Speech and Language Pathology PSG

As we grow our PSG, please contact, Beth Speaker-Christensen at easc.slp@gmail.com so that she can post information about our members.  What is your passion?  What is your secret to success?  How did you get into your niche in the field of communicative disorders?

SLP PSG's Mission

PSG-06's mission is to build awareness of assistive technology for communication and cognition within the therapy and engineering professions, to foster relationships among practitioners and researchers, who wish to explore this exciting and growing rehabilitation field, and encourage new ideas to improve functional outcomes for individuals with communication and cognitive disability.

SLP PSG's Objectives

• Provide a forum for the discussion of communication disabilities and supportive technology
• Distribute information about communication disabilities and technology to RESNA members and other interested parties
• Inform professionals in the field about concerns expressed by both people with communication disabilities and by developers of assistive technology devices

Please help our PSG create build and establish objectives for the next quarter.  A conference call will be scheduled shortly to discuss this task.

Who We Are

Chair: Beth Speaker-Christensen, MA/CCC-SLP/L, ATP

Beth graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1991 and 1994 with her BS and MA.  She received a Campus Certificate in Assistive Technology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2006.  She became an ATP in 2007.  She has worked at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Chicago since 1998, and has recently joined the AT Team in the PAEC (Proviso Area for Exceptional Children) Cooperative in Maywood, Illinois.  She is married to John, and has two children, Bobby (11) and Emma (9). 

Vice Chair: Position Vacant......please call or email if you are interested in being a part of a great team.