Meet the Instructor

Amy Rodda

Director of Clinical Education and Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences, University of Washington

Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Amy Rodda is the director of clinical education and an associate teaching professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington. She specializes in play-based therapy, social communication, and enhancing the functional communication skills of children with a broad range of communication strengths and challenges. She is a certified Early Start Denver Model provider and has completed training on the Hanen It Takes Two to Talk parent coaching program.

Rodda’s research interests include understanding and supporting peer relationships and friendships of children with autism spectrum disorders. She supervises graduate clinicians in the UW Speech & Hearing Clinic, teaches undergraduate, postbaccalaureate and graduate courses, facilitates the Leslie Jeanne Berns Support Group for families of children with communication disorders, and mentors undergraduate research. She has a master’s in speech-language pathology from Truman State University and a Ph.D. in speech and hearing sciences from the University of Washington.