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Alison Wachtel, has been working with children with special needs since 1995.
Her early experience includes working as a teacher's assistant for a self-inclusive classroom designated for
Since 2002 she has been a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist.
She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2000 with a BS in Communication Disorders and went on to complete her Masters in Speech-Language-Pathology at Kent State University in 2002.
Alison was awarded a grant at Kent State University where she and her fellow team members completed research and treatment for children with Low Incidence Disorders (disorders that affect only 1% of the population).
Upon graduating from Kent State, Alison was selected for the fellowship position at the highly esteemed Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.
Her Speech Therapy work has taken her to five different states wherein she has gained valuable experience in a variety of hospitals, nursing homes, elementary schools, and pediatric clinics.
She has had a varied caseload including children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury, Muscular Dystrophy, Dyslexia and other reading disorders, swallowing disorders, Down Syndrome, Apraxia, language disorders, cognitive disorders, Cochlear Implant, Cleft Lip and Palate and Failure to Thrive.
Alison traveled to Nairobi, Kenya to assist the teachers and students at the Maji Mazuri Children's Centre in July 2009.
While at the Children's Centre, Alison shared her knowledge of how to increase communication opportunities for their children without verbal language, how to position and feed their children with medical impairments so they can eat safely, and modeled a circle time lesson plan to demonstrate how to engage all children at all levels at the same time.
Alison believes in the programs the Maji Mazuri Organization is running and is incredibly inspired that this organization was started by one passionate woman with dream for a better life for her fellow Kenyans!
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