Catherine Camden
160 Gruner Rd, Metairie,LA
Summary
Pursuing a speech-language pathology externship to further develop clinical expertise and apply evidence-based assessment and intervention strategies. As a highly motivated and detail-oriented graduate student clinician, I am dedicated to providing comprehensive, patient-centered care while effectively diagnosing and treating communication and swallowing disorders across diverse populations.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
M
LSUHSC Speech-Language Clinic
New Orleans, LA
01.2025 - Current
- Delivering effective speech-language therapy via Zoom to school-aged children, addressing speech sound disorders, and expressive/receptive language issues.
- Implementing client-centered therapy approaches to facilitate personalized interventions.
- Providing therapy for a child with autism spectrum disorder and mixed receptive-expressive language to improve language development and communication skills, focusing on the use of expressive language, comprehension, and social communication.
- Executing targeted speech and language intervention for a school-aged child with a phonological disorder, expressive language disorder, and specific reading disorder, focusing on sound production accuracy, phonological awareness, and expressive language skills to improve overall development.
- Conducting intervention therapy for a gestalt language processor with autism and mixed receptive and expressive language disorder to strengthen pragmatic communication skills and language use.
J
LSUHSC Multi-Disciplinary NeuroRehabilitation Clinic
New Orleans, LA
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Gathered informal measures to assess baseline receptive and expressive cognitive skills, and speech intelligibility.
- Aided individuals with aphasia in enhancing communicative effectiveness during occupational therapy sessions, as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Delivered cognitive-linguistic therapy for adults with TBI, focusing on functional communication rehabilitation.
N
LSUHSC Speech-Language Clinic
New Orleans, LA
08.2024 - 12.2024
- Facilitated engaging therapy sessions through personalized materials and interactive activities, promoting patient participation, and improving operational competence with speech-generated devices.
- Implemented individualized therapy for an adult patient with severe spastic/ataxic dysarthria, utilizing high-tech (iPad with TD Snap program and Tobii Dynavox device) and low-tech augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) systems to promote functional communication skills.
- Delivered targeted therapy interventions to improve word retrieval and naming abilities, promoting self-cueing strategies, and auditory comprehension in an adult patient with transcortical motor aphasia secondary to a stroke.
- Carried out articulation therapy for adults with apraxia of speech, co-occurring with aphasia secondary to a stroke.
- Integrated AAC strategies and interactive tasks to foster communication, vocalization, auditory localization, and cognitive-linguistic engagement in an adult with TBI, utilizing a speech-generated device (TD Snap program on the Tobii Dynavox I10 device) with eye-gaze technology.
- Recorded client progress through SOAP notes, and collaborated to establish personalized short-term and long-term goals based on baseline measures.
- Collaborated with family members and caregivers to support communication strategies and ensure the generalization of skills in everyday environments.
- Developed personalized take-home programs to promote generalization, and progress summaries for clients.
- Administered screenings to children aged 3 to 10 at various schools in the New Orleans area; conducted Pure Tone hearing screenings, the PLS-5, CELF-5, and Oral Mechanism examination.
Therapy Technician (ST, OT, PT)
SAGE Rehabilitation Hospital & Outpatient Services
Baton Rouge, LA
09.2023 - 05.2024
- Supported speech-language therapy interventions by facilitating exercises to improve communication, cognitive, and swallowing skills, promoting fine motor development, and providing hands-on assistance with basic living care
- Assisted multidisciplinary therapy teams (speech, occupational, and physical) in delivering comprehensive rehabilitative care by preparing assessment materials, guiding patients through safe exercise and healing techniques, and ensuring proper use of mobility aids
N
Pediatric In-Home Caregiver for Child with Leukemia
Baton Rouge, LA
08.2022 - 06.2023
- Provided care and transportation for a toddler with leukemia, ensuring safe travel to and from hospital and clinic appointments at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital (St. Jude Care & Treatment Clinic).
- Promoted child development by designing age-appropriate activities and preparing nutritious meals tailored to their needs.
- Attended to the child’s needs during chemotherapy treatments and inpatient stays at the St. Jude Care & Treatment Clinic.
J
Caregiver to Children with Special Needs
Baton Rouge & Shreveport, LA
10.2018 - 05.2023
- Oversaw the care of children with diverse medical and developmental needs, including Down syndrome, epilepsy, autism spectrum disorder, and a child with a brain tumor requiring wheelchair assistance.
Speech Technician
The Emerge Center
Baton Rouge, LA
08.2022 - 03.2023
- Engaged in pediatric group speech therapy sessions by facilitating group instruction tailored to individual language and skill development goals, assisting in session activities, and collaboration with the SLP to address each child’s needs
Behavior Technician
Behavioral Specialists of Louisiana
Shreveport, LA
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Tracked patient progress by collecting clinical data, documenting functional communication skills, and collaborating with families and caregivers in team meetings while maintaining client confidentiality
- Implemented behavior reduction and skill acquisition treatment plans, providing therapy for children with autism and Down syndrome to support behavioral and developmental growth
Education
Master’s of Science - Speech-Language Pathology
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
New Orleans, LA05.2024
Post-Baccalaureate Coursework - Communication Disorders
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA05.2024
Bachelor of Psychology - Psychology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA05.2022
Skills
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems
- Operating advanced speech-generating devices
- Programming and customization
- Eye-gaze technology
- Communication
- Improving accessibility
- Patients with severe motor limitations
Accomplishments
- Foundation for the Restoration of America Scholarship Award, 05/01/24
- Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors Scholarship Award, 08/01/24, Present
Certification And Training
- Team Up
- HIPAA certified
- CPR trained & certified
- Bloodborne Pathogen certified
- EPIC software system trained
- Specialized AAC training with Tobii Dynavox
- Introduction to Eye Gaze: Steps to Success
- CVI Accommodations: Practical Applications with TD Snap
- MoCA certified
- MBSimP training approach
- Virtual Simulation-designed clinical experience (Simucase)
Volunteer Experience
- LSHA, Working the summer 2025 LSHA convention in Shreveport, LA, Coordinated check-in procedures at the July 2024 White Coat Ceremony, Guided LSUHSC-SLP 2025 applicant candidates to interview locations.
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Fundraising for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Visited St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
Evaluations And Assessments
- Mini-Mental State Examination
- WAB bedside
- Screeners (PLS-5, CELF-5, Oral Mechanism examination)
Curriculum
Dysphagia, Methods and Issues in Communication Disorders II, Neurogenic Communication Disorders I, Voice and Related Disorders, Language Disorders in School-Age Children, Neuroscience, Research in Communication Disorders, Speech Sound Disorders, Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing, Issues in Communication Disorders, Diagnostics and Evaluation in Speech-Language Pathology
Timeline
M
LSUHSC Speech-Language Clinic
01.2025 - Current
J
LSUHSC Multi-Disciplinary NeuroRehabilitation Clinic
09.2024 - 12.2024
N
LSUHSC Speech-Language Clinic
08.2024 - 12.2024
Therapy Technician (ST, OT, PT)
SAGE Rehabilitation Hospital & Outpatient Services
09.2023 - 05.2024
N
Pediatric In-Home Caregiver for Child with Leukemia
08.2022 - 06.2023
Speech Technician
The Emerge Center
08.2022 - 03.2023
Behavior Technician
Behavioral Specialists of Louisiana
06.2022 - 08.2022
J
Caregiver to Children with Special Needs
10.2018 - 05.2023
Master’s of Science - Speech-Language Pathology
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Post-Baccalaureate Coursework - Communication Disorders
Louisiana State University
Bachelor of Psychology - Psychology
Louisiana State University
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