Huntington Celebrates its Speech Language Pathologists

Huntington UFSD is celebrating its speech language pathologists who do so much behind the scenes to assist those with communication disorders and disabilities.

Huntington UFSD’s speech language pathologists include Margaret Connors, Yafit Lucas, Risa Brachman, Kayla Scorpan, Danielle Lopez, Jenna Milewski, Angela Allegretti, Kaylin Moran, Sarah Macaluso, Sandy Ramos, Nicole Smith, Kathryn Carey and Patricia Klee.

“On behalf of our entire school district, I want to express my deepest gratitude to our dedicated speech-language pathologists,” Superintendent Beth McCoy said. “Your expertise, compassion, and unwavering commitment play a vital role in helping our students find their voices. You not only support communication development, but you also empower confidence, connection, and lifelong learning. Today, we proudly recognize and celebrate the incredible impact you have on our schools and our community. Thank you for all that you do.”

Speech language pathologists work with those who display expressive and mixed receptive-expressive language disorders, such as:

• Voice disorders

• Speech sound disorders

• Speech disfluency

• Pragmatic language impairments

• Social communication difficulties

• Swallowing disorders

Speech Pathology Week is an event that happens every year to promote the speech pathology profession. It highlights the important role speech pathologists play in supporting those with communication or swallowing difficulties.

The 2025 theme of Speech Pathology Week is “Communicate your way.” Awareness will be raised concerning the variety of ways that people communicate and that there is no one right way.