Mentors

Caitlin Schlosser

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: Acute Care Hospital, Outpatient Clinic, Non-clinical roles

Mentoring areas: Aphasia, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Documentation in Health Care, Dysphagia (Adult), Leadership and Professional Issues, Supervision (of students, CF, SLP-A)

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: No preference

Lindsey Greathouse 

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: Acute Care Hospital

Mentoring areas: Aphasia, Acquired Apraxia of Speech, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Dementia, Dysarthria, Dysphagia (Adult), Head and Neck Cancer, Language Disorders, TBI (Adult)

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: Virtual

Nichie Lessard

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: I work in both a pediatric hospital setting (outpatient) and private practice

Mentoring areas: Acquired Apraxia of Speech, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Bilingual Service Delivery, Documentation in Health Care, Dysphagia (Pediatric Feeding/Swallowing), Early Support for Infants and Toddlers, Language Disorders, Leadership and Professional Issues, Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders, Selective Mutism, Supervision (of students, CF, SLP-A), Voice Disorders

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: No preference, depends on any given day/time :-)

Sarah Sponseller

Mentoring areas: Aphasia, Acquired Apraxia of Speech, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Business and Practice Management (SLP), Dementia, Documentation in Health Care, Dysarthria, Dysphagia (Adult), Fluency, Head and Neck Cancer, Language Disorders, Leadership and Professional Issues, Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology, Supervision (of students, CF, SLP-A), Telepractice, TBI (Adult), Transgender Voice, Voice Disorders

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: Virtual, In-person

Website: soundtosummitspeechsolutions.com

Kate Pilant

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: Preschool, Elementary, Private Practice

Mentoring areas: Language Disorders, Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology, Private Practice related matters - starting, running, operating, insurance, etc...

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: No preference

Website: www.ASpeechPathSeattle.com

Melissa Kokaly

I work at the University of Washington, in the role of Assistant Teaching Professor and Clinical Lecturer with the Speech and Hearing Sciences department. My specialty area is working with people of all ages who stutter and their families. In addition to teaching, collaborating with, and mentoring my graduate students in groups ranging from 5 to 54 for 13 years, I've been a Mentor with our UW CHARM program--which is a mentorship program for students of diverse backgrounds or marginalized identities--for the past 3 years. I've truly enjoyed that experience, finding it leads to authentic connection and opportunities for support while working 1:1 with students in a context outside of their graduate practicum experiences and didactic courses. I'm also a Faculty Advisor for the NSSLHA department organization (for my 4th consecutive year), and I've found that to be similarly a wonderful way to support the Undergraduates in community-building and advocacy activities within our field. 

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: Preschool, Elementary, Middle/High School, Skilled Nursing/Rehab Hospital, Private Practice, Outpatient Clinic, University (these are settings that either I have worked in or have clients in)

Mentoring areas: Cultural Competence, Documentation in Health Care, Fluency, Language Disorders, Leadership and Professional Issues, Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology, Supervision (of students, CF, SLP-A), Telepractice, Voice Disorders

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: No preference. I can be flexible with meeting context

Amy Rodda

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: University

Mentoring areas: Autism, Language Disorders, Leadership and Professional Issues, Supervision (of students, CF, SLP-A)

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: Virtual, Email

Kate Krings

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: University Public Schools Fieldwork coordinator. Public Schools is my jam! Early Support for Infants and Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary, Middle/High School, University

Mentoring areas: Autism, Bilingual Service Delivery, Cultural Competence, Language Disorders, Leadership and Professional Issues, Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology, Supervision (of students, CF, SLP-A)

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: No prference

Gloria Lam is a trilingual pediatric SLP from Singapore. She earned her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Washington in 2019 and currently works with the birth-to-three population in Spokane county. Gloria is passionate about supporting children of all ages from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. As Secretary and liaison to the Communications Committee of WSLHA, she is committed to fostering open and timely communication among members, the community, and the board. In her free time, Gloria enjoys traveling and discovering new places and experiences with her loved ones.

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: Early Support For Infants and Toddlers

Mentoring areas: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Bilingual Service Delivery, Cultural Competence, Dysphagia (Pediatric Feeding/Swallowing), Early Support for Infants and Toddlers, Fluency, Language Disorders, Leadership and Professional Issues, Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology, Telepractice, TBI (Pediatric)

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: Virtual, Email, Text

Deirdre Curle has been an SLP for 25 years. She received her Master's degree in Communication Disorders from the University of New Mexico, and a PhD in Special Education from the University of British Columbia. She works for the Washington Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and is an adjunct professor for UBC's teacher of the deaf program. Deirdre lives in Seattle.

Mentoring areas: Aural (Re)Habilitation, Leadership and Professional Issues

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: Virtual, In person

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: Preschool, Elementary, Middle/High School, Private Practice

Mentoring areas: Autism, Business and Practice Management (SLP), Language Disorders, Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: No preference

I have worked in both school settings (early in my career) and in private practice.  I'm currently the President of the American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology (AAPPSPA) and would love to connect with SLP's (or SLP students) interested in private practice.  

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: Preschool, Elementary, Middle/High School

Mentoring areas: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Leadership and Professional Issues

Preferred way to meet with your mentee:Virtual

Mentoring areas: Autism, Dementia, Ducumentation in Health Care, Dysphagia (Adult), Dysphagia (Pediatric Feeding/Swallowing), Early Support for Infants and Toddlers, Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology

Preferred way to meet with your mentee: Virtual, In-Person

Website: https://www.chasingunicornsspeech.com/

Work setting or setting(s) I am interested in: Elementary, Middle/High School, Private Practice, Outpatient Clinic

Run my own private practice focused on social skills and ASD.

Mentoring areas: Autism, Business and Practice Management (SLP), Fluency, Language Disorders, Leadership and Professional Issues, Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology, Telepractice

Preferred way to meet with your mentee:Virtual, In-person, Email

Website: www.SocialSkillsLab.com