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Elissa Kilduff, MA, CCC-SLP
Elissa Kilduff, MA, CCC-SLP, works as the lead speech-language pathologist (SLP) in a large metro-Atlanta, Georgia school district. Ms. Kilduff supervises, supports, and trains more than 175 school-based SLPs. Elissa has a great interest in language-based learning disabilities, collaboration in general education classrooms, and service delivery models for adolescents. Prior to her lead role, Ms. Kilduff worked as an SLP in multiple elementary schools. She was a member of the Georgia School-Based Speech-Language Pathologist Leadership Team, established through the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE). This team developed state-wide training on collaboration for SLPs and General Education Teachers. As a lead SLP, Ms. Kilduff has researched and codesigned resources for staff including evidence-based interventions and progress monitoring rubrics for Response to Intervention (RTI), language checklists aligned to grade-level standards, and educational impact of common standardized language assessments. When not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and young daughter, friends, and family.