Stephanie Cohen

Stephanie Cohen, MA, CCC-SLP, CLC, is a speech-language pathologist and a certified lactation counselor in private practice who has worked with children with complex medical needs and their families for more than 20 years. Stephanie has advanced training in pediatric feeding and specializes in working with the 0–3 population. She is passionate about helping families of children with feeding challenges find ways to make mealtimes more successful and enjoyable. Stephanie has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science degree from Northwestern University. She maintains a private practice in Illinois and is a credentialed evaluator and provider in the Illinois Early Intervention program. Stephanie regularly presents on a variety of topics, including typical and atypical feeding development, responsive feeding, and trauma-informed feeding assessment and treatment. Her work can be found through The Get Permission Institute, Chicago Feeding Group, TalkTools, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Stephanie enjoys mentoring and has been invited to lecture at Northwestern University. She is the author of the My First Learn-to-Talk board book series (Sourcebooks). Most importantly, Stephanie is a mom of three who lives in Illinois with her family.