A new school year with new opportunities has begun!

I am a speech therapist working in grades K-12. It amazes me that although I live in a relatively rural area the needs are great and I have a caseload of more than 40 children. As a child I was shy and quiet but I grew up with a love of teaching. I love to work in the public schools where I currently work with children who have speech and language needs and who are mentally disabled, autistic, with syndromes such as Fragile X and Downs. I provide services for students who are deaf, emotionally fragile, and who are not intelligible or easily understood. I find great joy in my work and I am glad the 2008-09 school year has begun and look forward to the challenges and the rewards which will be mine!