Telepractice Today

Lauren Hastings is a speech-language pathologist, private practice owner, business coach, podcaster, and Ph.D. student. In 2016, Lauren began full-time work in her practice, Hear to Speak, in South Fulton (Atlanta) Georgia which serves the pediatric population using a community-based model. She expresses her love for her profession and the African-American community through her weekly podcast, Speech Tea. She enjoys co-hosting the podcast with her colleague, Lauren Prather, discussing topics impacting minorities and breaking down special education concepts in understandable terms. Currently, she is obtaining her Ph.D. in Educational Studies in Diverse Populations with a concentration in Health Disparities at the University of Alabama Birmingham and restructured her practice to include advocacy services.

IG: @sassySLP

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Youtube: Hear to Speak Academy

www.heartospeakacademy.com 

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Kevin Dias is President at Ambiki where he uses his unique blend of software development expertise and a deep understanding of speech and language therapy to lead the team on their mission to improve lives through innovative solutions in the fields of speech, occupational, and physical therapy.

Links:

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2. Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-dias-ambiki/

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Karin Hartunian Koukeyan ("Car-EEN Har-TOON-Ian Koo-K-YAWN"), M.S., CCC-SLP has been a telepractice clinical manager in both education and healthcare for over a decade. She has over 20 years of experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist working in a variety of settings including Outpatient Clinics, Schools, Early Intervention, Home Health, and Private Practice. Karin's experience growing up as a first generation immigrant in a multilingual home inspired her to pursue a career in Speech-Language Pathology.  After a career break in 2010, telepractice allowed her the opportunity to resume her career as a new working parent and paved a path of new possibilities. 

Karin leads professional development seminars on telepractice both at the state and national level. She serves as a subject matter expert and independent advisor on projects related to telepractice. Her professional interests include advocacy and improving access to healthcare through telepractice services for adults and underrepresented populations. She is currently the Associate Coordinator for ASHA SIG-18 in Telepractice and the host of "Telepractice: It's Not Just Screen Time" on SpeechTherapyPD.com. Current projects include development of an executive communication enhancement program for professionals and writing articles on issues in telepractice and remote management.

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Gila has been a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist for over 25 years, spending the last 14  years in the telepractice space. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her Master of Arts degree from the City University of New York at Queens College. She has worked in various settings, including early intervention, schools, private practice and telepractice.  She continues to work in the teletherapy space focusing on her passion to support providers in being the best teletherapists in the industry as well as continuing to assess students to ensure they are provided with quality care.

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Acey Holmes is a southerner by birth pulled to Colorado by the mountains. She spent much of her professional life helping children of all abilities communicate (mostly through play!). With a cliche pandemic pivot away from pediatrics to adults, she now focuses on bringing play to adults through consulting and facilitation all based in the neuroscience of play. Her engaging and fully interactive workshops cover topics such as “The Power of Play at Work”, “The Neuroscience of Play”, and “Personal Play Identities”. She facilitates Failure Awards for organizations and provides strategic conference scheduling play breaks to improve attendee and presenter experience. Her education and experience as an educator and speech-language pathologist make her a unique expert on communication and brain development with special application for organizational development and team dynamics. When she’s not convincing adults to play, you can find her on a bike, skis, or in hiking boots on the side of a mountain somewhere!

Gina Baldwin, is a licensed Speech Language Pathologist and Founder of APP2Speak. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, IL and her Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology from Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL.

Gina has over 40 years of experience as a speech language pathologist. Her early years of practice were in the schools working with individuals with mental and physical challenges, ages 3 to 21 years.

For the past 30 years Gina has practiced in a variety of settings including, home health, skilled rehab and outpatient. Her areas of interest include augmentative and alternative communication, speech, communication, and dysphagia.

Gina is also the founder of APP2Speak. She designed, created and self-funded APP2Speak, a photo-based app for mobile devices helping individuals who have difficulty speaking and communicating.

https://app2speak.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gina-baldwin-m-s-ccc-slp-a59940137/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/app2speak/

https://twitter.com/APP2Speak

https://www.facebook.com/APP2Speak/

https://www.instagram.com/app2speak/

https://youtube.com/APP2Speak

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I'm Tia Javier,  a multilingual speech-language pathologist and owner of Bilinguatherapy in Richmond,  VA. Bilinguatherapy is first and only speech practice in Richmond that specializes in speech therapy in Spanish. I graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in Spanish and from Longwood University with a master's in communication disorders.  Prior to being an SLP I was a Spanish professor at a local university.  I'm a mom of two and favorite hobby is gardening. I can be reached via email tjavier@bilinguatherapy.com 

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Dawn Cotter-Jenkins, MA CCC-SLP, MS Healthcare Informatics, is the CIO and president of World Class Speech Services (www.wcspeech.com ). She is also the Clinical Director at Mercy College. Although she has worked across the lifespan from early intervention to adults, her areas of specialty include telepractice training and development, and professional speech and communication. She has expanded her scope of work to utilize her certification in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategies within Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD).

In 2021, Dawn was a facilitator of the NSSLHA Raw Conversation on the book Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? She was the keynote speaker for the 2021 NBASLH student mentoring convention event. And she co-presented to the ASHA STEP program on the topic of university admissions. In 2022, she has launched a LinkedIn Live weekly vid-cast called DEI Speech IQ, where she talks to guests about DEI topics in CSD careers and services.   

Dawn has worked in several colleges. She created the Telepractice Practicum and Research Suite, and Introduction to Telepractice for Speech-Language Pathology course at Adelphi University. She self-published STRONG in Telepractice: Technology Project Planner, (available on Amazon) which is designed to facilitate strategic development and expansion of telepractice for culturally responsive sustainability and evidence-based practice.

She is the president-elect of CORSPAN- Corporate Speech Pathology Network. She served on the NY Professional Licensing Board of SLP and Audiology and is currently volunteering on the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association: Diversity and Inclusionary Practices Ad Hoc committee. Dawn has also been serving as an ASHA mentor for over 10 years. She was on the Media Strategy committee of Council on Academic Programs in CSD.

You can contact her at dcjenkins@wcspeech.com and on social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter).

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Hannah Douglass, MS, CCC-SLP, is a Ph.D. candidate in the Rehabilitation Sciences program at the University of Kentucky. She received telepractice training as a master’s level student at the University of Kentucky. She researches telepractice with a focus on implementation-level factors such as clinician acceptance and barriers and facilitators to uptake and education and training. She has also published a set of training competencies for telefacilitators assisting with speech therapy in the school setting. Her current research is focused on investigating the importance of telefacilitators to telepractice sessions. Please reach out via email at Hannah.douglass@uky.edu or follow on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/hannahdouglass

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Kristin Schaaf, MA CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

Kristin is a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Auditory Verbal Therapist and Speech Language Pathologist practicing in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is also the school’s Professional Learning Coordinator and, in this role, she develops, implements, and mentors professionals in the field of Listening and Spoken Language. Kristin works at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf Indianapolis an OPTION Schools, coaching parents to develop their child’s listening and spoken language in naturalistic ways in their home environments. Kristin’s 15-year experience spans from working with toddlers and primary aged children who are deaf and hard of hearing who are learning to listen and talk with cochlear implants and hearing aids. Kristin is a member of ASHA, ACAI, and AG Bell Association.

Contact Information:

knschaaf@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-schaaf-75230073

School’s Website: www.sjid.org

ASHA Learning Pass Presentation by Shannon Sharma and Kristin Schaaf: Partnering with Families in Educational Settings: School-Based Virtual Parent Coaching

-        Direct Link: Partnering with Families in Educational Settings: School-Based Virtual Parent Coaching

Shannon Sharma, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd

Shannon is a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Auditory Verbal Educator and Speech-Language Pathologist practicing in Northern California. Shannon works for Foundation for Hearing Research, including Weingarten Children’s Center school and therapy clinic and BabyTalk teleintervention. These programs specialize in helping children with hearing loss, from infants to adolescents, to develop listening and spoken language skills with the support of hearing aids and cochlear implants. Shannon is committed to developing partnerships with families through strengths-based parent coaching. She developed and organizes the Parent Education Program to further ensure that families are supported in their journey. Outside of direct therapy services, she enjoys mentoring professionals who are interested in auditory-verbal therapy, as well as sharing her expertise in hearing loss and passion for parent coaching and teleintervention at conferences and universities. Shannon is a member of ASHA and the AG Bell Association. 

Contact information: shannon.c.sharma@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-sharma-slp/

Foundation for Hearing Research: https://foundationforhearing.org/

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Lesley Edwards-Gaither, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor at Metropolitan State University-Denver, Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences. Her areas of research include the intersections of culture, communication, and technology.

Lesley teaches undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on assessment, cultural-linguistic diversity, introduction to human communication disorders, and a speech-language pathology assistant pre-certification course.

In addition to teaching, she is an independent eLearning consultant developing hybrid and online courses and educating students and SLPs on telepractice technology. She recently co-authored the textbook, Telepractice: A Clinical Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists with Melissa Jakubowitz.

Links:

MSU Denver SLHS Department: https://www.msudenver.edu/speech-language-hearing-sciences/

Viewpoint Telepractice 2025 article: https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-22-00095

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Dawn Cotter-Jenkins, MA CCC-SLP, MS Healthcare Informatics, is the CIO and president of, World Class Speech Services (wcspeech.com ). Her areas of specialty include telepractice training and development, professional speech and communication, and accent modification. She has expanded her scope of work to utilize her certification in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategies in CSD.

Dawn has worked in several CUNY colleges as an adjunct professor and clinical supervisor. Most recently, she was a Clinical Supervisor at Adelphi University where she created the Telepractice Practicum and Research Suite, and Introduction to Telepractice for Speech-Language Pathology course.

She published S.T.R.O.N.G. in Telepractice: Technology Project Planner, which is designed to facilitate strategic development and expansion of telepractice for sustainability, available at https://amzn.to/3jD40Xj. 

She serves on the NY Professional Licensing Board of SLP and Audiology and is currently volunteering on the NYSSLHA Diversity and Inclusionary Practices Ad Hoc committee. Dawn has also been serving as an ASHA mentor for almost 10 years. She was on the Media Strategy committee of CAPCSD from 2017-2020.

You can contact her at dcjenkins@wcspeech.com and on social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter).

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Irene Brettman, M.S., CCC-SLP is a doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, where she also received her master’s in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2013. She is a speech-language pathologist at the Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston, where she focuses primarily on inpatient acute and outpatient care, including modified barium swallow studies. Her primary area of research investigates patient and clinician experiences in using telepractice for stroke support groups. Her clinical interests include telepractice use across the continuum of care, adult language disorders, dysphagia, post-polio syndrome, and culturally humble and responsive care.  

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Tara Roehl is a nationally certified Speech-Language Pathologist who owns and operates a private telepractice clinic in Colorado focusing on social cognition, executive functioning and the use of technology in therapy. She is co-founder and president of Hacking Autism and the creator of The Telepractice Course. Tara has worked with clients in Illinois, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Rwanda, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines in public schools, private practices and via telepractice. 

Links:

Amanda is speech language pathologist working in Texas. She has experience in the school systems, early intervention programs, and outpatient clinics. She currently runs a private practice where she sees private patients remotely & through teletherapy and provides contract services to schools. She also provides animal assisted therapy through her private practice with her dog Dottie. Amanda is an author of speech therapy resources and interactive books. She has recently become a published children's book author with her new series of lift-a-flap board books. Her hope is that her original materials will help busy educators build a library of effective materials. 

Find her on Instagram @pandaspeech and Facebook (Panda Speech). 

She sells her resources in her online store www.shoppandaspeech.com

Facebook:: https://www.facebook.com/pandaspeech/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/pandaspeech

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Jamie Giannino, SLP is the owner of Wordwise Speech Therapy, a boutique private practice specializing in early language, parent training, school age language, and speech sound disorders. Wordwise Speech recently branched off to include a nonprofit charity, Wordwise Speech Foundation wherein Jamie donates time, therapeutic intervention, and scholarship funds to families that demonstrate economic hardship. Telepractice is just one of the many areas of clinical expertise and excellence that Jamie offers, based on her career working in varied clinical settings. Jamie has a penchant for seeking out the fun in life, and blending that with her teletherapy, fully believing that time spent having fun for oneself, away from speech therapy makes one a better speech therapist!