Deanne Wayt

Deanne Wayt serves as a Clinical Educator in the MS-SLP Program Campus at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences' College of Rehabilitative Sciences in San Marcos, CA, having joined the institution in 2025.

Her educational background includes:

• Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology from The George Washington University
• Bachelor of Arts in French from Wittenberg University
• Diploma in French Studies from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis

Her research focuses on reflective supervision methodologies, routines-based caregiver coaching frameworks, and culturally responsive practices within neurodiversity-affirming service models. As a bilingual speech-language pathologist fluent in Spanish and conversational in French, she emphasizes linguistically responsive approaches for diverse pediatric populations across autism spectrum disorders and early intervention contexts.

Wayt maintains extensive clinical experience spanning pediatric and adult populations in Santiago, Chile, alongside U.S. early intervention, clinical, and school-based settings with culturally diverse communities. Prior to transitioning to academia, she owned an early intervention private practice and most recently served as full-time lecturer and clinic director at California State University, Long Beach.