Retired speech pathologist teaching English pronunciation (accent expansion, accent modification, accent reduction), autism, social cognition & social skills, tongue thrust remediation & childhood language development.
hands-on, fun and interactive. They gotta have a good time, if they're gonna learn!
Featured on ASHA Leader's blogjam, January 2014, for an autism printable on "Bullying vs. Just Kidding". Published my first book, October 2017, on Amazon Kindle "Raising an Amazing Child with Autism, Stories and Advice from an SLP Mom”.
Master of Science in Communication Disorders, Formerly certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Formerly licensed by the state of California, Certified as a Compton PESL Accent Modification trainer, Trained in Talk Tools 3-Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement, SCERTS, and Michelle Garcia Winner's Social Thinking program.
mom of an autistic young adult and his neurodivergent sister, language geek, reader, writer
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff
English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Arts & Music, Special Education, ESL-EFL-ELL, Health, Life Skills, Cooking, Writing, Oral Communication, Speech Therapy, Vocational Education, Coaching, Phonics, Social Emotional Learning