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Heather Moran

Pleasant Valley,NY

Summary

Curious, determined, and reflective Speech Language Pathology Clinical Fellow with a unique professional background as a massage therapist and life experience as a mother who uses Conscious Discipline.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Student Clinician

Vassar Brothers Hospital Outpatient
09.2023 - 12.2023
  • On average, provided 8-9 daily 45-minute intervention and evaluation sessions for patients with a wide range of ages and diagnoses (pediatric to geriatric) which included speech sound production, voice, language, swallowing, and cognition.
  • Documented and billed for each patient using Redoc software program which included thorough SOAP notes, evaluations/plans of care, discharge summaries, and re-evaluations.
  • Proficient with use of a variety of treatment approaches such as semantic feature analysis, VNEST, spaced retrieval, voice therapy techniques including laryngeal massage, and the SPEAKOUT! Protocol.

Graduate Student Clinician

Carriage House Preschool
05.2023 - 08.2023
  • Implemented unique 10-15 minute lesson plans with a speech/language therapy focus for small groups, “push in” therapy, and 1:1 therapy daily for 25 preschoolers with speech and language disorders.
  • Created detailed weekly themed lesson plans/activities/materials which included syllable sequencing words to be used with a pacing board/tapping, themed target words sounds/blends with specific age appropriate verbal cues, 8-10 vocabulary words, and 4-6 linguistic concepts.
  • Administered two practice evaluations and 15 screenings of students using the CAAP-2, CASL-2, and PALS developmental assessment tool.
  • Wrote a speech and language evaluation and and progress summary report for two different students.

Graduate Student Clinician

Redhook Central School District
02.2023 - 05.2023
  • Provided daily individual and group therapy for 48 students with cultural and linguistic diversity in grades 3-5 with varying disorder severity levels with therapy focus on all language areas and articulation.
  • Established strong and positive rapport with all students which is especially evident regarding children with disabilities, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and a child with selective mutism from Nigeria who slowly progressed to verbalizing the whole session.
  • Supervisor feedback about strengths included strong documentation and interpersonal skills, high self-motivation, and flexibility. Also, continuous engagement in self, student, and session performance analysis and interpretation.

Graduate Student Clinician

SUNY New Paltz Speech, Language And Hearing Center
08.2020 - 05.2022
  • Performed a detailed informal evaluation of a child via telehealth using Microsoft Teams, which included a 6-page single spaced language sample analysis using the Timler “show and tell” method and deep analysis of /r/ production using The Easy R Program.
  • Provided two 45-minute individual language therapy weekly sessions via telehealth using Microsoft Teams for one semester to an adolescent with mild-moderate receptive, expressive, and social language concomitant with a learning disability.
  • Plan of care and summary progress reports were showcased to the Fall 2022 cohort.

Education

Master of Science - Communication Disorders

SUNY College At New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
12.2023

BA - Communication Disorders

SUNY College At New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
05.2012

Associate of Applied Science - Massage Therapy

Swedish Institute
New York, NY
05.2006

Accomplishments

  • Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD Certificate-New York State)
  • Recipient of the 2023 Speech-Language-Hearing Association of the Hudson Valley (SHAV) Scholarship award.
  • Recipient of the 2004 Family, Careers, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) award for outstanding yearlong help with a student with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Timeline

Graduate Student Clinician

Vassar Brothers Hospital Outpatient
09.2023 - 12.2023

Graduate Student Clinician

Carriage House Preschool
05.2023 - 08.2023

Graduate Student Clinician

Redhook Central School District
02.2023 - 05.2023

Graduate Student Clinician

SUNY New Paltz Speech, Language And Hearing Center
08.2020 - 05.2022

Master of Science - Communication Disorders

SUNY College At New Paltz

BA - Communication Disorders

SUNY College At New Paltz

Associate of Applied Science - Massage Therapy

Swedish Institute

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