Speech-Language Pathologist, Advisor to Betteroo
Marci Silver serves as Speech-Language Pathology Advisor at Betteroo, where her clinical background in pediatric speech, language, and feeding helps translate evidence-based therapy practice into practical, trustworthy guidance for families navigating their child’s communication and feeding milestones.
Marci is a NY, CA, and CT-certified speech-language feeding pathologist for both children and adults. She administers myofunctional, oral motor, articulation, receptive, expressive, pragmatic, and feeding evaluations. Her expertise also includes accent modification, public speaking, and executive functioning training, as well as cognitive therapy for adults who have experienced strokes, traumatic brain injuries, and related conditions.
Marci earned her undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Syracuse University and a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at Teachers College, Columbia University. Since becoming certified, she has trained in the PROMPT technique, TalkTools, the SOS feeding approach, and myofunctional therapy. She currently serves as Community Outreach Director at TheraplayLA, where she is pursuing her passion for raising awareness about the connection between sleep, airway health, and behavior within pediatric institutions.
Throughout her career, Marci has worked across pediatric settings — as an SLP at a public elementary school navigating IEPs and CPSE/CSE meetings, as a pediatric speech-language feeding pathologist at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn and the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, and as a supervisor and instructor for graduate students at the Edward D. Mysak Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. A strong proponent of the transdisciplinary approach, she launched the Silver Speech Speaking Series during COVID-19, interviewing former clients living with communication differences and the practitioners who support them, and co-hosted The Inside Scoop of Living with Cerebral Palsy. She is also the author of the forthcoming book The Goat Getter, a true story about living life your own way, embracing neurodivergence, and focusing on humaning.
Marci is available for media interviews and expert commentary on a range of speech-language and feeding topics, including pediatric speech and language milestones, late talkers, feeding evaluations, myofunctional therapy, the sleep–airway–behavior connection, IEP and school-based services, accent modification, and adult cognitive therapy after stroke or traumatic brain injury.
Areas of Focus
Pediatric speech-language pathology · Feeding evaluation and therapy · Myofunctional therapy · Oral motor and articulation · Receptive and expressive language · Late talkers · Sleep, airway, and behavior · Adult cognitive therapy after stroke or TBI
Published Work
Author of the forthcoming book The Goat Getter, a true story about embracing neurodivergence. Host of the Silver Speech Speaking Series and co-host of The Inside Scoop of Living with Cerebral Palsy.