iLEAD’s speech team works every day on assessments and providing speech services for our IEP learners. We are so thankful to have them on our Student Support team!
Kathleen Walker
Superpower: Humor
For over 20 years, Kathleen has been helping young children (as early as 18 months) through young adults (as old as 22) learn how to communicate to the best of their abilities. She is now in her fourth year as an iLEAD parent and just joined the iLEAD Lancaster Student Support staff as their in-house Speech-Language Pathologist.
Jillian Yudin
Superpower: Kindness and Empathy
For over 18 years, Jillian has been working with children with all abilities, focusing on speech-language deficits. She loves to figure out how children communicate, create innovative lessons, and provide support to families. Jillian has great knowledge in social pragmatics, AAC devices, apraxia, and other speech sound disorders. She is a trained provider in the PEERS UCLA Evidence-Based Social Skills Training.
Suzanne Henriquez
Superpower: Loyalty
Suzanne has been an SLP in the public school setting for the past twelve years with experience ranging from birth through high school. She received her BA from the University of Redlands in 2006 and her MA from California State University Long Beach in 2009. Suzanne is passionate about her learners’ motivation to learn and parent involvement to facilitate each individual learner’s success.
Camille Hernandez
Superpower: Flexibility and Empathy
Camille has worked with children and families over the last 10 years as a Behavior Therapist and Speech Assistant across clinical, school, and home health settings. She has experience ranging from preschool to adults and enjoys creating different lesson plans and activities for every age group. Camille enjoys being a part of the iLEAD Exploration team, where she can collaborate with others to best serve her learners.
Dr. Amanda Buchheit
Superpower: Multitasking, Calmness, and Empathy
Dr. Amanda Buchheit has over 20 years of experience working in behavior health and in the speech and language field. She has worked across settings as a speech and language pathologist in the traditional school setting, charter school setting, private practice, and in skilled nursing facilities. Dr. B loves that she gets to support so many families at iLEAD to ensure that they receive the services they need.
Shaun Newrones
Superpower: Empathy
Shaun has been in the field of speech and language for over 20 years. Her experience varies from early intervention to rehabilitation, clinic-based, schools, and private practice. Shaun loves working at iLEAD, where she can be a collaborative team member and help her learners achieve their speech, language, and communication goals.
Tina Balena
Superpower: Listening
Tina has 20 years of experience volunteering with all age groups and coordinating large and small events. She received a minor in psychology and both her BA and MS degrees from Cal State Northridge. She has been a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist for four years in private practice, hospital, acute rehab, and home health settings. Her experience ranges from infant through geriatrics with specialization in fluency, voice, swallowing, neurocognitive rehabilitation, articulation, and head and neck cancer treatments. Tina is excited about her new adventure in the charter school setting and working with the iLEAD family at the SCVi campus.
Jaslynn Cayless
Superpower: The ability to adapt well in any situation
Jaslynn Cayless is a speech and language pathologist assistant (SLPA). She recently graduated from Pasadena City College in June 2019. She obtained her license by completing a two-year program with the best teacher ever; she was so awesome! While completing her schooling, she got the opportunity to work with all different ages, disabilities, and settings. August 2019 is when she joined the iLead team in Lancaster CA. It has been an amazing journey for her so far, meeting all her students and working alongside great staff. She has 3 children, and she loves being around her family. What she loves about being a speech therapist is that she gets to help change someone’s life and make them feel more confident and good about themselves.