Leah Booth, MA, CCC (SLP)

Leah Booth, MA, CCC (SLP), is a speech-language pathologist who specializes in pediatric speech pathology. She focuses on helping children with communication challenges, including those with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.

Booth works with children and their families to assess communication skills, set realistic goals, and develop strategies to improve social and language development using practical tools and visual aids. She consults with parents, teachers, and school teams to create supportive learning environments and individualized education programs tailored to each child’s needs.

As an instructor of clinical speech pathology at Yale School of Medicine, Booth is involved in research on interventions that encourage social communication in children with autism, such as therapies designed to increase their ability to interact and communicate effectively. She lectures on speech, language, and social communication development to both undergraduate and medical students.