Dr. Shruthi Nayak

Shruthi is a highly experienced speech-language pathologist with over 9 years of clinical practice across hospitals, schools, and therapy centers in India, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. She holds a master’s degree in Speech & Language Pathology and an Advanced Master’s degree in Deglutology from KU Leuven, Belgium, with specialized training in pediatric feeding and language development.Her clinical expertise spans a wide range of areas including language disorders, speech sound disorders, phonological awareness and dyslexia, pragmatic language disorders, fluency disorders, and pediatric dysphagia. She has worked closely with children presenting social communication difficulties, autism spectrum disorder, and complex language needs, as well as adolescents requiring support in fluency and social thinking.Shruthi’s approach is evidence-based yet deeply individualized, drawing on her training in Oral Placement Therapy (OPT), the Orton-Gillingham Approach for dyslexia, Colourful Semantics, Hanen’s More Than Words® program, Hanen’s It Takes Two to Talk, Gestalt Language Processing, and structured reading comprehension strategies. She is passionate about making therapy meaningful by integrating play, child-led communication, and collaborative family involvement.