Andryce Andres, M.S., CCC-SLP

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Andryce received her Bachelors of Arts in Ethnic Studies and Spanish from the University of Oregon in 2004. She then spent several years working in child development centers, women’s health clinics, volunteering for school garden programs, and developing Spanish language skills while living and traveling abroad.

Andryce completed a Master’s Degree as well as the Bilingual Concentration requirements through the Speech and Hearing Program at Portland State University (PSU) in 2013. She participated in a six-week education experience for SLPs in Quito, Ecuador in the summer of 2012. Andryce received interdisciplinary training as a clinical fellow through the Oregon Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program at the Institute on Development and Disability (IDD) in 2014. During this fellowship she fell in love with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

Andryce worked in the Rehabilitation Department of Shriners Children’s in Portland, Oregon for ten years. Her highlight was witnessing the evolution of the Shriners AAC Camp. In 2023, she was instrumental in taking the AAC Camp off-site to accessible nature-based locations.

For nearly two years, Andryce was a clinical supervisor in the Oregon Scottish Rite Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic at Portland State University, guiding and preparing graduate student clinicians to serve AAC users.

She has collaborated with interdisciplinary teams of speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, recreational therapists, music therapists, registered dietitians, educators, medical providers, graduate students and, most importantly, the children and teens as well as their families and caregivers, to identify the AAC system to support expressive communication in their lives.

Andryce is passionate about multilingualism, literacy, and creative expression. She believes that every human has the right to tell their own story.

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Andryce enjoys playing in the trees, looking at the stars, and splashing in rivers and lakes with her family and loved ones. She is currently learning to play the baritone ukulele and harmonium. She has recently returned to singing and continues to find her voice through songwriting. Andryce is excited to share a love of music with you!

Andryce was featured in Making Connections: Speech-Language Pathology, a series of short documentaries by the Oregon Speech-Language & Hearing Association (OSHA) in 2017

Deep thanks to family and loved ones for their support along this journey of life. Immense gratitude to the kids and youth she’s had the honor of working with along their AAC journey, as well as their families and caregivers, over all of these beautiful years. You have been and continue to be her greatest teachers along her AAC journey as a professional and ally.