Telepractice Today

Jill Glessner, M.H.S., CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist in West Chester, PA with over 15 years of experience in pediatric therapy, mentorship and training.  She is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Jill is a Director with EBS Healthcare, as well as the ASHA Continuing Education Administrator for the organization. She has worked with children from Early Intervention through 12th grade with a particular focus on working with secondary students, students with autism, and collaboration with all team members to support the curriculum and functional skills.  She has presented at school districts across the country, at state and national conventions, and at university programs on a variety of topics such as Supervision and Mentorship, Planning for a Successful CF Experience, Curriculum Standards, and Collaboration and Inclusive Practices. 

Jill is a member of ASHA Special Interest Groups (SIG) 11 and 16, has previously served as the Associate Editor for the ASHA Special Interest Group 11: Perspectives on Administration and Supervision publication, and was a member and frequent presenter for the ASHA Special Interest Group 16 Professional Performance Review Process for the School-Based SLP Committee. Jill has articles published in the ASHA SIG 16 Perspectives on School-Based Issues and in the ASHA SIG 11 Perspectives on Administration and Supervision. Currently, she is serving on the ASHA 2021 Convention Topic Review Committee for Leadership and Professional Issues.

Denise Stratton is a speech-language pathologist, entrepreneur, and clinic owner. She loves to create speech therapy materials that make therapy highly effective. In 2016 she published Impossible R Made Possible in book form, and in 2020 published it as an online video course.  Together with her cohost Dan, they publish the podcast The Mindful SLP. She graduated with her Masters in Speech-Language Pathology from Idaho State University. Her private clinic, Timpanogos Speech Clinic is located in the beautiful valley of Highland, Utah. Denise’s professional areas of interest include apraxia and other speech sound disorders, autism, language disorders, and reading and writing disorders. She is PROMPT trained and certified in Hanen More Than Words.

Kiley Hogg is a pediatric speech-language pathologist in Chicago, IL. She is an early intervention provider at Courtney Chapman LTD in the northern part of the city. Since March 2020, she has been seeing clients virtually through telepractice. She uses a parent-coaching approach in order to provide play-based therapy to children between 0-3 years old. Kiley started an instagram account called Seedlings Pediatric Therapy to provide instructional videos and content to help parents carry-over speech strategies into their child’s playtime. 

Dr. Jill Gilkerson is the Chief Research and Evaluation Officer at LENA and leads all research and analysis activities. Since joining the team in 2005, Jill has been instrumental to just about every major initiative involving LENA. She manages a team of researchers responsible for collecting and analyzing the spontaneous speech data used for software development, the LENA normative scales, and a wide range of academic research studies. Jill is a recognized expert in the relationship between parent talk and child language development, and her research has focused on the relationship between early language environment and demographic variables such as birth order, gender, and TV exposure. Jill led LENA’s efforts through the launch and scaling of Providence Talks. Jill earned a BA in developmental psychology from UCLA. She earned her MA and PhD in linguistics (both with a concentration in language acquisition), also from UCLA.

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Stephanie Taylor received her Educational Specialist degree from Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. She started her career in education as a high school English and Special Education teacher. After several years of teaching and seeing how much impact the school psychologist had on the whole student, she earned her degree in school psychology and began serving a wide variety of students, schools, and communities. After joining PresenceLearning in 2014, Stephanie leveraged her years of experience in education to develop and launch psychoeducational services, aimed at providing School Psychology Services, tele-assessment, and general Behavioral and Mental Health services to vastly underserved students.

Dr. Erik X. Raj holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is a practicing speech-language pathologist who works with school-age children and adolescents with various communication difficulties. He is currently an assistant professor and clinical supervisor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, and is also a facilitator at Camp Shout Out, a Michigan-based summer camp for young people who stutter. Dr. Raj regularly presents interactive workshops demonstrating how speech-language pathologists can use mobile and Internet-based technologies to educate and motivate school-age children and adolescents. In addition to developing over 25 mobile apps for children with communication difficulties, he is the creator of SLPVideoGames.com, a website that features a collection of online video games with built-in speech and language flashcards.

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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Over the last four years, Kevin Dorman (they/them) has built a thriving private practice serving their community, the transgender residents of the American Southeast. Via telepractice, Kevin aids their clients find their voice from the safety of their homes.

Ryan Willard- Prevention Education Coordinator is a father to a 2yo and a 4mo. He holds a Bachelors in Elementary Education from SVSU and has worked in the local school system as a teacher and substitute teacher for 10 years. He is trained as a facilitator for the Making Parenting a Pleasure Curriculum and has facilitated 15 complete classes. Mr. Willard is trained in Stewards of Children provided through Darkness to Light. He also oversees the Media Safety Program for youth and adults with 20+ presentations and workshops done in the 2019-2020 school year. Mr. Willard has been implementing different prevention education programs including Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers for 1st graders, Safer-Older-Smarter for 2nd graders, and Safe Baby for middle/high school students. He also works in partnership with Saginaw Police Department’s PSN Committee providing services to former inmates integrating into society. Ryan Willard also works for the READ Association where he is the Raising Readers Academy program director which works with children and parents on reading strategies at home.