About Mirla G. Raz

I am an Arizona licensed speech pathologist and am certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. I have been in private practice for over 30 years working extensively with children who have speech and language problems. I received my Master’s degree from Seton Hall University in New Jersey. After graduation, I decided that I need sun and warmth and so headed south to work for the Volusia County Schools in Daytona Beach Florida. The next year I moved to California where I was offered a job working for the Los Angeles Unified School District in the severe oral language handicapped program. My next move was to UCLA where I worked in the department of Clinical Linguistics at the Neuropsychiatric Institute. In 1981, I moved to Arizona where I went into private practice. It gives me tremendous satisfaction to know that I have helped hundreds of children gain normal speech and language skills.

Category Apps

2017-12-10T19:35:34+00:00

          Category Carousel: This app was developed by speech pathologist Lois Kam Heymann. The app offers nine general categories: transportation, animals, clothing, food, occupations, household, summer, winter and instruments. There are subcategories within animals (birds, bugs, farm, water, jungle, forest), transportation (land, water, sky), clothing (body, head, feet), food (breakfast, desserts, [...]

Category Apps2017-12-10T19:35:34+00:00

Communication Assist Apps

2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

When the iPad first came out, I thought that this device was a godsend for people whose communication skills were so impaired that without assistance they were locked into silence or were wholly reliant on someone else to communicate for them.  For those in that situation, the iPad has the potential to offer them a [...]

Communication Assist Apps2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

I, too, agree with above comment. It seems somewha…

2012-06-29T20:32:00+00:00

I, too, agree with above comment. It seems somewhat unprofessional for an app development company like Smarty Ears to also run and moderate a LinkedIn or Facebook group dedicated to unbiased app reviews. Also, it's very troubling when app developers review their own apps to inflate the ratings with hopes that others may purchase the [...]

I, too, agree with above comment. It seems somewha…2012-06-29T20:32:00+00:00

An App Dedicated to Social Skills, Conversation and More

2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

Conversation Coach: A few weeks ago I was getting ready to review this app. Here’s what I had written at the time: “It took me a fairly long time to learn to all the options available. But, that may be electronically challenged me. Even though the app’s Help section does a good job explaining how [...]

An App Dedicated to Social Skills, Conversation and More2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

A Terrific Receptive Concepts and Directions App

2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

Auditory Workout: This app, developed by Beata Klarowska, M.S. CCC-SLP, is one of the best I have seen for receptive language.  She has clearly given a lot of thought to all aspects of app usage for professional use.The app strategically works on prepositions, colors, size, quantity, spatial, and temporal concepts in a following directions format [...]

A Terrific Receptive Concepts and Directions App2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

This is exactly the reason that I wrote my post ab…

2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

This is exactly the reason that I wrote my post about applications being researched based vs. actually researched themselves. Also, that the apps do what they state that they do. This also reminds me of when I was researching different assessments in college.I know that this comment is a few weeks after you posted this, [...]

This is exactly the reason that I wrote my post ab…2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

I would prefer for this comment to be posted anony…

2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

I would prefer for this comment to be posted anonymous by you. I wrote more than I planned so if you want to crop out a lot of it, that would make sense. I am also an app developer and absolutely DO NOT want to get caught in the storm. However, as you'll read below, [...]

I would prefer for this comment to be posted anony…2017-12-10T19:35:35+00:00

That would be why I couldn #39;t find any. Well, t…

2012-05-16T08:39:00+00:00

That would be why I couldn't find any. Well, that is good news but I think it also supports your previous statements, and maybe she realized it is kind of fishy for a company to review their own product.

That would be why I couldn #39;t find any. Well, t…2012-05-16T08:39:00+00:00

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