BIBI KHAN, M.S., CCC-SLP owner of Beyond Speech Therapy, is a licensed, board-certified, speech-language pathologist with more than 20 years of professional experience in her field. A graduate of Teachers College at  Columbia University, Bibi embodies the passion and perseverance that she expects from her patients and their families. Born with a cleft lip and palate in a third-world country, Bibi was not allowed to have her disability define her. From a young age, she learned to establish expectations based on her abilities, not her limitations. She serves as an example to her patients of the possibilities that they, too, can realize. 

Through her experience with her own communication impairment, Bibi intuitively connects with her patients and families. Without access to intervention services as a child, she was left to innovate and devise compensatory strategies that allowed her to have successful communication exchanges. Similarly, Bibi strives to capitalize on her patients’ unique abilities, while determining strategies to compensate for their limitations and disabilities. Using a  family-centered, multi-sensory approach to service delivery, she collaborates with caregivers to design individualized SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, timely) goals that can be addressed and implemented in the comfort of their homes or natural settings. When coaching parents, Bibi encourages them to set expectations based on their children’s abilities, helping them to realize that the “impossible” is quite often attainable.  She also empowers caregivers to be advocates for their children, especially when seeking referrals from pediatricians or support services in schools.

Bibi has an innate ability to reach marginalized communities that may not have access to critical intervention services due to cultural and language barriers since she speaks four languages—English, Spanish, Arabic, and  Urdu. She also comes from a multi-cultural, multi-lingual background, which allows her to forge strong bonds with the families she serves; she understands their realities and can relate to the challenges their children experience. 
Community outreach activities are essential in some areas where there might be a cultural stigma to having a child with a disability, and families are less likely to seek intervention services. Bibi has collaborated with community leaders to provide free speech language screenings and parent training in religious establishments and libraries to raise awareness of communication disorders and their impact on the lives of children.

For the past two decades, Bibi has served the pediatric population in schools, early intervention centers, daycares,  and homes. She is cherished by caregivers and patients, alike, and well-respected among her colleagues.