About

My desire is to help individuals and families achieve their greatest speech-language potential.

Susan Zachariah, M.A. CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Susan is the founder of Summit Speech Services. She has been a speech language pathologist for over 25 years. Susan has worked with children and young adults privately, in the clinic, and in the private/public school settings. Her areas of expertise include: preschool language, speech sounds disorders, language delays/disorders, fluency/stuttering, social communication, and educating families on speech language issues. She was born in India and grew up in the Chicagoland area. She obtained both a Bachelor's Degree in Human Communication Science Disorders and a Master's Degree from Northwestern University. She currently lives with her family in Glenview, Illinois.

Member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Illinois Speech Language Pathology License
Illinois Professional Educator's License

Testimonials

“Our 7-year-old daughter had a speech screening at her school, Logos Christian Academy, by the Speech-Language Pathologist, Susan Zachariah. As a result, we hired Susan to do home speech therapy with her. Our daughter wasn’t saying certain sounds correctly even if she reached an age that she should be able to do so. Every session, she was able to achieve the new sounds she learned with her speech therapist. I am glad we had Susan working with our daughter and even more delighted that she was able to captivate her into learning through games and creative sentence making. Also, a bonus, at the end of the class my younger daughter was able to play the games with her sister and hear the correct way of saying specific sounds. My daughter said: ‘The teacher was kind and beautiful. The games were fun.’ Thank you, Mrs. Susan.”

D.H. / Des Plaines, IL

Logos Christian Academy Parent

“Susan Zachariah is an amazing speech pathologist. She was brought onto our team a few months into the school year, and dove in feet first. She didn't hesitate to ask questions when needed, she was a collaborative part of the team, and created lasting relationships with our students. She provided high-quality, research-based speech and language services to our students, and they progressed towards their IEP goals. If I could, I would hire her immediately.”

Jessica Chmura

Assistant Principal, Emerson & Lincoln Elementary, Elmhurst District 205

“I highly recommend Susan for speech services! My son worked with her when he was 8 years old because he could not correctly produce his R sound. Susan was great to work with, she was accommodating, thorough and always has a joyful energy. She brought games for them to play during their session and had homework available if I asked. My son is now able to correctly say his R sound, I am very grateful that we found Susan!”

Elizabeth S.

Northfield, IL Parent

“As a special education director and superintendent, I have contracted with Summit Speech Services. Each time, I was extremely satisfied with the level of service and professionalism we received. Additionally, I have recommended Summit Speech Services to other colleagues in need of contracted speech services.”

Brad W. Voehringer, Ed. S.

Former Superintendent, Morton Grove School District 70

I look forward to being part of your communication journey.

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