Welcome! My name is Kate Ross. I am an author, speech-language pathologist, and developmental educator. I love gardening, crafting, reading, hiking, and traveling. Dancing has always been an important pastime, including English Morris dancing, international folk dancing, and contra dancing. Singing is a passion, mostly within choral groups, since high school. Ever-present loves in my life are my husband and two daughters. Family strengthens me.
I’ve been lucky to have birthed two daughters who have grown into strong women; spoken to a princess of Romania; Morris danced at the Scarborough Fayre; saw evidence of plate tectonics and walked on the earth’s mantle in Newfoundland; visited the Romanian building where my father was held prisoner in WWII; taught young children; and advocated for people with disabilities. I am thankful for my life experiences.
I’ve learned quite a bit about brain tumors and injuries.
The brain is complex with numerous hidden elements still waiting to be discovered.
It is a long and difficult road caring for a person who has a brain tumor, injury, or other insult. Recovery is ongoing.
Patience and flexible thinking truly are caregiver virtues during recovery, which is ongoing and may last a lifetime.
Never give up hope! Hope is what drives us forward in times of need
Please check out my textbook, Speech-Language Pathologists in Early Childhood Intervention, published by Plural Publishing (2018).
Learn more about Early Intervention through ASHA’s website: https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/professional-issues/early-intervention
And read my chapter (8) in Case Studies for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder, entitled Coaching in Early Childhood Intervention: A Toddler With ASD.
