Telepractice Today

Abbie Hickling is a speech language pathologist, private practice owner, and digital content creator. She founded GoGo Speech with the goal to provide SLPs and other professionals with incredibly interactive and versatile digital materials that can be used with green screen technology. GoGo Speech has evolved to appeal to a variety of settings and a mix of delivery methods which makes for easy transitioning between virtual and face-to-face therapy. Abbie provides easy-to-follow demonstrations to go along with each activity released and she strives to help make sessions more fun and therapist-student connections stronger!

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Mai Ling is a speech-language pathologist, industry historian, global connector, and technology entrepreneur. Building on 16 years of clinical experience and a lifetime of entrepreneurship, she focuses on supporting disability-focused thought leaders and creating digital products that make a difference in the global special education ecosystem. 

Angie is a Certified Life Coach and School-Based

SLP.  She lives with her husband and two little girls in the Rochester

NY area. Her passion is to rescue SLPs who are feeling overwhelmed,

overworked and trapped in a career they're "supposed" to love. She

shows her clients how to reclaim their energy, create more time and

generate resources.  Her mission is to help smart SLPs do less,

be more, and thrive with joy in the one life they have.

Email me anytime and more about me

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Kristin Bowers, M.A., CCC-SLP is a certified and licensed Speech Language Pathologist with experience in a variety of settings with difference disorders and age groups. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency issued by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and holds a Level II Teaching Certification issued by the PA Department of Education.  Kristin earned both her B.A. in Communication Science and Disorders and her Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology from the University of Pittsburgh. She also holds a certificate in the Conceptual Foundations of Medicine. She has worked in Pittsburgh Public Schools Early Intervention program, providing speech and language therapy to the 3-5 age group. In addition to serving children with articulation, phonological, fluency and language disorders in this position, Kristin worked within the program's autism support and multiple disabilities classrooms. Currently, Kristin works for a local Intermediate Unit providing services to school-age children in the Pittsburgh area.  In addition to her work with children in the Pittsburgh area, Kristin has traveled extensively utilizing her knowledge of speech, language, and teaching. In 2010 she taught English to children in Tanzania, followed by a month in India teaching English to adult Tibetan refugees. In 2012, she worked on a team with the Bosnia Autism Project, where she traveled to Sarajevo to help provide training and skills to professionals working with children with autism, as well as their families. Kristin is committed to providing the best services for each client and is excited about being able to provide private therapy to further meet the needs of children and adults in Pittsburgh. In order to do this, she is regularly involved in trainings and continuing education. She also develops many of her own materials, customized for the goals and needs of her students and clients.

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After serving for a year as a volunteer speech language pathologist at an orphanage in Guatemala in 2013, Amanda Blackwell has been living and working full-time in the country for over 7 years. Amanda completed a clinical doctorate in speech language pathology and started the official professional association for local Guatemalan speech therapists (SomosTLgt), which has grown to more than 300 members over the past year. In January 2020, she began working toward a Doctor of Education degree at Murray State University with the goal of opening a university for allied health professions in Guatemala to improve the quality of services across the country. She currently directs the speech therapy departments at FUNDAL (for individuals with deafblindness and multiple disabilities) and the Guatemalan Association of Down Syndrome in Guatemala City, teaches a course about teletherapy through UOC in Barcelona, Spain, provides teletherapy services for public school students in the United States, runs an autism education social project for Spanish speakers called LUNA (@lunautismo), and is part of the ASHA-PAHO ad hoc committee for Ecuador. She was a clinical supervisor of graduate students at the University of California San Marcos doing teletherapy in the Summer of 2020 and she is an adjunct research fellow working with five doctoral students in the SLPD program at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah. She is a life-long learner herself and also loves providing dynamic training on various topics to school districts and SLPs around the world. 

Donna-Lee Zmenak is a Speech and Language Pathologist who has practiced for over 34 years predominantly in the area of Acquired Brain Injury, Cognitive Communication  and Language Learning Disabilities. Having attended Bowling Green State University on an Academic Scholarship, Donna attained her Master Degree in 1988.  Since this time she has worked in hospital, school board and community settings.  In 1995 Donna began to work as a private SLP and opened her first clinic in 1998.  

Donna was chosen as an “Expert” in Aquired Brain injury by her peers and the College of Audiologists and Speech and Language Pathologists of Ontario.  

Donna has been a guest speaker and has introduced mindfulness practice and complimentary forms of therapy at numerous forums including  Ontario Brain Injury Association conferences , Schools and Community Events.   For over 15 years Donna has studied alternative and complimentary  forms of mind body healing, biofield  healing and various other energy healing  modalities. Through this passion for understanding our own self and this our unique relationship to the energetic world around us, Donna endeavours to integrate the functional practice of self-empowered healing and connection  as the basic premise of authentic communication competence. Donna’s studies have lead to her vocational expansion where she introduces the concept of Energetic Resonance into the therapeutic style of Speech Language Pathologists and Rehabilitation Therapists as essential for the evolution of therapy and improved patient  outcomes. 

Donna’s most powerful teacher was the experience of having success in engaging heart, mind and soul in her own process of healing and recovery from advanced cancer. Donna most recently has been predominantly featured in the new best selling book “The Myth of Normal” and has been acclaimed  by the author Dr. Gabor Maté as having the heart and mind to heal and to guide others on their journey. Currently Donna also teaches and runs workshops on “How Healing Happens”  to both professionals and the general public. When not engaged in teaching Donna enjoys her Healing Retreat Centre,  acres of hiking trails and connecting with her canine companions. 

Here's a link to Donna's upcoming event: 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/431209668727?aff=efbneb

Here's the link Kim discussed at Boom Learning:

https://wow.boomlearning.com/author/annadeeslp?collection=Decks&sort=publishDate&order=-1

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Marissa Rocheleau, M.A., CCC-SLP is a licensed speech language pathologist and owner of Linguabilities, a private telepractice company, and Telepractice Connect, the first all-tele membership site.

Seeing the next way to deliver therapy online, Marissa refocused her company in 2017 to serve clients all around the country using cutting-edge telepractice technologies for both children and adults. Making sure these services are accessible and high quality for all families is what really drives her.

Marissa received her Bachelors degree from Indiana University in 2010, double majoring in Psychology and Speech and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Linguistics. In 2012, she completed a Masters degree in Speech Pathology at Indiana University.

Marissa has worked in schools and private practice, specializing in telepractice and evaluations since 2014. She is licensed in eight states in speech pathology and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

In her free time, Marissa enjoys spending time with her dogs, Petri and Bunsen, crafting miniatures, and cheating on crossword puzzles.

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Kallie is a school-based speech-language pathologist near Dallas, Texas and serves a diverse set of students from kindergarten to 6th grade. She initially became a teletherapist last spring when schools shut down due to COVID-19. She continues to serve part of her caseload via telepractice. She has a passion for narrative-based language assessment and intervention and hopes to help all clinicians benefit from its efficacy, ease of use and versatility. Kallie also creates a variety of handy speech and language resources on Boom and TPT for busy teachers and clinicians. Kallie loves to share relevant speech and language information, therapy tips and tricks, and resources on her Instagram page @kknighttherapy. Feel free to contact her via email [email protected] or send her a message via Instagram. She'd love to talk with you!

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Dr. Dani Gaff is a pediatric speech-language pathologist at an elementary school in Indiana. She is also the owner of The Messy SLP, LLC, a small private practice serving pediatric clients in the Michiana area. She is better known as @TheMessySLP on Instagram, where she uses her platform to encourage work/life balance, share real-life humor, and collaborate with others. She is passionate about helping graduate students improve their experience and enter the field with more confidence and balance. Outside of being an SLP, Dani is a basketball coach's wife, a dog mom, and loves to be active. 

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Laura Green is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Founder of Lipsy Loo Learning, an online platform dedicated to building strong foundational communication, literacy and social skills in a fun and engaging way. It was through her extensive experience working in schools, alongside educators, that she discovered her passion - developing and delivering evidence-based language and literacy programs that positively impacted large cohorts of children. Laura hopes that Lipsy Loo Learning will not only bring joy to children around the globe, but will assist those families who are either waiting for, or who are unable to access, direct Speech Therapy services . Website: http://www.lipsyloolearning.com

Instagram: LipsyLooLearning

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LipsyLooLearning

Facebook: LipsyLooSpeech

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-green-37759110b/

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