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“My name is Lydia Coalburn and I am a speech therapy assistant for Kokomo Area Special Education Cooperative. I was assigned to Rebecca Hickey as a speech assistant in the fall of 2019 and am under her supervision for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year.

 

Rebecca has been one of the most exceptional speech language pathologists that I have ever had the pleasure of working with. She is incredibly passionate about her clients and has been one of Kokomo Special Education Cooperative’s greatest advocates for their needs.

 

As a supervisor, Rebecca has been paramount to my personal development as a speech assistant. She has gone above and beyond the responsibilities of a supervisor to make me as qualified and competent as I can be for our clients. She avidly pursues continuing education for both herself and I.

 

Rebecca never stops learning and never stops teaching those around her. She is passionate about staying up to date on new developments and techniques within the field and has permanently instilled the importance of such an attitude in myself.

 

Rebecca consistently makes nothing short of extraordinary progress with our most challenging cases. She taps into a wide array of methodologies to provide her clients with every possible avenue toward success. Rebecca relishes a challenge and the word “impossible” is simply not in her vocabulary.

 

Rebecca employs her tenacity and considerable expertise to show her clients the very best in speech therapy.”

“I have had the pleasant opportunity in getting to know Ms. Becky Hickey through the past few years as she has worked with my child in the class room setting. Ms. Hickey is very dedicated, and it is obvious that she cares deeply for the students that she works with. I am very appreciative of the way she interacts with my own child, and always goes above and beyond.

Ms. Hickey sees potential in my child that goes way beyond a diagnosis. She strives to teach my child communication even when it may seem difficult or even appears to be impossible. She works hard to find creative ways to teach my child, and has never gives up that goal, even when most have and do.

 

It is a pleasure to know her, and I give her my full recommendation.”

– Angie Hinton – Parent

“This is a letter of recommendation for Rebecca Hickey. I’ve been privileged to know Rebecca since 1996, meeting her in her professional role as a Speech Therapist at a local ECF. Her ease at communication and relational abilities to the residents stood out as they responded to her in the therapy setting.

She was outgoing with her coworkers, also, myself, included. As a nurse practitioner, I interfaced with Rebecca again at another facility years later and she consistently worked with the elderly in her easy, relational manner to facilitate the residents to achieve their goals.

As years passed, I reconnected with Rebecca in a non-professional environment as she joined a hospice sewing ministry I am a part of. She benefited the group with her organizational and personal skills, volunteering to do whatever needed to get the projects completed.

Rebecca is delightful and thoroughly enjoys working with clients–no matter what age and has an ability to find out what is the best way to reach them and their maximum potential.

Thank you for this opportunity.

Sincerely,”

– Deb Zent, MSN, RN, ANP

“My name is Lydia Coalburn and I am a speech therapy assistant for Kokomo Area Special Education Cooperative. I was assigned to Rebecca Hickey as a speech assistant in the fall of 2019 and am under her supervision for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year.

Rebecca has been one of the most exceptional speech language pathologists that I have ever had the pleasure of working with. She is incredibly passionate about her clients and has been one of Kokomo Special Education Cooperative’s greatest advocates for their needs.

As a supervisor, Rebecca has been paramount to my personal development as a speech assistant. She has gone above and beyond the responsibilities of a supervisor to make me as qualified and competent as I can be for our clients. She avidly pursues continuing education for both herself and I.

Rebecca never stops learning and never stops teaching those around her. She is passionate about staying up to date on new developments and techniques within the field and has permanently instilled the importance of such an attitude in myself.

Rebecca consistently makes nothing short of extraordinary progress with our most challenging cases. She taps into a wide array of methodologies to provide her clients with every possible avenue toward success. Rebecca relishes a challenge and the word “impossible” is simply not in her vocabulary.

Rebecca employs her tenacity and considerable expertise to show her clients the very best in speech therapy.”

– Lydia Coalburn, SLP-A