Danila received her undergraduate degree in speech-language pathology and audiology from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1972. She immediately chose to pursue a graduate degree and earned her Master of Arts degree in speech-language pathology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa in 1974. Upon earning her degree, she worked in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa schools with hearing impaired students.  From 1979 to 1994 she worked with children and adults with developmental disabilities at the Peoria Association of Retarded Citizens, Inc. (PARC).  Danila joined Barbara Walvoord and Donna Evans as a partner/owner at Speech and Language Rehabilitation Services, Ltd. in September, 1994.    She works full-time from our Peoria location.

Danila has given presentations and conducted workshops on a variety of subjects related to the field of speech-language pathology at local and state meetings and school district inservices for speech-language pathologists, educators and other professionals.  Her particular interest in augmentative communication technology has led to coordinating a  Communication Technology Camp and participation in an MDA-ALS Clinic.      Danila is active in the Peoria Speech-Language Hearing Association (PASHA) and has held several offices including president.  She received the Honors of the Association from PASHA in 1993 and was the recipient of the Advocate of the Year award from PARC in 1996.  She was named a Fellow of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2006.  Danila also served as the Vice-President for Professional Affairs for the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association (ISHA).  Currently she serves as a board member of the Cancer Center for Healthy Living and is a member of the ISHA Representative Council.  

Certification/Licensure:

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)

Illinois Early Intervention Specialist Credential in Speech-Language Pathology

          Illinois Early Intervention Evaluator in Speech-Language Pathology

Illinois State Licensure

Illinois Standard Special Teaching Certificate:  School Services

 

Special Training

Signing Exact English

Assistive Technology and Augmentative Communication

Clinical Training Course:  Tracheoesophageal Puncture and Prosthesis for Post-Laryngectomy Voice Restoration

Clinical Training Course:  Videostroboscopy

          IAL Voice Institute

 

Special Areas of Interest

Early childhood intervention

Articulation and phonology

Aural rehabilitation-Cochlear Implants

Children and adults with multiple disabilities

          Laryngectomy/Head and Neck Cancer

Voice disorders

Language disorders

Augmentative communication

Adult/geriatric dysphagia

 

Professional Affiliations

American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)

Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association (ISHA)

Peoria Area Speech-Language Hearing Association (PASHA)

 

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