Voice and Communication Services for the Gender Diverse Community

Support for gender-diverse clients is a growing sub-specialty within Speech Language Pathology. This presentation aims to provide a framework for assessing, goal-setting, and intervening in partnership with clients across the gender spectrum. Case studies will be discussed with a focus on person-centered goal setting that looks beyond the gender binary.

Evan Kennedy, MScA CCC-SLP, is a Speech Language Pathologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he serves as an Associate in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He specializes in evaluation and care of the voice across the lifespan, and has special interests in professional voice management, and gender-diverse voice and communication services. Evan serves as a content expert for the American Board of Voice and Upper Airway Disorders, with whom he works to establish the national practice standards for voice-specialized speech pathologists. He provides training and 1:1 mentorship to graduate students as well as an international…