title: The time has come for speech-language pathology license portability!
abstract: Melissa Jakubowitz, M.A., CCC-SLP is Vice President of SLP Services at PresenceLearning. A speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of clinical and managerial experience, Ms. Jakubowitz is a Board Recognized Specialist in Child Language. With a diverse clinical background, Ms. Jakubowitz began her career working in the public schools and has also operated a successful, multi-office private practice. She is a past Director of the Scottish Rite Institute for Childhood Language Disorders in Stockton, CA. She is also a past-president of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, which, with over 5, 000 SLP members, is one of the largest speech-language pathologist state associations in the country. Active in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Ms. Jakubowitz served as a Legislative Counselor for 12 years.
authors.affiliation: PresenceLearning, San Fr ancisco, CA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jakubowitz
keywords: Telepractice; license portability; personnel shortages; speech-language pathology