Colorado Department of Education
Speech Language Advisory Council (SLAC)
SLAC Mission Statement:
The Council believes that Speech-Language Pathologists and Special Educators in Colorado deserve innovative professional development opportunities that address issues, challenges, and evidence-base practices relevant to infants, toddlers, children and adolescents with disabilities. The Council provides advising on policies and procedures for best practices and in the alignment and standardization of services across the state. Council members act as representatives for their public school SLP constituents. Council members are nominated by their Special Education Directors to serve in this capacity. Representatives from the Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CSHA), the university programs (faculty and students), and The Children's Hospital were added to the Council to insure collaboration between significant stakeholders across the state.
Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
CDE Regional Teams Representation
Northwest
Cathy Smith
csmith@meeker.k12.co.us
North Central
Aleki Davis
adavis@psdschools.org
Northeast
Lisa Paxton
lisap@ecboces.org
Pikes Peak
Valerie Knafelc
vknafelc@FFC8.org
West Central
Margie Martinez
margiem@mesa.k12.co.us
Southwest
Debbie Moomey
dmoomey@sjboces.org
Southeast
Kitty Diodosio
katharine.diodosio@pueblocityschools.us
Metro Region
Shirley Padilla
spadilla@jeffco.k12.co.us
Connie Egleston
cegleston@cherrycreekschools.org
Angie Horne
Angela. Horne@Adams12.org
Higher Education
Catherine Curran
Metro State College of Denver
curranc@mscd.edu
Susan Moore
University of Colorado-Boulder
susan. moore@Colorado.edu
Kathy Fahey
University of Northern Colorado
kathy.fahey@unco.edu
Lynea Pearson
University of Colorado
Lynea.Pearson@colorado.edu
Nancy Lewis
Multicultural Affairs
nancylewisslp@comcast.net
Other:
Fran Herbert
Linguistically/Culturally Diverse Populations
Herbert_F@sde.state.co.us
Kathy Boada
The Children's Hospital/CSHA
boada. katheryn@tchden.org
Lisa Gessini
ASHA SEAL/ASHA Speech-Language Advisory Council (2010-2012)
Lisa_Gessini@dpsk12.org
Amy Simmons-Grimm
Metro Speech-Language Network
asimmons@cherrycreekschools.org