Ellen L. Obrock, M.S., CCC-SLP Education and Background I received a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Pathology with a minor in education and psychology from Augustana College, and a Master of Science from Eastern Illinois University, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology. My Clinical Fellowship training was done at the St. Louis State School and Hospital for Mentally Handicapped Adults, under the direction of Dr. Madge Skelly, a published authority on American Indian Gestural Code. I have provided care to children from St. Charles and Jefferson Counties of Missouri through the Missouri Crippled Children Foundation. I served as Department Chairperson at St. Louis County Hospital where I focused on head trauma rehabilitation.

I have experience as a speech pathologist in the elementary school setting, having served the communities of Will, Hancock, and Adams County, Illinois. I currently work at the Transitions School for handicapped children in Quincy.

On the music side of my career, I have been fortunate to have studied music (primarily flute and piano) under some of the most accomplished musicians and music educators in the Midwest, and internationally. I have trained with musicians of the St. Paul Symphony (MN), Memphis Symphony (TN), Winnipeg Symphony (Canada), St. Louis Symphony (MO), and Vienna Philharmonic (Austria). I have been sharing my love of music by teaching flute and piano to young people for over 25 years.

For several years, I researched avenues in which to combine my experience with music, my love of preschool age children, and my training as a communication specialist. In 2001, my search led me to become a licensed Kindermusik educator.