Presenters at Speech Sound Disorders in Schools

January 31–February 12, 2024 | Online Conference

Kristen M. Allison, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an assistant professor in the Communication Sciences & Disorders Department and director of the Speech Motor Impairment and Learning Lab at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on improving assessment and treatment of dysarthria in children.

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Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
Internal COVID-19 seed grant from Northeastern University

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Mike Bright, MS, CCC-SLP (he/him/his) is a speech-language pathologist with more than 15 years of experience helping children communicate more successfully. Trained and employed through Boston Children’s Hospital through 2020, he has developed an expertise in thinking about particularly difficult-to-understand speech. Mike was also selected in the inaugural boot camp provided through Apraxia Kids, and he is recognized by that organization for Advanced Training and Clinical Expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech. He has received intensive training and subsequent in-depth experience working with a variety of complex speech and language disorders. Mike enjoys helping children and their families navigate the murky and often stormy waters of diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and progress monitoring.

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Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
Owns and receives compensation from Bright Speech and Language, LLC
Offers consultation and mentorship services and runs a quarterly CAS Study Group
Teaches and receive compensation through Fitchburg State University and SLPNerdcast

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Recognized by Apraxia Kids for Advanced Training and Clinical Expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
SLPNerdcast Advisory Board Member

Kathryn Cabbage, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is a former school-based speech-language pathologist and an assistant professor at Washington State University. Her research interests center on improving academic and social outcomes for children with speech and language deficits, including children with speech sound disorders. She also investigates service delivery considerations for children with speech and language impairments, particularly in school-based settings.

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Salaried employee at Washington State University

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Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is Professor and Chair in Speech and Hearing Sciences at Portland State University in Oregon. She conducts research and teaches on typical and atypical speech development and disorder in monolingual and bilingual children from 3 to 10 years of age, including assessment and treatment of children with childhood apraxia of speech. She has presented and published extensively on these topics.

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Amy Graham, MA, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist and owner of Graham Speech Therapy, a private practice in Colorado Springs that specializes in pediatric speech sound disorders. Amy is the creator of numerous assessment and treatment materials specific to speech sound disorders and is a frequent speaker and podcast guest. She has a particular interest in supporting and equipping SLPs to provide evidence-based treatment by posting frequent therapy videos and practical therapy tips via social media.

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Has developed materials available for purchase on GrahamSpeechTherapy.com, Bjorem Speech Publications, Teachers Pay Teachers, and Boom Learning

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Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Assistant Professor and Director of the Communication, Movement, and Learning Lab at Marquette University. Her research focuses on care of the whole child, with a specific interest in assessment and treatment of children with childhood apraxia of speech, dysarthria, and developmental language disorder. Recent research has focused on mechanisms that underlie multiple system deficits, such as procedural learning deficits. Other work investigates the role of exercise on cognitive-linguistic and physical performance in children with and without communication impairments.

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Salaried employee at Marquette University
Grant funding from OUAT foundation and Marquette University

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Professional Advisory Council at Apraxia Kids

Katelyn J. Kotlarek, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor in the Division of Communication Disorders at the University of Wyoming. Her research aims to improve speech and surgical outcomes for individuals with craniofacial differences. Dr. Kotlarek is an active member of ASHA SIG 5 and the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. She is also the 2023 ASHA Convention Craniofacial and Velopharyngeal Disorders Topic Chair.

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Salaried full-time employee of the University of Wyoming
Research funding from NIGMS and University of Washington WWAMI program
2023 ASHA Convention registration waiver

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Board member of Speech Pathology and Audiology for the State of Wyoming
Member of ASHA SIG 5 and the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA)
ACPA Membership Committee, ACPA 2024 Program Task Force, and regularly donate money to ACPA
Editorial review board of Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
Specialty review board of the Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Breanna Krueger, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor in the Division of Communication Disorders at the University of Wyoming. Her research interests are focused on improving treatment outcomes for children with speech sound disorders through examining typical and disordered development among different clinical populations and through examining child-internal and treatment characteristics that impact treatment progress. Dr. Krueger prioritizes addressing clinical questions in her research to help speech-language pathologists with making treatment decisions in their clinical practice. She teaches courses in phonetics as well as phonological assessment and treatment.

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Salary from the University of Wyoming
Grant funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health

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Angie Neal, MS, CCC-SLP, is the SLP Contact for the SC State Department of Education. She is also a board member with the State Education Agency Communication Disabilities Council (SEACDC), a member of ASHA’s School Issues Advisory Board, and a graduate of the first cohort from ASHAs Leadership Development Program for school-based SLPs.

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Employed by the South Carolina State Department of Education

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Member of ASHA's School-Based Advisory Council
State Education Agency Communication Disabilities Council Board

Lissa Power-deFur, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL (she/her/hers), 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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Raul Prezas, PhD, CCC-SLP (he/him/his) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Lamar University in Texas. He has 15+ years of clinical experience in the university, public school, and home health settings, particularly working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations. His interests include speech disorders, phonological development, bilingual/multilingual assessment and treatment, working with children with highly unintelligible speech, and working with underrepresented students. In addition to publications in journals, including the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, he has written several book chapters and articles related to his interest areas. He previously has served on the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech, which included efforts to establish international screening tools and guidelines for speech sound assessment and treatment in various populations. Dr. Prezas also is a past member of ASHA’s Continuing Education Board and ASHA’s Committee on Leadership Cultivation. He currently serves as a mentor for ASHA’s S.T.E.P. Program, is a member of the 2006 ASHA MSLP Class, and has served as a member and topic chair for ASHA’s Speech Sound Disorders Program Committee for the Convention.

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Sherry L. Sancibrian, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL (she/her/hers) is a University Distinguished Professor and Program Director for Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). Sancibrian is an ASHA Fellow and holds Board Certification in Child Language and Language Disorders. She has fulfilled a variety of professional roles, including president of the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, chair of the Texas Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, president of the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, president of the National Council of State Boards of Examiners, chair of the American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders, ASHA Legislative Councilor, and co-chair of the ASHA 2008 Convention. Sancibrian teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in pediatric speech and language disorders; supervises speech-language services for children in the TTUHSC Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic; and provides consultation for schools.

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Ruth B. Stoeckel, PhD, CCC-SLP, is recently retired from Mayo Clinic. She has experience in a variety of settings, with particular interest in pediatric motor speech disorders and learning difficulties associated with history of early speech-language impairment. Dr. Stoeckel has participated in research that has been published in peer-reviewed journals and has given presentations both nationally and internationally.

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MedBridge revenue share
Speaker fees from Once Upon a Time Foundation

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Professional Advisory Council member for Apraxia Kids

A. Lynn Williams, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, FNAP (she/her/hers) is Interim Dean in the College of Clinical & Rehabilitative Health Sciences at East Tennessee State University. Her scholarly interests include assessment and intervention models in evidence-based management of speech sound disorders in children. Lynn is an ASHA Fellow and was the 2021 ASHA President.

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