Speech-Language Pathology
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

Phone: 402-559-5663
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Professional Summary

Leslie has been a speech-language pathologist at the Munroe-Meyer Institute since 2014. She is the outpatient coordinator for the speech-language pathology department and specializes in the areas of autism and augmentative and alternative communication. She is a part of the interdisciplinary autism diagnostic clinic at Munroe-Meyer Institute, implements individual parent training programs for young children with autism, leads preschool groups in the RiteCare Clinic, and provides consultative speech therapy services for children with autism in applied behavior analysis programs. Leslie is also the supervisor of speech-language pathologists providing integrated speech-language services in the Integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (iCASD).

She received her Master’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) in December 2019 and is interested in developing further collaborations between speech-language pathologists and behavior analysts. She presents at state conventions, doctorate level courses, and local clinics regarding important speech and augmentative and alternative communication intervention strategies for children with autism.

Specialty Certifications

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) certificate of clinical competence
• Nebraska state licensed speech-language pathologist
• Iowa state licensed speech-language pathologist
• Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

Education

• MA, Psychology with an emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis, University of Nebraska at Omaha
• MA, Speech Language Pathology, University of Iowa
• BS Ed, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Teaching

• Graduate level clinical training

Special Interests & Projects

• Autism
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• Collaboration with behavior analysts

Professional Affiliations

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA)

Awards

• University of Nebraska Medical Center Chancellor’s Silver U Award (2019)
• University of Nebraska Medical Center Chancellor’s Silver U Award (2016)