Tina Moreno - Avon, OH

AAC Roles: Service Provider, Family Member

Language/dialect(s) spoken/understood: English and German
Preferred Method of Contact: Email
Phone: 216-287-0737
Phone (Mobile): (216) 287-0737
Email:
Biography
Tina Moreno is a speech-language pathologist specializing in AAC. She serves UCP of Greater Cleveland LeafBridge Alternative Education program. She owns a private practice. She received her master's degree in speech-language pathology from Cleveland State University. She is a member of ASHA and an Assistive Technology Professional through RESNA. She is currently Vice President of People Who Use AAC and their families of USSAAC. She is co-founder of Camp ALEC, a summer literacy camp for children with significant disabilities who use AAC. She presents locally, statewide and nationally on AAC and literacy. She is mother to Mateo, a 25-year old AAC user. She presents nationally on AAC, literacy and inclusion for professionals and families.
AAC Roles

Service Provider

Someone who provides paid services to individuals who use AAC; e.g. educator or therapist providing assessment, intervention, training, etc. Includes students studying to become service providers
Service Setting(s): School, Community-Based and Home
Type of services provided: Speech-language therapy and Assistive Technology
Licenses, certificates, or credentials: CCC (ASHA certificate of clinical competence), SLP license and ATP
Age of serviced clients: Early intervention (0-2), Early school-age (3-12), Upper school-age (13-21) and Adult (22-64)
Services provided: AAC assessment, AAC intervention (individual), AAC intervention (group), Assessment for Speech-Generating Device and Access to AAC tools/technologies
Remote/telepractice service provided? No

Family Member

Someone who is a family member of a person who uses AAC
Age of the family member(s) using AAC: 22-64
Family member's disability(ies): Apraxia, Cerebral palsy and Dysarthria
AAC strategies, tools, technologies used: Saltillo Novachat 8 with Wordpower 108, Assistive Express on an iPhone, signs, gestures, texting, verbal approx.
 

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