Carmen Parra Garcia, MA, CCC-SLP

Carmen Parra Garcia is a Spanish and English Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for Speech-Language Pathology and holds her Certificate in Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has experience in the evaluation and treatment of preschool, school age, and adolescent populations exhibiting a variety of communication and articulation disorders. Carmen is passionate in building strong connections with her patients and their families to encourage a progressive therapeutic outcome.

Outside of Texas Children’s, Carmen enjoys reading and spending time with her husband and three cats, Charlie, Malcolm, and Sofia.

Ms. Parra Garcia holds a Certificate in Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Personal Statement

From personal experience, I understand what it’s like to care for a loved one with communication difficulties, making my work my passion. I pride myself in developing meaningful connections with my patients and their families. I find that in addition to using evidence-based treatment approaches, caring and gaining the trust of my patients and their families, are fundamental to their care and progress. Additionally, I understand that when I am working with a child and their families, there are many areas outside of speech and language that may need attention and care; therefore, a whole-child approach, through collaboration with multiple disciplines and specialties, is paramount for patients under my care at Texas Children’s Hospital.

Clinical Interests

Assessing and treating communication and articulation disorders in bilingual and monolingual pediatric populations. Alternative & Augmentative Communication, Early Childhood Intervention (children under the age of 3). Diagnosing and treating speech sound disorders, and pragmatic communication disorders in neurodivergent populations (especially in older school aged children).

Education

Organizations

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Research interests

Communication differences in neurodivergent pediatric populations, speech and language acquisition in neurodivergent pediatric populations.