Anastasia Danner
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Highly motivated professional with 3 years of entrepreneurial and management experience, as well as 20+ years of experienced as a certified speech-language pathologist. Skillfully creates and maintains professional and loyal relationships with staff and clients while managing employees. Comfortable working independently as manager and leader and as collaborative team member. Applies business acumen and experience and exercises decisive judgment to meet and exceed organizational goals. Strong knowledge, expertise, and continuing education in Childhood Apraxia of Speech, speech sound disorders, phonetics, and phonetic transcription.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner/Speech-Language Pathologist
KidzSPOT Pediatric Therapy
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
09.2021 - Current
- Manage daily operations of business, including hiring and training staff.
- Develop strategic plans to increase profitability and efficiency.
- Identify new opportunities for growth, expansion, and diversification.
- Oversee budgeting and financial management.
- Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures for the organization.
- Provide direction and guidance to employees.
- Conduct performance reviews for employees on a regular basis.
- Supervise performance of workers with goals of improving productivity, efficiency and cost savings.
- Create and implement employee onboarding and training programs to promote employee retention and team collaboration.
- Supervision of numerous graduate level SLP students, and clinical fellows.
Speech-Language Pathologist
KidzSPOT Pediatric Therapy
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
06.2005 - Current
- Monitored progress of clients through data collection procedures on standardized assessments and informal measures.
- Assessed patient's language and speech production abilities including articulation, fluency, receptive and expressive language, and pragmatics.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to develop treatment strategies and goals for patients.
- Provided direct therapy sessions using evidence-based practices to improve the communication of patients.
- Created individualized home programs for families to carryover learned skills between therapy sessions.
- Administered standardized assessments such as the CELF-5 or GFTA-3 for diagnosis of language disorders in children.
- Educated parents on strategies they can use at home to support their child's communication development.
- Analyzed results from diagnostic tests and wrote comprehensive reports summarizing findings.
- Attended continuing education courses related to new developments in the field of Speech-Language Pathology.
- Maintained detailed records of client visits including notes about session activities, interventions used.
- Kept comprehensive notes on patient progress and speech to make needed adjustments to treatment.
On-line Instructor for SLPA's
Estrella Mountain Community College
Avondale, AZ
08.2010 - 01.2013
- Developed and implemented lesson plans to instruct students within the introduction to speech-language pathology course.
- Conducted lectures, demonstrations and group activities in order to enhance learning experience.
- Encouraged students' critical thinking skills by facilitating discussions.
- Created a positive learning environment by establishing open communication with students.
- Maintained accurate records of attendance, grades and assessments for all students in the course.
- Prepared instruction through lesson plans to address student's assessed needs, goals and objectives.
- Utilized syllabi to inform students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements.
- Tested students' comprehension of subject matter through quizzes, tests and projects.
- Used lectures and moderated discussions to engage students during class.
Education
Master of Science - Clinical Speech-Language Pathology
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ08.2002
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ05.2000
Skills
- Highly organized, and passionate about the field of speech-language pathology
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills as a clinical supervisor, online instructor and employer with both clients and employees
- Consistent demonstration of leadership through staff trainings, meetings, performance reviews, and presentations
- Team oriented, collaborative, and motivated for professional growth
- Numerous CEU courses in the areas of speech sound disorders and Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Current caseload specializing in the evaluation and treatment of children with speech sound disorders and Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Interest in, and strong knowledge of phonetics and phonetic transcription
Timeline
Owner/Speech-Language Pathologist
KidzSPOT Pediatric Therapy
09.2021 - Current
On-line Instructor for SLPA's
Estrella Mountain Community College
08.2010 - 01.2013
Speech-Language Pathologist
KidzSPOT Pediatric Therapy
06.2005 - Current
Master of Science - Clinical Speech-Language Pathology
Northern Arizona University
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts
Northern Arizona University