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Amanda Hartley, the clinician and owner of Aspire Speech Therapy, earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Child Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Following graduation, she worked as a behavior therapist using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy working with children with autism. Amanda later moved back to her hometown of Reno, Nevada to pursue her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has experience working in pediatric and acute medical settings evaluating and determining treatment plans for individuals with speech/language disorders, intellectual disabilities, Down Syndrome, autism, swallowing disorders, aphasia, apraxia, and voice disorders. Additionally, Amanda is PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) Level I certified and trained in the Lindamood-Bell Phoneme Sequencing Program (LiPS) to help children develop their phonological awareness skills which are required for reading and spelling tasks. Amanda's interests outside of work include reading, playing tennis, and spending time with her family, friends, and her dog.