• Speech and Language Therapy Services in English, Spanish, and French

• Accent Coaching

  Welcome to Native Language Speech Therapy!

  We are a private practice that specializes in providing speech and language therapy to children in their native language. We believe that early intervention and caregiver collaboration is key to successful communication.

  We also provide accent coaching services to professional adults.

Saï Jones Rajopadhye, M.A., CCC-SLP and Owner

Saï Jones Rajopadhye, M.A., CCC-SLP holds a bachelor’s degree in Romance languages (French and Spanish) from Colorado College, and a master’s degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Northern Colorado. She is state licensed in Colorado and nationally certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Saï specializes in multilingual speech and language therapy and is a native speaker of English, French, and Marathi. She has experience working with families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including clients from Central and South America, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Saï especially enjoys providing services to pediatric clients, in a variety of settings, as well as accent coaching services to adults. In her free time, she enjoys teaching group fitness classes, cooking, and spending time with friends, family, and her parrot Zephy.

Vinita Kokatnur-Lemercier, M.A., CCC-SLP

Vinita Kokatnur-Lemercier, M.A., CCC-SLP has worked as a speech-language pathologist in a variety of settings. Her work settings include hospitals (adult neurogenic) private clinics, schools, childfind, homehealth,  and her own private practice. She has been practicing for the past 30 years.  Clinical experiences include accent coaching, articulation disorders, stuttering, expressive and receptive language disorders, language-cognitive delays, aphasia, apraxia, and dysphagia. She has also assessed and treated a variety of age groups with MTBI, multilingual individuals, and is an autism certified SLP. Vinita is fluent in English, French, and Marathi. She has always been an avid traveler which allows her to utilize a worldly approach with all of her clients. She lives in Colorado with her husband and has three sons.  

Dan Jones

Dan Jones undertakes administrative tasks at NLST.

Zephy Jones

Zephy is a young Meyer’s parrot. Meyer’s parrots are small, friendly birds, native to Africa. They rarely learn to mimic words, but produce a variety of whistles and chirps. Zephy enjoys fruits and veggies, nuts, and being used as positive reinforcement during teletherapy sessions!