At Reading Write Alaska, we strive for our students to progress in speech, language and academics!
15/06/2025
Happy Father’s Day from RWA to all of those celebrating this weekend!!!!
We hope you have the best time; making jokes and creating memories! 💙
17/05/2025
Big things are happening for our Anchorage location!!
05/05/2025
30/04/2025
Today, being the last Day of April, and it being “Month of the Military Child” we wanted to give a heartfelt THANK YOU and shout out to all of our clients that are children with military connected families. We appreciate you and are proud you are part of our Reading Write Alaska family as well! 💜🪴🪖
Drop a photo of your favorite milkids below! 🥰
Photo exert from “Purple Up!: We Salute Our Friends” by Sarah Scheerger and Leah Giles
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23/04/2025
Administrative Professionals Day celebrates all individuals working in administrative roles, including administrative assistants, billing administrators, and office managers! These professionals play a vital role in the smooth operation of Reading Write Alaska, Reading Write Alaska - Wasilla and Reading Write Alaska Eagle River by being the glue that holds us all together! Thank you for everything you do everyday!
20/03/2025
Yesterday Mr. Grant celebrated a very happy birthday!!!! Hope you enjoy your cake and have a fantastic week!! 🎂
14/03/2025
Huge Milestone today when Anna graduated the Barton Reading and Spelling Program Level 8!!!
She has been progressing consistently for years and is really seeing the fruits of all her hard work!
Anna will be staying on with Ms. Alysia to finish Levels 9 and 10 but we had to celebrate the core graduation! Since Anna is seen via teletherapy, a quick delivery to her house helped congratulate her! Her therapist and all of the RWA staff that knows her are sooo proud! 🥰🥰
11/03/2025
We are currently looking for highly qualified candidates to help us fulfill client demand and clear our waitlists!
Check out our benefits for full and part time staff, as well as fill out a contact form today!
In recognition of yesterday being Employee Appreciation Day, and today being National Women’s Day we wanted to celebrate from the mountain tops how amazing our team here at Reading Write Alaska, Reading Write Alaska Eagle River and Reading Write Alaska - Wasilla are!
Thank you for all that you do everyday to better our community and support our students and families!
If you have accolades or favorite stories with your clinician please shout out a message for them below!!
21/02/2025
Reading Write Alaska is currently seeking full-time Occupational Therapist for our Anchorage/Eagle River area. Come apply to join our team!
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Small yet mighty, the Eagle River team of Reading Write Alaska is excited to work with your family.
Our clinicians are dedicated and blessed to be an integral part of your child’s academic success. We are happy to be your extended family and service any speech, language and educational needs that may support your students progress. Reading Write Alaska currently has three locations (Anchorage, Wasilla and Eagle River *woot woot*).
In our Eagle River office we are currently able to provide certified speech and language pathologists, speech and language pathology assistants, and licensed teachers for services that include dyslexia, language based deficits in reading and writing, speech articulation and phonology disorders, expressive and receptive communication disorders, social pragmatic communication deficits as well as other specialized support within the scope and practice of an SLP. Our programming supports the Barton Reading and Spelling Program, LIPS, IEW as well as other Orton Gillingham based reading and writing programs.
Our Staff from left to right:
Grant Tatge (SLPA) - Grant earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of North Dakota. For five years, he worked for Denali Borough School District serving pre-K through 12th grade students in the Healy, Cantwell and Anderson schools. He now enjoys working full time with Reading Write Alaska at the Eagle River office. Grant feels very blessed to participate in helping children learn and succeed in the vital areas of reading and writing. His favorite hobby is spending time with his wife Rachel and wonderful family, especially in the Alaskan outdoors; camping and fishing.
Robin Ruzic (CCC-SLP and Clinic Director) - Robin earned her Master’s of Arts in Communication Disorders from University of Houston. Robin currently holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech, Language, Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed as a Speech Language Pathologist by the State of Alaska. She recently moved from Texas to Alaska with Neven, her husband of almost 24 years for an Alaskan adventure, and to work here at RWA, and provide support in literacy and language to our community. Robin is an avid traveler and loves to tell stories of all the places that she has visited. When Robin is not providing therapy to her clients, or traveling the world, she enjoys spending time cooking with her husband and visiting with her two grown children.
Eli Skelton (CF-SLP) - Eli earned his undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders from the University of Arkansas and his graduate degree in Communication Disorders from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He is currently working towards earning his Certificate of Clinical Competence from ASHA and holds a temporary license from the State of Alaska. He was brought to Alaska in 2018 on a search for the penguins, along with his fiancé Megan (whom currently works at our RWA Anchorage location). When Eli was young he attended speech therapy for articulation and states that he “never left” the field. He believes being an SLP is very rewarding and versatile. Eli enjoys hiking, running, and being tall; 6’2”.
Alysia Damin (CCC-SLP tele-therapist and Social Media Coordinator) - Alysia earned her undergraduate degree in Speech and Language Disabilities from SUNY Cortland, a Master’s of Science in Education as a Reading Specialist from SUNY Potsdam, and a Master’s of Science in Speech and Language Disabilities from Nova Southeastern University. Alysia currently holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence from ASHA and is licensed as a Speech Language Pathologist by the State of Alaska. She recently moved from Alaska to Germany with her husband of 9 years, Neil and their young daughter. Alysia enjoys traveling, camping and the outdoors, and spending time with her family when not working with clients. She is currently working with RWA clients from afar via tele-therapy.
Ross Clifford (MS-Teacher) - Ross discovered his love of teaching while completed his Master of Fine Arts program in Creative writing from Portland State University. Ross previously worked as a lecturer for the University of California, Santa Cruz. His passion for writing and his understanding of the importance of supporting students let him to work one-on-one as a tutor and eventually as a writing specialist at a private practice in Santa Cruz with school aged students. In 2018, Ross and his wife Kelsey moved to Alaska to explore all that our state has to offer and he joined the team at RWA. They have settled in to the way of life and enjoy the mountains and wildlife. He and his wife enjoy hiking, camping, bike riding and generally being outside.