MONTANA SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION

Barbara Doughty earned her Bachelors of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology from the University of Wyoming and a Master of Arts in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Washington State University.  She has maintained the Certificate of Clinical Competence in her field from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) and been licensed to practice in Montana since 1998. Barbara worked in the medical setting for fifteen years, provided supervision for graduate students and CFY candidates,  and represented medical speech therapists on Benefis Healthcare’s Stroke Council for five years.  She collaborated with Quality Life Concepts, Inc. to provide outreach and telemedicine services for clients in northcentral Montana.  Barbara was instrumental in the development of the Benefis Voice Clinic. Since 2013, she has been providing speech therapy services at Great Falls Public Schools.  She actively participated in the writing of the Office of Public Instruction’s Guidelines for the Provision of Speech-Language Pathology under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  She is current Chair of the Scholarship Committee and a member of the Continuing Education Committee.  Barbara is currently completing the endorsement program for Special Education Administration. 

Bridget earned her master's degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Montana in 2016. Since graduating, she has been working in the acute care setting and currently is the lead SLP at Benefis Health System in Great Falls. Bridget's primary areas of interest include dysphagia assessment, including both MBS and FEES, critical care, severe traumatic brain injury, palliative/end of life care, and NICU. She has completed the SPEAK OUT! Program for treating Parkinson's disease, the IGNITE Program through the National Association of Neonatal Therapists, and the AmpCare Effective Swallow Protocol training to provide neuromuscular electrical stimulation to appropriate dysphagia patients. Additionally, Bridget brought a FEES training course to Montana in 2018 through Carolina Speech Pathology, was a MSHA presenter in 2019 regarding the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI), and currently represents OT/PT/SLP on the Benefis Stroke Council. New to the MSHA board this year, Bridget is interested in increasing interest and collaboration of medical SLPs across the state. In her spare time, Bridget enjoys spending time with family (especially her baby, Finn), traveling (pre-COVID anyway), rafting, camping, hiking, and playing volleyball.

Lezlie and Warren moved to Helena, Montana in 2015 from Oregon.  They grew up in Great Falls and always planned to return.  Lezlie has been a Speech/Language Pathologist for 43 years and worked in a variety of schools, early intervention settings and in the graduate program at the U of O. She served  ages 4 thru 7 in East Helena School district for more than a year prior to her second retirement.  Her plans are to continue in private practice once it is safe to do so. Lezlie served twice as President of the Oregon Speech Language Hearing Association and served for seven years on the OR Licensure Board and ASHA committees.  Lezlie was privileged to serve as President of the MT Speech-Language-Hearing Association and has worked closely with the Public Policy/Political Action Committee. She is now serving as liaison to MSHA for the MSHA Foundation Board. She hopes to continue her volunteer activities with MSHA. In her spare time Lezlie enjoys their cabin on the Smith and time with Roscoe.  She very much looks forward to playing with grandchildren in Missouri.