Jennifer Baird

Jennifer oversees their clinics’ speech and occupational therapy program as well as Via’s Early Start assessment team. She originally worked in the First Step program from 2003 to 2007 and returned in 2017 as a speech-language pathologist before assuming her current role of Director in 2019.

Jennifer received her B.A. and M.A. in communicative disorders at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. She has received training in PROMPT, PECS Level I, Talk Tools courses, and Hanen and Social Thinking courses.

Jennifer has 15 years of experience working with children and their families with a variety of communication needs in private clinics, preschools, early intervention programs, school district contracts, and outpatient programs. She has also earned 2 consecutive ASHA Awards for Continuing Education.