Learning to Listen with Jenine a LSLS Certified AVT SLP

Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, BCS-S, serves as the Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor with James Madison University. Additionally, she is the acclaimed host of “First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional” a weekly Speech Therapy Podcast that addresses “all thangs” Pediatric Speech Therapy, and is presented by SpeechTherapyPD.com. Michelle authored, "Chasing the Swallow: Truth, Science, and Hope for Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders". She is an accomplished lecturer; traveling across the nation delivering courses on best practices for the evaluation and treatment of the medically complex infant, toddlers, and children with respect to their pediatric oropharyngeal dysphagia, pediatric feeding disorder, as well as language acquisition within the framework of Early Intervention. She has served as the Treasurer for the Council of State Association Presidents (CSAP), is a Past President of the South Carolina Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (SCSHA), a graduate of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Leadership Development Program (ASHA LDP), a recipient of the Pediatric Feeding Disorder Awareness Champion from Feeding Matters, a recipient of the Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Outstanding Clinical Achievement from the SCSHA, a recipient of the State Clinical Achievement Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Foundation, recognized as an ASHA Innovator in 2023, and ten-time recipient of ASHA’s ACE Award for continuing education.

Jenine Entwistle Viole is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Auditory-Verbal therapist with Pediatric Speech and Language Services in North Carolina. She currently lives in Winston-Salem and provides in-home services in the surrounding areas and clinic sessions in Greensboro. She graduated with her Bachelors in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences from the University of Connecticut in 2014 and Masters of Speech Pathology degree from the University of South Carolina as an AVT track student in 2016. Since then, she has been working in private practice and home health with a focus on early intervention services and listening and spoken language for children with hearing loss. She began her career in Lexington, South Carolina and moved to Winston Salem in June 2018, coinciding with her husband’s family medicine residency program at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. She obtained her LSLS certification earlier this year 2020 and is now a certified Auditory-Verbal therapist. She feels fortunate to have found a career that she is passionate about and truly does not feel like she gets up and "goes to work" each day. She is also Mom to “Dennis”, the perfect fluffy goldendoddle and honorary EI SLP.