Presenters at ASHA Schools Learning Exchange: Empowered Service Delivery for SLPs

Sharing knowledge. Growing confidence.

Saturday, July 11, 2026 | ASHA National Office, Rockville, MD

Christina Bradburn, PhD, CCC-SLP, currently works as an assistant director of special education in a public school district and an adjunct professor at Butler University. From 2001 to 2022, she worked as a school-based SLP with students in preschool through 5th grade. She is a national seminar leader for the Bureau of Education and Research, speaking on the topic of integrating speech and language interventions into classrooms and curriculum using a workload approach. Dr. Bradburn earned her doctoral degree in special education from Texas Woman’s University in May 2023. She received her BS and MS degrees in communication disorders from Indiana State University in 1999 and 2001. Her research interests include classroom-based intervention in the schools, classroom teachers' contribution to treatment effectiveness, and the impact of integrated distributed practice techniques on speech and language progress. Christina seeks to improve the experiences of SLPs in school settings, as evidenced by her recent service as the coordinator of the ASHA SIG 16 Coordinating Committee and her past service as chair of the ASHA School Issues Advisory Board, her participation in the ASHA Leadership Development Program schools cohort, and as a mentor in the ASHA Leadership Mentoring Program.

Disclosures:

Salary from Shelbyville Central Schools
Honorariums from Bureau of Education and Research and SpeechTherapyPD.com
Financial compensation from ASHA for this session

Lissa Power-deFur, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, Professor Emeritus, has served at Longwood University for many years, serving as the first Program Director, Department Chair and as Interim Dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Services. Previously, she worked at the Virginia Department of Education, where she served as a Director in the Office of Special Education and Student Services. Lissa has served as an active volunteer throughout her career, with volunteer leadership in ASHA and the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia (SHAV). Her work includes services as ASHA's Vice President of Ethics and Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology (2014-2016), Council on Academic Accreditation site visitor, SHAV President and Board member, and various other ASHA and SHAV committees and boards. She regularly writes and presents in the areas of ethics, special education, educational standards, speech sound disorders, and serving as an expert witness. She has received service, leadership, and teaching awards from Longwood University and from various professional organizations.

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