 95th Street or on Zoom. Stephanie does not have an office or accept insurance and looks forward to hearing from you about your child! Contact Stephanie at sigalstephanie@gmail.com or 646-295-4473.