SPEECH THERAPY

Meredith Cameron, M.S. CCC-SLP

(940)569-3311 extension 1413

meredith.cameron@burkburnettisd.org

Welcome Back to 2023-24 school year


I will be adding resources for early childhood speech and language development as I am able.  If you have any questions about how your child is acquiring communication skills, please contact me. 





My name is Meredith Cameron.    I've been an SLP for Burkburnett ISD for 24 years, and am starting my 25th year here.  I love working on communication skills and continue to be excited about my students and this field.   I will be housed at I.C. Evans this year, addressing the speech and language needs of the earliest Bulldog learners.   I'll  have help from Nina Duritsky, a licensed speech language pathology assistant, who will be a graduate clinician working toward her SLP masters.   She will be providing a lot of therapy at I. C. Evans and possibly some at Overton Ray Elementary as well.  I will be evaluating all students and developing IEPs at ARDs and with parent input.  Service provision may shift from me to her or vice-versa, as appropriate for your child's individual needs. If you have any questions, please email or call at the contact information listed above.   



I received my bachelors in communication science and disorders from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 1994, quickly followed by a masters of science in speech pathology in 1997.  My interests in speech pathology are in autism,  augmentative communication (AAC and devices), literacy, and student self-advocacy.   I have worked with a variety of ages within the school district, from age 2 to 22.  My love of the field stems from all the ways speech therapy can assist in education.  Communication skills are:  life skills, academic skills, social skills, and work skills.  Please feel free to contact me any time you have a question about how speech therapy could assist your student.

These are the two tongue positions for R.  Most students know whether they make a retroflexed R (tip up as in the top picture) or bunched R (whole tongue pulled back as in the lower picture).  Students working on R usually cannot open their jaws this wide and show tongue position, so I model this and give them pictures of what to "feel for".  It's a tough sound!  Don't get frustrated yet!