Deanna Kempka Wagner

deannawagner@mac.com Phoenix, AZ (602) 684-2953 OBJECTIVE: Contracts with multiple agencies that provide opportunities for learning and sharing information about augmentative communication and assistive technology in a way that respects individual needs and learning abilities. QUALIFICATIONS As a knowledgeable trainer and presenter across a variety of areas in Assistive Technology, I am comfortable giving presentations to large and small groups, both formal and informal. As a Certified Speech/Language Pathologist, background in language development helps to train new communicators in augmentative communication. I have experience working with families who speak both English and Spanish. EDUCATION Masters of Science. September, 1991. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Major: Speech Pathology. Master of Science in Education. May, 1991. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Major: Special Education, Severe/Profound Handicaps. Summer Institute for AAC and Spanish. Summer, 1996. San Jos, Costa Rica. EMPLOYMENT July 2008 Present, Independent Contractor. Providing services to Therapy One and Southwest Human Development with a focus on direct service billed as speech therapy or evaluations dealing with DDD clients who have or need Augmentative Communication. August 2008 May, 2011, Assistive Technology Specialist, Madison Elementary School District, Phoenix, AZ. Half-time employee, serving AT needs district-wide (including AT evaluations, maintaining equipment inventory, inservices/coaching, and developing on-line trainings). September 1994 June 2008, Assistive Technology Specialist, Southwest Human Development, Phoenix, AZ. Team-teaching in a model integrated preschool and member of Preschool Technology Grant, aimed at integrating technology into preschools (1994 - 1999). Trainer for special project with the Arizona Department of Education, providing training to school personnel to help them meet the AT needs of their students (1997 - 2007). As a member of the Augmentative Communication Evaluation Team, provided evaluations and follow-up services at schools and homes for a variety of clients with severe communication needs. Spring, 2002 - 2006, Instructor, Northern Arizona University SELECT Program. One-credit graduate level courses, at least one per semester. Classes held in Phoenix, Prescott, Page, and Tucson. Titles included: Assistive Technology: What Teachers and Therapists Need to Know, Assistive Technology and Early Childhood Education, Technology and Talk-nology, and MultiMethod Literacy Instruction for Students with Special Needs August, 1991 - June, 1994, Speech/Language Pathologist, Curative Rehabilitation Center, Wauwatosa, WI. Evaluation and treatment of communication disorders of adults in Day Programs and Sheltered Workshops. Two days per week coordinating team augmentative evaluations and follow-up. REFERENCES - Available upon request.