Ms. Simonsmeier is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education. She has 20 years of experience working with local health care providers, hospitals, and State Department of Health (WI) and is involved in professional organizations at the local, state and national level. Her specialty is in pediatric populations, especially those who are medically fragile and require services in the home. Her personal interests include interdisciplinary teaming to provide services to young children with ND/RD. She has directed several Birth-to-Three programs and has been instrumental in establishing physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy services in underserved, rural areas in Wisconsin. She has also provided homebound therapy for culturally diverse populations in urban areas. She is a strong child/family advocate, and a consultant to insurance companies in an effort to educate and facilitate good health care. At Utah State University, she is involved in the Speech-Language Hearing Clinic, Center for Persons with Disabilities (CPD) Clinical Services Evaluation Team and is the Team leader for the CPD Pediatric Oral-Motor Feeding Clinic. She is currently the President for the Utah Speech Language Hearing Association.