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Brittany Allen

Mechanicsville,VA

Summary

Driven speech-language pathologist with supervision and leadership experience. Adept at diagnosing and treating variety of speech and language disorders with strong focus on patient outcomes. Known for fostering collaborative environments, adapting to evolving needs by providing in house trainings, caseload management, and staffing experience. Skilled at communicating and developing relationships with both clients, families and staff. Excellent written and oral communication skills and problem-solving abilities.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Speech Language Pathologist

Henrico County Public Schools
08.2024 - Current
  • Contributed to the development of departmental policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with profession, sharing best practices in speech therapy with fellow professionals.
  • Presented at departmental meetings, sharing best practices in speech therapy with fellow professionals.
  • Reviewed and analyzed department caseloads of 50+ staff.
  • Interviewed and hired in person and virtual speech pathologists and speech pathology assistants.
  • On boarded new staff and mentored new hires to bridge the gap between in person staff and virtual therapists
  • Collaborated with all district level professionals
  • Served on the interview panel as the counties speech language pathologist representative

Certified Speech Language Pathologist

Henrico County Public Schools
10.2014 - 08.2024
  • Diagnosed and treated various forms of communication disorders for children and adolescents ages 1-18 by administering formal testing measures, modifying treatment plans, providing caregiver education, and providing speech therapy.
  • Develop and implement treatment plans for clients with diagnoses of autism spectrum disorders, chromosomal disorders, expressive and receptive language delays, alternative communication needs, childhood apraxia of speech and specific language impairment.
  • Lead IEP and eligibility meetings with interdisciplinary teams.
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to foster a comprehensive approach to advocate and assist with student’s educational needs
  • Advocate for clients and their need for services to ensure complete academic success.
  • Identify and make appropriate outside referrals such as otolaryngology (ENT) and audiology referrals.
  • Facilitate ongoing education with general education teachers and administration to promote understanding and continued education in the field of speech language pathology.
  • Administer and adapt screening procedures and formal diagnostic assessments to ensure appropriate criteria for evaluative efforts.
  • Contributed to the development of departmental policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with professional standards and best practices.

Speech Language Pathologist-Supervisor

Henrico County Public Schools
08.2023 - 05.2024
  • Supervised and trained speech therapy graduate clinicians
  • Served as a speech language pathology mentor to new hires
  • Led trainings on VA IEP, documentation, service delivery, eligibility report writing and ongoing collaboration to support student needs
  • Management duties included: maintaining hours, education of a variety of communication disorders, caseload management, compliance training

Education

Master of Science - Communication Sciences and Disorders

Radford University
05.2014

Bachelor of Science - Human Development

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
05.2010

Certification

Virginia Speech-Language Pathologist License

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Certificate of Clinical Competence


Timeline

Lead Speech Language Pathologist

Henrico County Public Schools
08.2024 - Current

Speech Language Pathologist-Supervisor

Henrico County Public Schools
08.2023 - 05.2024

Certified Speech Language Pathologist

Henrico County Public Schools
10.2014 - 08.2024

Bachelor of Science - Human Development

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Master of Science - Communication Sciences and Disorders

Radford University

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