Welcome to Inchstones

     My name is Bridgette Campbell and I am a Special Instructor! I live in Camp Hill with my husband, two daughters: Annaleigh and Margaret, and our labradoodle, Sullivan. I went to Shippensburg University where I received my Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with a minor in Spanish. Following graduation, I was employed as a regular education second grade teacher for 6 years in Carlisle. I completed my Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from University of Phoenix in July 2010.

     In 2011, my world was “turned right-side-up” with the birth of my daughter, Annaleigh. Due to a birth injury, she has multiple disabilities including: Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, Cortical Visual Impairment, and Bilateral Sensorineural hearing loss. Because of her, I was opened up to the world of special education starting with Early Intervention: Birth-three programming starting when she was just two months old and just recently out of the NICU. By the time Annaleigh was one, I started working as a Special Instructor for Sovia Therapy and continued working there until December 2020. While working as a Special Instructor, I was able to receive coaching training and more specialized autism spectrum disorder continuing education while continuing to learn American Sign Language. My strengths with the Birth-3 population are establishing routines by using the Coaching Model, Behavioral Intervention strategies, and building communication at the earliest stages by utilizing varied modes including: American Sign Language, Gestures, Picture exchange systems, and augmentative communication.

     Beginning in 2018, I started working as a Special Educator for the Western PA School for the Deaf in their Hershey Preschool. This preschool is an Approved Private School as a  part-time/part-time placement for the Early Intervention Preschool program. A unique aspect of the program was the reverse inclusion program. As educators, we strived to include our students as much as possible with other same-age typically-developing peers. I was lucky enough to teach right alongside Michelle Campbell (co-owner of Inchstones) and learn the ropes of leading a class of young children with varying needs that included: Deafness and hearing loss, communication delays and disorders, Down Syndrome, physical disabilities, and medically-fragile children. I began my Master of Science in Special Education from Saint Joseph’s University in the Fall of 2022.  I continued as an acting Teacher of the Deaf for the three/four-year-old classroom until June of 2024. A strength of this program was the consistent and regular communication with families as well as continued sharing of resources for families to continue to advocate for their child’s education - a pillar of our beliefs for Inchstones.

     I am looking forward to the return to Early Intervention: Birth to three with many more tools in my back pocket to share. I am looking forward to the connections to the families that I will serve so that each family can build competence and advocacy skills that will last them through their lifetime. We will continue to create inclusive opportunities and establish high-expectations for all children. 

     My name is Emily Webster, and I am a Speech Language Pathologist and Feeding Therapist. I live in Annville, Pennsylvania with my husband, Kyle, and our three little boys, twins and our little caboose. Life with three boys has helped me become well-versed in the chaos and special moments that small children bring, and I love working with littles whenever I can. I am originally from Colorado and have lived in five different states. Moving to PA has been a wonderful thing for our family, and we have loved integrating into the community here.

     I hold both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Communication Science Disorders, and I have been working as a Speech Language Pathologist since my graduation in April 2018. During my professional career, I have had the opportunity to gain experience working in a variety of settings including Early Intervention, outpatient clinical setting, hospital-based inpatient neuro rehabilitation, hospital-based long term acute care, university faculty, and private practice. My first graduate school internship was working in Early Intervention with the birth to three population, and during this time, I quickly realized that this was a place I wanted to stay. I have worked in Early Intervention in some capacity ever since while also holding other jobs to gain more experience. I have seen firsthand how important it is to support families and children together, and this is a belief that shapes my services.

     I am a strong advocate that access to communication is something that all individuals should have. There is not just one way to communicate, and as a Speech Language Pathologist, I love helping children find the best individual way to share their wants, needs, and opinions. I focus on helping children gain a better understanding of language and increase their vocabularies and expressive language skills. I have extensive experience using parent coaching programs for language delays such as the Hanen Program, building and using picture communication boards, using basic sign language and gestures, and establishing communication through both high- and low-tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. My strengths include assessing to find the right starting point for each child and family, connecting with a child regardless of current communication abilities, explaining why we are choosing or doing something in therapy, modeling and teaching each caregiver that is available to learn, and noticing the inchstones each child makes as they are working hard to learn with us.

     Early on in my Early Intervention career, I saw a need for more support for children experiencing feeding and swallowing difficulties. Due to my interest in this area and the need I saw firsthand, I began taking advanced courses, working with mentors, and practicing in this area to be able to support feeding and swallowing difficulties of any kind. My years of learning and application, paired with my time working in hospitals and medical settings, allows me to be able to support a range of needs from feeding tubes, special diets due to aspiration risk, motor delays impacting oral motor skills, selective eaters, and so on. Working with my own child on feeding has helped me gain more compassion for how feeding impacts the whole family and how these children are trying to do their very best. Little wins such as children increasing tube feed tolerance, trying a new food at dinnertime, or feeling more safe with their feeding method are all inchstones that should be celebrated.

     The community and friendships we have found in Pennsylvania have been wonderful and sustaining to my family. I now want to pay it forward and support this community in any way possible. I look forward to meeting new people and celebrating every win, both big and small, that comes on a child’s journey.