Hannah Zax (she/her) is a speech-language pathologist, Speech-Language Program Lead, and Clinical Practice Manager at Developmental FX. She is passionate about empowering children through communication development and supporting families through neurodiversity-affirming, family-centered, relationship-based care. Her work is grounded in developmental approaches, including DIR/Floortime, and emphasizes collaboration across disciplines and environments. Her clinical, research, and educational interests include language development, autism, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), social communication, naturalistic and community-based intervention, and interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary practice.

Before joining Developmental FX in 2021, Hannah served as a speech-language pathology instructor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she provided assessment and early intervention services to families in the community and participated on an interdisciplinary autism diagnostic team at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Prior to joining the faculty at Anschutz Medical Campus, she was a fellow in the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program at JFK Partners.

Hannah holds a Certificate of Proficiency in DIR/Floortime and is a certified Hanen More Than Words and It Takes Two to Talk instructor. Her advanced training includes Lindamood-Bell Visualizing and Verbalizing, Natural Language Acquisition, the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), and trauma-informed approaches such as Dyadic Developmental Practice. She earned her Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Colorado and her Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University.

As Clinical Practice Manager, Hannah works to create systems that allow clinicians to focus on providing exceptional care while advancing Developmental FX’s mission of increasing access to high-quality services for children and families in our community.

Outside of work, Hannah enjoys spending time with her husband, two children, and their dog.