About Your Instructor – Celeste Roseberry-Mckibbin

Uniquely Qualified Instructor

Celeste Roseberry-Mckibbin currently provides itinerant school-based services to grades PreK-12 ELs. Raised in the Philippines from ages 6-17, she brings her own lived experiences with being a second (and third!) language learner in a country in which she was not born. Celeste is also a Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders with primary research interests in the treatment of culturally and linguistically diverse students with communication disorders, as well as service delivery to students from low-income backgrounds. She has over 70 publications, including 17 books, and has made over 600 presentations at local, state, national, and international levels.

Dr. Roseberry is an ASHA Fellow, winner of ASHA's Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Multicultural Affairs, and she received ASHA's Honors of the Association. Celeste received the national presidential Daily Point of Light Award for her volunteer work in building literacy skills of children experiencing poverty. Celeste is also the author of School-Based SLPs: Comprehensive Intervention for ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS with Language Disorders, the extensive digital resource handbook you will receive at the seminar.

What Your Colleagues Say About Your Presenter

"Celeste was engaging and extremely knowledgeable. Her seminar was practical, and I'm leaving with many ideas to implement tomorrow. Thank you!"
– Amanda Duncan, SLP

"EXCELLENT seminar with MANY wonderful materials and activities presented. I also loved the videos Celeste showed of these materials and activities in use!"
– Alison McMorris, SLP

"This seminar was incredibly practical for how to enhance language services for not only English Learners, but really all students on my caseload."
– Shanna Hetzell, SLP

"Very informative seminar! Celeste helped me better understand how to target language skills with English Learners."
– Kristine Haas, SLP

"Given she's currently working in the field, Celeste was very relatable. I love that I can apply all the things she shared, beginning tomorrow in my very first session. Thank you so much!"
– Kyla Cleverly, Speech Language Technician

"Celeste was a fantastic and enthusiastic speaker. I respect so much that she is not only a professor, but she is also in the trenches, working as a school-based SLP!"
– Karen Peel, SLP