Championing student speech

Posted on September 12, 2025

Originally published September 12, 2025 by UDaily

Jon Tressler, a 2024 graduate from the Speech-Language Pathology master’s program in UD’s College of Health Sciences, works with kids at Brader Elementary School. Pictured here, Mr. Jon, as students call him, has students practicing pronouncing “L” words and describing objects in complete sentences.

Jon Tressler, a 2024 graduate from the Speech Language Pathology master’s program in the College of Health Sciences, works with kids at Brader Elementary School. The pair comes to Mr. Jon for game time to practice pronouncing “L” in words and describing objects in full sentences. He typically sees five to six groups of two students each day. Tressler’s career path in speech therapy was inspired by his younger sister Hannah, who has Down syndrome.

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