About
Mitza E. Nieves, M.S.,CCC-SLP
I am a American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) certified Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP). I am certified by the Florida Department of Health and by the Florida Department of Education. I am also fully bilingual (English/Spanish).
I began practicing as a professional Speech and Language Therapist in 2012. I received my B.S in Biology form the University of Puerto Rico in 1999. I worked as a teacher for the public school system from 2006-2012. In 2012, I received my 2nd B.S in Communicative Disorders and Sciences from Utah State University and received my M.S in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of South Florida (USF) in 2017.
For the past 7 years, I have been working in the public school system with PK-5th grade students with articulation, fluency (stuttering), expressive/receptive language impairments, pragmatic (social language) impairments, non-verbal and limited verbal students, students with ASD and Cerebral Palsy (CP).
In 2019, I decided to start a small part-time private practice seeing clients in their homes or public locations such as libraries.
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Specializing in Pediatric Speech and Language Therapy
Communication Disorders
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) defines a communication disorder as an "impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal, and graphic symbol systems." A communication disorder may be evident in the processes of hearing, language, and/or speech. A communication disorder may range in severity from mild to profound. It may be developmental or acquired. Individuals may demonstrate one or any combination of communication disorders. A communication disorder may result in a primary disability or it may be secondary to other disabilities."
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ASHA defines a speech disorder as "an impairment of the articulation of speech sounds, fluency, and/or voice."​​​
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Articulation
How we make speech sounds using the mouth, lips, and tongue. For example, we need to be able to say the “r” sound to say "rabbit" instead of "wabbit.”
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Voice
How we use our vocal folds and breath to make sounds. Our voice can be loud or soft or high- or low-pitched. We can hurt our voice by talking too much, yelling, or coughing a lot.
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Fluency
This is the rhythm of our speech. We sometimes repeat sounds or pause while talking. People who do this a lot may stutter.
Language refers to the words we use and how we use them to share ideas and get what we want. ASHA defines a language disorder as "impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, and/or other symbol systems. The disorder may involve (1) the form of language (phonology, morphology, syntax), (2) the content of language (semantics/vocabulary), and/or (3) the function of language in communication (pragmatics/ social language) in any combination."
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Phonology: The sound system of a language.​​
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Morphology: The internal structure of words and construction of words in reading, writing and spelling.
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Syntax : The system governing the order and combination of words to form sentences in spoken and written language.
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Pragmatics: There are rules for how we use language in different situations and with different people.
Contact Me
For any questions you have, you can reach me here:
Mitza E. Nieves, M.S., CCC-SLP
407-307-5416
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