Rachel VanWylen

Biography

Rachel VanWylen is an accomplished speech-language pathologist who has studied or been trained in Social Thinking, Lindamood-Bell Visualizing and Verbalizing, Lindamood-Bell LIPS program, The Hanen Program, Every Move Counts: Clicks and Chats and child centered inclusive therapy within a classroom. She has intensely studied and worked with children exhibiting the following: Down syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cognitive delays, articulation and phonology impairments, expressive and receptive language delays, stuttering, behavioral challenges, and reading delays. Rachel frequently coordinates with school based speech therapists for continuity of care with children she is working with who also receive speech-language at school.

Rachel plans to continue her education and research in feeding therapy, stuttering, AAC including PECS. She is registered with the American Speech and Hearing Association and licensed by the State of Michigan.
 
Rachel currently resides in Forest Hills with her husband and three young children.

Education

• ​BS, Calvin College
• MA, Speech-Language Pathology, University of Northern Colorado