About Me

I’m Here to Help.

I am a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and a licensed speech-language pathologist in the states of Washington, Wisconsin, South Dakota, California, Nevada and Colorado. I will be happy to get licensed in your state upon request.

Spotlight on Stuttering is primarily an online teletherapy practice.

Experience

• Facilitator leading speech groups at Camp Shout Out, a camp for children who stutter ages 8-18,  from 2013 to the present. 

• Serving on the board for the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders as Treasurer, January 2021 to the present.

• Speech Language Pathologist, Madison Metropolitan School District – 2001-2020
• Adjunct Lecturer for Fluency Disorders, University of Wisconsin/Whitewater –
  Fall Terms 2015-16
• Adjunct Lecturer for Phonology/Fluency Disorders, University of Wisconsin/Madison, Fall Term 2017 and Fall Term 2018
• Presenter for the Madison School District on Fluency Topics

I have training and experience with the following therapies:

• Lidcombe
• Palin Parent Interaction Therapy
• Camperdown
• Avoidance Reduction Therapy (ARTS)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
• Mindfulness

Licenses and affiliations

• Certificate of Clinical Competence – American Speech Language Hearing Association
• Board Certification in Fluency Disorders by the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders
• WA State Department of Health
• WI Department of Safety and Professional Services
• WI Department of Public Instruction
• CA Department if Consumer Affairs
• SD Department of Health
• CO Department of Regulatory Affairs
• State of Nevada Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology & Hearing Aid Dispensing Board

Presentations:

• Webinar on Assessment of Fluency Disorders for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.​ (Online, September 2021)
• Wisconsin Speech Language Hearing Association State Convention (WISHA). (Appleton, 2015 and Green Bay, Feb 2019.)
• Ohio Speech Language Hearing Association State Convention
  (Columbus, OH, March 11th, 2016).
• ASHA national conference in (Orlando FL Nov 2014) teaching a short course for how to become an expert in fluency.

Publications:

Clinical Decision Making in Fluency Disorders Fluency Disorders – Book Review, Journal of Fluency Disorders. Volume 56.

How can we overcome the challenges of providing school-based fluency services?  Seminars in Speech and Language, Volume 39, Issue 3. (Co-authored with K.Chmela)

Wisconsin eligibility criteria for a fluency disorder; criteria and guidelines, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, fall 2021.