Biography

T.J. Ragan, M.A., CCC-SLP is a Clinical Professor and the Clinic Director for the University of Georgia Speech and Hearing Clinic. She is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist specializing in pediatric speech, language, feeding, and literacy evaluation and treatment. She has experience in private practice, public, private, and charter school systems, early intervention programs, nonprofit agencies, and telepractice. T.J. has been an SLP since 2002, and has expertise in the evaluation and treatment of late talkers, children with cleft palate or velocardiofacial syndrome, hearing loss, autism spectrum disorders, dyslexia, ADHD, and other language based learning disorders, congenital syndromes, multiple disabilities, and pediatric dysphagia.

Areas of Expertise

  • Language
  • Literacy
  • Autism
  • Early intervention
  • Supervision
  • School-aged language
  • Cleft palate/velocardiofacial syndrome
  • Teletherapy
  • Pediatric Feeding/Swallowing

Education

  •  M.A. in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 2002
    The University of Georgia
  •  B.S.Ed. in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 2000
    The University of Georgia

Contact

 706-542-4598 (office)

Grants

UGA Parents Leadership Council Grant
2024
Awarded the UGA Parents Leadership Council (PLC) Grant for $12,473 for the project UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic Outreach and Financial Assistance Fund to increase UGA undergraduates’ awareness of and access to speech and hearing services, to conduct preventative activities targeting noise-induced hearing loss, and to provide no-cost evaluations, treatment, and hearing aid services to undergraduates at UGA.
UGA Parents Leadership Council Grant
2023
Awarded the UGA Parents Leadership Council (PLC) Grant for $10,500 for the project UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic Outreach and Financial Assistance Fund to increase UGA undergraduates’ awareness of and access to speech and hearing services, to conduct preventative activities targeting noise-induced hearing loss, and to provide no-cost evaluations, treatment, and hearing aid services to undergraduates at UGA.
GSHFoundation Community Impact Grant
2022
Awarded the GSHFoundation 2022 Community Impact Grant for $1500, for Hispanic/LatinX Hearing Healthcare Project, Co-coordinator: A.Morrison.
UGA Parents Leadership Council Grant
2022
Awarded the UGA Parents Leadership Council (PLC) Grant for $11,900 for the project UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic Outreach and Financial Assistance Fund to increase UGA undergraduates’ awareness of and access to speech and hearing services, to conduct preventative activities targeting noise-induced hearing loss, and to provide no-cost evaluations, treatment, and hearing aid services to undergraduates at UGA.
UGA Parents Leadership Council Grant
2021
Awarded the UGA Parents Leadership Council (PLC) Grant for $12,285 for the project UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic Outreach and Financial Assistance Fund to increase UGA undergraduates’ awareness of and access to speech and hearing services, to conduct preventative activities targeting noise-induced hearing loss, and to provide no-cost evaluations, treatment, and hearing aid services to undergraduates at UGA.

Awards and Accolades

UGA Student Career Success Influencer for the Class of 2024

UGA, 2025

Bobbi Meeler Sahm Service and Outreach Award with Dr. Nina Santus for service work with the Athens Parkinson's Disease Support Group

UGA, 2023

ASHA Award for Continuing Education

Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), 2025