Certified Speech-Language Pathologist with extensive experience in pediatric, preschool, and early elementary school environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Speech Language Pathologist
Communicate & Connect Therapy
05.2023 - Current
Manage and operate private practice providing services to in office patients and school systems.
Perform initial and triennial evaluations using formal (i.e., PLS-5, CELF-5, CELF P-2, SSI-4, GFTA-3, KLPA-3, ), as well as informal assessments (i.e., Brown’s Stages of Language Development, Westby Symbolic Playscale – Revised 2000, Oral Peripheral Examination, Language Samples, Informal Speech and Language Tasks, Parent and Teacher Interviews, and Clinical Observation)
Conduct Routines Based Interview during assessment process
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
Compose MDT reports detailing assessment information
Facilitate MDT meetings
Participate in IFSP meetings
Write functional IFSP outcomes for children and their families
Evaluate and treat individuals with hearing impairments, articulation disorders, phonological impairments, motor planning disorders, receptive and expressive language impairments, augmentative and alternative communication needs, developmental delay,
Use Getting Ready Approach to provide services in natural and inclusive environments
Submit Getting Ready and RBI fidelity checks to ESU 10
Participated in Coaching in Early Intervention (CEI) project
Facilitate and participate in IEP meetings
Compose Individual Education Plans
Monitor and assess students' progress toward IEP goals
Maintain organized documentation and student files
Use Teaching Strategies GOLD to document developmental progression
Attend special education meetings
Speech Language Pathologist
Educational Service Unit 10
05.2016 - 05.2023
Performed initial and triennial evaluations using formal (i.e., PLS-5, CELF-5, CELF P-2, SSI-4, GFTA-3, KLPA-3, ), as well as informal assessments (i.e., Brown’s Stages of Language Development, Westby Symbolic Playscale – Revised 2000, Oral Peripheral Examination, Language Samples, Informal Speech and Language Tasks, Parent and Teacher Interviews, and Clinical Observation)
Conducted Routines Based Interview during assessment process.
Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams
Composed MDT reports detailing assessment information
Facilitated MDT meetings
Participated in IFSP meetings
Wrote functional IFSP outcomes for children and their families
Used Getting Ready Approach to provide services in natural and inclusive environments
Submitted Getting Ready and RBI fidelity checks to ESU 10
Maintained and organized documentation and student files
Documented developmental progression using Teaching Strategies GOLD
Served as Teaching Strategies GOLD administrator for Ord Public Schools
Monitored and assessed students' progress toward IEP goals
Facilitated IEP meetings
Presented clients' IEP program data at annual meetings
Composed Individual Education Plans
Implemented therapy to students in individual and group settings, in pull-out and collaborative models while working closely with classroom teachers to promote optimal success
Attended special education meetings
Supervised graduate student in their clinical rotation
Coached early intervention personnel in Getting Ready Approach
Education
Master of Science in Education - Communication Disorders
University of Nebraska At Kearney
Kearney, NE
05.2016
Bachelor of Science in Education - Communication Disorders
University of Nebraska Kearney
Kearney, NE
05.2014
Skills
Caseload Management
Teamwork and Collaboration
Organizational Skills
Problem-Solving
Multitasking Abilities
Analytical Skills
Time Management
Report Preparation
Written Communication
Adaptability and Flexibility
Coaching
Licenses and Certifications
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence, September 2017
Nebraska Licensure for Speech-Language Pathology, April 2018
Nebraska Department of Education Educator Certification-SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATH 1908, B-21
Timeline
Speech Language Pathologist
Communicate & Connect Therapy
05.2023 - Current
Speech Language Pathologist
Educational Service Unit 10
05.2016 - 05.2023
Master of Science in Education - Communication Disorders
University of Nebraska At Kearney
Bachelor of Science in Education - Communication Disorders
University of Nebraska Kearney
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