I am an educational consultant living in Pasadena, California. Currently I teach as an Adjunct Faculty member in Communicative Disorders at California State University Fullerton. Previously, I served as an Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at Claremont Graduate University and as Adjunct Faculty at Pacific Oaks College. I worked as a consultant and instructor at the Computer Access Center in Santa Monica, California.
My Ph.D. is from Claremont Graduate University in the School of Education. I have a Masters degree in Speech Pathology from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska. I have a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and am licensed by the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance (Lic. #8802).
Prior to receiving my doctorate, I taught for 15 years in the Pasadena Unified School District. I specialized in working with non-verbal children especially those with autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury and developmental delays. I was awarded Teacher of the Year at Roosevelt Elementary in Pasadena in 1995.
I have given presentations on my work and research at conferences of the International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, United States Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication, and the Down Syndrome Association. I serve on the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing since 1996-to present.
I am also co-author of:
- "Recollections, Apologies, and Possibilities," with Mary Poplin in Learning Disability Quarterly, Volume 28, No. 2, Spring 2005;
- Two Perspectives on Technology for Children with Special Needs with Susan Hoge; and
- The Family Together: Intergenerational Education in the Church School with my husband Jack.
You can reach me via e-mail at SMRsp@aol.com
