Sarah M. Richards MS, CCC-SLP

Sarah Richards, SLP, is a speech-language pathologist with the cleft lip and palate and plastic surgery services at Shriners Hospitals for Children ­­— Chicago. She specializes in helping children with speech and articulation issues who have a history of cleft lip/palate and craniofacial anomalies, using both perceptual and instrumental assessments.

In addition, Richards is a co-director of Camp Smile, the Chicago Shriners Hospital’s week-long intensive speech and social skills camp for patients aged 6-12 with histories of cleft lip/palate and craniofacial anomalies.

Richards obtained graduate clinical experience at a number of health care centers in the Chicago area, including the Northwestern University Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Gender & Sex Development Program and Saint Anthony Hospital, Chicago. She is a past member of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association and has volunteered with Operation Smile. She has also previously worked as a speech therapist at Wilmette Public Schools in District 39.