Margaret Vento-Wilson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is the founder and owner of SLPedia and has worked with children and adults with communicative needs in both the school and private practice settings for many years. Dr. Vento-Wilson has also provided professional development for special education teams and speech-language pathologists in the area of AAC and aided language acquisition, as well as service models and service delivery.

In addition to her work at SLPedia, Dr. Vento-Wilson is currently an assistant professor at California State University, Long Beach in the department of Speech-Language Pathology (Go Beach!).

Carley’s clinical experience includes both children and adults, and in communicative needs that arise in infancy and childhood, as well as those that arise through acquired conditions later in life. In addition to her work at SLPedia, Carley has provided clinical services in the schools and in clients’ homes.

Carley has a research background in traumatic brain injury (TBI), neurogenic communication disorders, cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CRT), and evidence-based practice in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). She authored two chapters in a TBI treatment manual and co-authored a chapter on adult neurogenic disorders in the definitive textbook for speech-language pathology assistants. Carley Crandall is an active member of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is licensed by the State of California.

Carley has completed over 50 hours in orofacial myofunctional disorders training and is a Natural Language Acquisition trained clinician and can be found on the NLA Registry.

Carley’s desire and passion are to contribute further to the field of speech-language pathology and ultimately assist individuals with complex communication needs to lead and develop more fulfilled lives!