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Anna K. Heath, M.A., CCC-SLP

Summary

Licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist committed to providing high-quality, compassionate, evidence-based care. Personal history with the LISD and dedicated to serving the local community. Professional team player and successful at managing multiple priorities.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Co-Owner, Retail Operations Manager

Mark Prielipp Greenhouse & Mohr
04.2018 - Current
  • Co-Manager of 70,000 sq. ft. retail location, satellite location, and four farmer's markets
  • Responsible for staff training, scheduling, & placement
  • Providing excellent customer service
  • Wholesale order coordinator
  • Propagating, planting, & plant care


Speech-Language Pathologist

Lenawee Intermediate School District
08.2019 - 07.2021
  • Evaluated, re-evaluated, and screened using a variety of reliable and valid instruments for articulation, receptive/expressive language, social communication, fluency, literacy, and cognitive communication disorders with a focus on adverse educational impact
  • Identified and created individualized treatment plans for speech, language, and/or communication disorders, correlating to the child's educational needs
  • Provided a combination of push-in and pull-out services to target goals in isolation and within the functional educational environment to promote generalization across domains (i.e. reading, writing, speaking)
  • Provided information and education to family/caregivers and other professionals related to the child's communication disorder
  • Worked collaboratively with professionals from other disciplines within the school setting to provide comprehensive and complementary high quality care
  • Wrote independent and collaborative comprehensive evaluation reports, REEDs, IEPs with student goals/objectives corresponding to Common Core State Standards
  • Caseload management and related duties (i.e. scheduling IEP, REED, team meetings, etc.). Seeking to provide evidence-based practice across the scope of practice for school-based speech-language pathologists

Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Intern

Michigan Medicine
01.2019 - 04.2019
  • Full-time pediatric outpatient internship
  • Evaluated and treated children ranging from 12 months to 17 years in age
  • Evaluated and created treatment goals with consideration for multicultural populations, differentiating between language disorders and differences
  • Provided treatment targeting pre-linguistic skills and social aspects of communication
  • Supplied home program materials following each session. Created comprehensive home
    programs following discharge
  • Evaluated and implemented treatment for articulation, phonological, language, and fluency
    disorders
  • Administered, scored, and provided assessment results and education to caregivers
  • Wrote thorough, parent-friendly evaluation reports
  • Assisted in facilitating a 3-week “Baby Signs” curriculum for toddlers and caregivers. Modeled and paired meaningful and motivating sign language with true words during clinical
    treatment for children with limited verbal language
  • Provided language stimulation therapy and parent education for children with language delays
    Implemented and observed assessment and treatment for children with feeding disorders
  • Completed necessary clinical documentation in a timely manner (daily encounters, progress
    reports, evaluation reports, discharge summaries)

Substitute Teacher and Paraprofessional

Lenawee Intermediate School District (PESG)
01.2017 - 06.2017
  • Collaborated with preschool, elementary, and middle school special education teachers across the district to assist students with special needs

Education

Master of Arts - Speech-Language Pathology

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
05.2019

Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences & Disorders

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
12.2016

Skills

  • Comprehensive and collaborative diagnostic evaluation
  • Student specific individual and group therapy
  • Articulation, receptive/expressive language, social aspects of communication, fluency, literacy, and pre-linguistic skills
  • Goal selection related to academic curriculum
  • Case management
  • Committed consistent and specific data collection
  • Collaborative care
  • Strength-based approach
  • Background in Assistive Technology (ie LAMP)
  • Autism Assessment and intervention
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Combination approach to treatment (eg push-in/pull-out)

Certifications and Conferences

  • ASHA Continuing Education Re-Certification 2022
  • Brazelton Touchpoints Training 2019
  • Michigan Medicine Pediatric Dysphagia for Special Populations Grand Rounds 2019
  • Michigan Medicine Graduate Student Head and Neck Cancer Conference 2019
  • ASHA Conference 2018
  • Wilson Reading System 2018
  • Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury Online Training 2017
  • Modified Barium Swallowing Impairment Profile (MBSImP) Online Training 2017

Timeline

Speech-Language Pathologist

Lenawee Intermediate School District
08.2019 - 07.2021

Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Intern

Michigan Medicine
01.2019 - 04.2019

Co-Owner, Retail Operations Manager

Mark Prielipp Greenhouse & Mohr
04.2018 - Current

Substitute Teacher and Paraprofessional

Lenawee Intermediate School District (PESG)
01.2017 - 06.2017

Master of Arts - Speech-Language Pathology

Central Michigan University

Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences & Disorders

Central Michigan University
Anna K. Heath, M.A., CCC-SLP