Hello! My name is Jari Wock and I am happy to be a Speech-Language Pathologist with Prickly Pear Cooperative. I am excited for the 2020-2021 school year. This is my 6th year working for Prickly Pear Cooperative and my 10th year as a school-based SLP. I have also worked for 6 years in the medical field as an SLP. I will be continuing as the SLP at Whitehall Schools, Cardwell Elementary, Boulder Elementary, and Jefferson High School.  I also cover the Headstart programs in Whitehall and Boulder communities.  I work with students age 3 thru grade 12 and love my work! If you have speech and/or language concerns about your school-age child (age 3 years thru 12th grade) please contact me at one of the numbers below. 

Some of you have chosen remote learning options and may receive services via teletherapy. Also due to school COVID policies, teletherapy may be the most appropriate service delivery model for your student who does attend school in person. We will work as a team to determine how to best meet your student's needs. 

 Here are some ideas to use at home with your child as well!

 https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/suggestions/           

 /cms/lib/MT08000619/Centricity/Domain/18/Links to Speech Sound Production Videos.docx

 https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/childrens-repetition     Books to facilitate engagement, modeling, and language!

Read, Read, Read!  Reading helps speech & language skills by teaching vocabulary, increasing attention, providing exposure to sentence structure, answering questions, sequencing and retell practice, speech sound practice and exposure, and sharing enjoyment and conversation about a topic.

Phone Number: Whitehall Elementary 406-287-3882 

                        Boulder Elementary 406-225-3316

Email Address:  jwock@whitehallmt.org   or   jari.wock@bgs.k12.mt.us

Degrees:

BA in Social Sciences with minors in sociology and cultural studies, University of Montana-Western- 2002

MS in Speech-Language Pathology, Idaho State University- 2005

Listen eagerly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff, when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big because to them all of it has been big stuff.  - Catherine M. Wallace