Janice Brown Parker

Janice Parker is a speech-language pathologist with 38 to 39 years of experience serving students in the Washington, DC education system. Her expertise centers on childhood language development, vocabulary acquisition, and supporting deaf and hard of hearing students as well as those on the autism spectrum. She also provides special education advocacy and parent training to help families understand their rights and support their children's communication skills at home. Parker earned a bachelor's degree from South Carolina State University and a master's degree from the University of the District of Columbia. She is currently enrolled in a doctoral program in educational leadership. Nationally certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association with her Certificate of Clinical Competency, she has received the ACE Award for continuing education four times. Parker has served as an adjunct instructor and clinical supervisor at Howard University, training future speech-language pathologists. She maintains active memberships in the DC Speech and Hearing Association, where she is a past president, the American Speech and Hearing Association, the National Black Association of Speech, Language, and Hearing, and the Council for Exceptional Children. In addition to her clinical work, Parker founded Parent Spa LLC to deliver parent training and advocacy services.