Alaska
Kathy Privratsky
Special Education Service Agency, Anchorage
For exemplary work in co-founding the Assistive Technology Library of Alaska and for providing assistive technology and related clinical services to rural/remote areas of Alaska, reaching an underserved population of children and adults with communication disorders. (Privratsky is also the recipient of the ASHFoundation's 2003 Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement.)
Florida
Amy Miller Wetherby
Florida State University, Tallahassee
For accomplishments in the areas of early identification of communication disorders and autism spectrum disorders, specifically evidenced by her development of assessment tools, family-centered demonstration projects, and expansion of knowledge of autism through publications and presentations.
Kentucky
Kathryn Polmanteer
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
For her leadership in mentoring an undergraduate student group to plan and implement a Phonological Early Awareness Program, a community-based service project that targets language development and literacy with infants and toddlers in a child care setting.
Mississippi
Annette C. Wimberly
Meridian Speech and Hearing Center, Meridian
For implementing a successful treatment approach for preschool clients with severe articulation disorder using a structured, individualized oral motor program in conjunction with articulation therapy.
New York
Arnold Shapiro
The International Center for the Disabled, New York
For conceptualizing and administering the Mount Sinai Series in Communication Disorders, an annual clinically oriented conference series respected throughout the state as a cutting-edge professional continuing education event.
Pennsylvania
Cecilia J. Manno
Private Practice, Yardley
For developing an innovative mentorship program to train professionals working in the area of pediatric dysphagia, feeding, and oral motor therapy with children having multiple medical issues.
Wisconsin
Joan C. Arvedson
Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics
and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Elm Grove
For co-authoring a comprehensive text for pediatric swallowing and feeding disorders to be used in the university curriculum to train new and experienced clinicians with a multidisciplinary team approach to diagnostics, treatment, and management.