about us – gabriele nicolet

Gabriele S. Nicolet, Speech-Language Pathologist Gabriele Nicolet has worked as a clinician in a variety of settings including schools and private practice. Gabriele has specialized training in PROMPT (Prompts to Restructure Oral Muscular Targets), PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), and Arthur Compton’s Pronouncing English As A Second Language. Despite her foreign-sounding name, Gabriele is a [...]

about us – haya berman hakim

Haya Berman Hakim, President Haya Berman Hakim has clinical and teaching background in schools, clinics, colleges, and private practice. Haya has specialized accent modification training from Arthur Compton in Pronouncing English As A Second Language and from the late Sam Chwat in Accent Elimination for Speech Pathologists.  She also works as a speech-language pathologist in [...]

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accent improvement Improve your communication effectiveness! We can provide a reduction of any foreign or regional accent. We can help you … learn an American accent in order to be understood improve your American accent in order to sound more native transform your regional accent into a more standard American accent Individual Accent Reduction Training [...]

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welcome Welcome to the Speech Improvement Group, providing Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., with services to enhance speech communication.   We offer training for individuals who want to focus on: foreign accent modification regional accent modification Whatever your speech concern, our services can help make you a more effective and more confident speaker. All of our [...]