Mary Lynn Taschereau-Park, CASLPA Board of Directors
Supportive Personnel Representative
Mary
Lynn Taschereau-Park, BA (Hons.), B.ed., CDA
Communicative Disorders Assistant
Mary Lynn Taschereau-Park was appointed to the
CASLPA board as the Supportive Personnel Representative in
November 2008. She is a Communicative Disorders Assistant
with over 10 years experience working with preschool and school-aged
children who have speech and language delays and disorders.
Mary Lynn believes that supportive personnel can work collaboratively
with speech-language pathologists and audiologists in order
to enhance services provided to many populations in a wide
variety of settings. Her work with young children has only
strengthened her belief that early intervention is key and
that it is crucial to actively involve the family in the process.
Furthermore, the goal should always be to assist the child
in becoming the most effective communicator possible.
Mary Lynn attended Trent University in Peterborough,
Ontario, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (specialties:
anthropology and French) in 1995. During the third year of
this undergraduate degree she studied at the Université
de Nantes in France. In 1996 she completed her Communicative
Disorders Assistant post graduate diploma from Georgian College
in Orillia, Ontario. The following year she completed her
Bachelor of Education in the On-Site Teacher Education Program
at the University of Ottawa. In addition to CASLPA membership,
she is also a member of the Communicative Disorders Assistant
Association of Canada and a registered member of the Ontario
College of Teachers.
Mary Lynn has worked as a Communicative Disorders
Assistant at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in
Ottawa for over 10 years. She has worked with both the in-patient
0-18 population and the preschool out-patient population at
the hospital and at a community site. In this role she has
worked collaboratively with speech-language pathologists in
order to provide speech and language therapy to children and
their families. She has also had the opportunity to assist
with research projects and worked hand-in-hand with staff
in order to develop and implement group motor speech therapy
for children under the age of three. In 1999 Mary Lynn was
elected to a three year directorship on the board of the Communicative
Disorders Assistant Association of Canada.
Mary Lynn is thrilled to be the Supportive Personnel
Representative on the CASLPA Board. This is an exciting time
for supportive personnel members and she looks forward to
seeking and providing input on their behalf. She is currently
chairing the Expert Committee on Supportive Personnel issues,
is a member of the CASLPA Awards Committee and has collaborated
with the CASLPA Supportive Personnel Working Group. Professional
recognition of supportive personnel, professional development
for supportive personnel, and public awareness of supportive
personnel top the list of goals that Mary Lynn is keeping
at the forefront in her role on the Board. She welcomes input
from the membership as this new supportive personnel membership
category takes shape.
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