About Me
About Leslie Lockwood
Leslie Lockwood, Founder and Owner
My little brother used to stutter. I made fun of his speech, and promptly got in trouble with our mom! After that I realized stuttering is no joke. When I grew up, I became a speech pathologist because I wanted to help people who stutter. After 41 years in the field, working with people who stutter is still my passion.
I attended California State University in Fullerton, where I received my Master of Science degree and my California State License in Speech Pathology. I worked with Riverside Unified School district as a public school speech pathologist. During my early years as a speech pathologist, I moved to Keene, New Hampshire, where I completed my Clinical Fellowship Year with Ms. Traudl Thompson, CCC-SLP. At the end of that year, Traudl and I celebrated our success by going swimming with her dog in the lake near her house!
Leslie Lockwood, Founder and Owner
My little brother used to stutter. I made fun of his speech, and promptly got in trouble with our mom! After that I realized stuttering is no joke. When I grew up, I became a speech pathologist because I wanted to help people who stutter. After 41 years in the field, working with people who stutter is still my passion.
I attended California State University in Fullerton, where I received my Master of Science degree and my California State License in Speech Pathology. I worked with Riverside Unified School district as a public school speech pathologist. During my early years as a speech pathologist, I moved to Keene, New Hampshire, where I completed my Clinical Fellowship Year with Ms. Traudl Thompson, CCC-SLP. At the end of that year, Traudl and I celebrated our success by going swimming with her dog in the lake near her house!
My years practicing in New England brought me a wide variety of experiences, which I am grateful for to this day. Those included working as a school speech pathologist, as well as an in-home therapist, where I taught parents how to work with their children.
My years practicing in New England brought me a wide variety of experiences, which I am grateful for to this day. Those included working as a school speech pathologist, as well as an in-home therapist, where I taught parents how to work with their children.
I later returned to SoCal and Riverside Unified School District. For most of my years with RUSD, I was the speech pathologist assigned to Victoria Elementary School. Even though I have retired from RUSD, I am still a Victoria Eagle. As the saying goes, “Once an Eagle, always an Eagle!”
My Background / Experience
- Master of Science degree from California State University, Fullerton
- Licensed Speech Pathologist with the State of California
- Certificate of Clinical Competence with American Speech-Language- Hearing Association
- Certified Provider with Lidcombe Program Trainers Consortium
- 41 Years of Experience as a Speech Pathologist
- 32 Years of Experience with Riverside Unified School District
- Helped hundreds of children with stuttering issues and thousands with speech issues