Our Staff
We would like to introduce you to the ITS staff. Each team member of ITS strives to foster a professional and comfortable relationship with our clients and their families. If you need more information, feel free to send us an email or call our office.
Uduak Osom-MA-CCC-SLP Owner/Program Director
Email: ussom@pediatricspeech.com
Uduak (Udie) Osom holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Speech and Language Pathology from San Jose State University. Licensed in California, she is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a member of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Udie served students of all ability levels from preschool through grade 12, for over 19 years. She is recognized as insightful, creative in her practical approach to teaching clients. She draws upon her extensive background, as a regular education teacher, and a speech pathologist when making clinical decisions. Her experience as an early/preschool teacher has afforded her the expertise of understanding typical developmental milestones. Udie's specialty includes: oral motor, feeding, and social cognitive therapy. Udie has taught numerous classes on feeding, autism and language learning disabilities.
Udie developed the Paired Pragmatic Language Program (PPLP) in 2000. The PPLP stands apart as a social skill program because children with disabilities work with typical peers as their communication partner, while immersed in real-life situations in the community. The program helps typical peers learn tolerance and understanding, and allows the children with social communication language disorders (e.g. ASD, ADD, and other social cognitive language disorder) to practice social interaction in functional daily situations. This program has helped numerous families transition their children more successfully into functional social situations, generalized to mainstream classrooms. Udie currently sees clients MTW 8:30 to 6:00pm and provides support to families and staff TH/F 8:30 to 12:00pm on Fridays ( scheduled two weeks in advance)
Chris Hon, MA, CCC-SLP
Email: chris@pediatricspeech.com
Chris graduated from Edinboro State University, Pennsylvania and received her BA in, Speech and Hearing. She went on to complete her MA, in Speech Pathology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She worked as a licensed speech pathologist for 12 years with the Palo Alto School district (K-8). She has a wealth of knowledge that she brings with her to our clinic, including volunteering in the community- Ecumenical Hunger Program, a very active board member- Fremont Hills Country Club. My children immediately fell in love with her warm friendly personality. She comes highly recommended by peers and mentors. Chris works three days for in order to continue with her other commitments to her community. Chris enjoys spending time with her husband and three wonderful children. Her goal is is to improve communication skills by implementing hands on practical therapy strategies in a positive, encouraging environment. Her specialty areas are: articulation, school age language learning difficulties, oral motor and early childhood language delays. Her schedule is Tuesdays and Thursdays ( 8:30 to 6:00pm) and she offers makeup once a month on Wednesdays.
Christy Codero, MS., CCC-SLP
Email: christy@pediatricspeech.comPiCTURE COMING SOON
Christy graduated from California State University, Sacramento and received her B.S. in Speech and Language Pathology. She went on to complete her M.S. in Speech Pathology also at CSU, Sacramento in 1996. She worked as a licensed speech pathologist, prior to taking time off to raise her family. Christy returned fulltime to speech pathology field, two years ago, as her kids are much older. Her clinical experience includes working with children with a variety of communication disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorders, articulation disorders, expressive and receptive language delays, fluency, and developmental delays. She has special interest in assessing and treating children and adolescents with autism disorders and issues associated with neuromuscular disorders. She is passionate about involving families in the treatment process. Christy is passionate about community support programs, such as Global Citizens Network. She enjoys spending time with her family. Her schedule is M-F (9:00 am to 5:00pm).
Jakia Parker (Office Manager)
Email: jakia@pediatricspeech.com
Ms.Jakia models the ITS philosophy in her interactions with both children and adults. As an office manager she oversees the accounting/bookkeeping and all other administrative responsibilities. She received her BA from San Jose State University. She is also working on her masters degree. Jakia has extensive training in ABA. She worked as Behavioral Intervention Manager in an Autism program in Oakland, CA. As the program manager, Jakia provided trainings and managed the overall outcome of the programs. Jakia was also an administrative assistant to the Board of Directors-Associate Student Inc. at California State University Hayward. Jakia is known for her organizational skills and she keeps us linked and connected to the wider community in an efficient and timely manner. When she is not working she enjoys spending time with her wonderful daughter. She is in the office M-F 10:00 am to 6: 00 pm
Thao Pham - Email: thao@pediatricspeech.com-
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Student Intern
Thao has worked at ITS for the past two years, first as our office assistant and later as our parent liaison and now she is finishing her internship program at ITS. She received her bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University, in speech pathology and is completing her master’s degree in Speech Pathology this year from San Jose State University. Thao will be working under Udie's supervision. Thao is very involved in her community, often volunteering to act as an interpreter for speech pathology groups and Vietnamese families. Two summers ago she flew to Vietnam to support a Speech Pathology group in providing therapy to special needs families. Thao spent her whole summer traveling from one part of Vietnam to another, screening, interpreting and educating parents on speech and language disorders. Thao now works only on the weekends(Saturdays), as she is completing her student internship.
Rebecca Richardson (PPLP Summer Teacher)