"All actual life is encounter."

Martin Buber

ABOUT ME

ANNA VAGIN, PHD

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-Over 25 years as licensed Speech and Language Pathologist

-B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara

-M.A., University of Redlands

-Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley & SFSU

-Dissertation on Mother-Child Interaction in Children with Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate

-Author of Movie Time Social Learning (2013) and YouCue Feelings: Using Online Videos for Social Learning (2015)

-Awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award in 2014 by the California Speech and Hearing Association, District 1, for Innovative Work in Autism

-Board Member, California Speech and Hearing Association

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SOCIAL LEARNING GROUPS

Social learning groups are a powerful intervention tool. Children are carefully matched by ability level and interests. During the school year, groups meet weekly. In the summer, more intense social groups are often scheduled. Groups at all ages emphasize building social cognition skills.  Groups often have a secondary focus such as anxiety, depression, anger management or narrative language.

YOUNG ADULT THERAPY

Young adults often face new social learning challenges in their rapidly changing lives. Whether transitioning to the new responsibilities of college life, coping with new stressors of finding and maintaining social relationships, or looking ahead to the job market, individual or group sessions can help.

SPEAKING & CONSULTATION

An engaging speaker, Dr. Vagin frequently presents across the US and Canada on topics related to social learning, facilitating conversation, and the use of online videos and gaming.

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

For some individuals, individual therapy is an appropriate intervention plan. Often parents and siblings are included in sessions.