Alyssa Bonner
Bakersfield,CA
Summary
Motivated graduate student working towards earning a degree in Speech-Language Pathology and developing above adequate knowledge and skills through relevant clinical experience. Highly responsible and diligent with solid communication skills.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Student Clinician
St. Agnes Hospital
08.2023 - Current
SLP Student Intern
Fresno Unified School District
02.2023 - 05.2023
- William's Elementary (comprehensive site)
- Participated in and ran IEP meetings.
- Planned and implemented therapy sessions for variety of students with communication disorders.
- Completed comprehensive assessments to determine areas of need and areas of eligibility for students with speech referrals.
- Conducted interviews with parents and teachers.
- Collaborated with other professionals in order to achieve maximal success for students on caseload.
- Managed caseload of 40+ students
- Completed assessment reports and integrated assessment information to write functional goals that aligned with Common Core Standards in order to also address academic needs.
- Addicott School
- Worked to increase communication in children with medically complex diagnoses ranging from preschool to 8th grade.
- Participated in dynamic assessment to gather useful information on the most functional means of communication for each individual child.
- Assessment measures included dynamic assessments using a variety of high tech and low tech AAC devices for nonverbal children secondary to cognitive impairments.
- Treatment for some of the children included the following: working on responding to bids for joint attention, teaching cause and effect as it related to communication, increasing vocabulary using AAC devices, making choices to increase autonomy, and increasing meaningful verbalizations.
- Gained knowledge on the impacts that certain conditions have on communication including TBI, Rett's Syndrome, Cortical Visual Impairment, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
SLP Student Clinician
California State University, Fresno
08.2022 - 11.2022
- Worked with young adults in a transitional program in order to increase functional life skills.
- Planned and ran collaborative group therapy sessions with a team of student clinicians addressing multiple areas of daily living.
- Case manager for 2 young adults which consisted of tracking and recording qualitative data to measure progress during sessions, coaching during group trips to gain practical experiences on the topics covered during sessions, and building rapport to establish trusting relationships.
- Administered formal assessment measures to determine individual areas of need including the Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT), as well as informal measure including rating scales and quality of life questionnaires.
- Treatment included targeting underlying executive functioning, memory, attention, and social communication skills.
SLP Student Clinician
California State University, Fresno
06.2022 - 07.2022
- Specific experience
- Client #1: 9 year old with suspected fluency disorder and articulation disorder characterized by /r/ distortion; assessment of fluency included qualitative measures including a detailed speech and language sample, reading sample, and writing sample; integrated assessment results to make a diagnosis of cluttering; Treatment of cluttering included working on awareness, reducing speech rate, and increasing overall intelligibility; Assessment of articulation disorder completed through the use of an /r/ screening tool; Treatment included use of traditional articulation therapy for multiple contexts of /r/.
- Client #2: 12 year old with Down Syndrome and minimal verbalizations; He had an AAC device, but parent requested that we work on verbal speech; Assessment measures were dynamic and included gathering a phonetic inventory; treatment included shaping the sounds in his repertoire into functional words (e.g., help, stop, no, more, want); Also incorporated use of AAC device to help him communicate effectively.
SLP Student Clinician
California State University, Fresno
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Planned and implemented appropriate qualitative and quantitative assessment measures for a variety of children with suspected communication disorders.
- Communicated effectively with faculty and staff and accepted critiques and suggestions for areas of improvement.
- Built relationships and rapport with clients and family members.
- Effectively diagnosed and treated a variety of communication disorders including speech sound disorders, language disorders, and fluency disorders.
- Documented developments and regressions in patients' speech, making treatment adjustments based on latest information.
- Specific experience:
- Client #1: 4 year old with expressive language delay and an articulation disorder; formal assessment measures included Preschool Language Scale, 5th Edition and Arizona Articulation and Phonology Scale, 4th Edition; informal assessment measures included detailed speech and language sample; treatment for expressive language included use of discrete trial therapy; treatment for articulation disorder conducted using traditional articulation therapy
- Client #2: 9 year old with articulation disorder; formal assessment measures included Goldman Fristoe Test of Articulation, 3rd Edition; treatment addressed articulation errors using traditional articulation therapy.
- Client #3: 6 year old with moderate-severe phonological disorder and language disorder; formal assessment included administration of the Arizona Articulation and Phonology Scale, 4th Edition and the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th Edition; Treatment of phonological disorder was conducted using Minimal Pair therapy; Language disorder was addressed through discrete trial therapy.
Education
Master of Arts - Speech-Language Pathology
California State University, Fresno
Fresno, CA12.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Speech-Language Pathology
California State University, Fresno
Fresno12.2021
Skills
- Teachable
- Hard-working
- Passionate
- Dependable
- Leadership
- Collaboration
Timeline
Student Clinician
St. Agnes Hospital
08.2023 - Current
SLP Student Intern
Fresno Unified School District
02.2023 - 05.2023
SLP Student Clinician
California State University, Fresno
08.2022 - 11.2022
SLP Student Clinician
California State University, Fresno
06.2022 - 07.2022
SLP Student Clinician
California State University, Fresno
01.2022 - 05.2022
Master of Arts - Speech-Language Pathology
California State University, Fresno
Bachelor of Arts - Speech-Language Pathology
California State University, Fresno