Experienced clinician with expertise in social communication and parent coaching to support development in young autistic children.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Speech Language Pathologist
Lipton Early Intervention
07.2022 - Current
Created a Social Communication play group for autistic children using a parent coaching model.
Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team to create treatment plans for toddlers with social communication delays.
Supported speech and language development in children by coaching their parents to engage them productively in daily routines that facilitate social communication development.
Speech Language Pathologist
THOM CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
07.2011 - 10.2020
Transdisciplinary intervention, assessment and intake services for infants and toddlers during home and center-based visits
Co-taught integrated parent-child playgroup
Co-created and administered universal screening program
Speech Language Pathologist
UMASS EARLY INTERVENTION
04.1990 - 06.2011
Transdisciplinary assessment, intervention and intake services for infants and toddlers during home and center-based visits
Co-taught integrated parent-child playgroups
Participated in developmental team assessments in the UMass Infant Toddler Clinic
Speech Language Pathologist
WILDWOOD INTEGRATED PRESCHOOL
09.1987 - 03.1990
Co-taught integrated preschool class
Carried out intervention and assessment of speech and language skills
Speech Language Pathologist
PELHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
09.1987 - 03.1989
Speech Language Pathologist
KEENE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
02.1985 - 06.1987
Education
Doctorate - Communication Disorders
EMERSON COLLEGE
BOSTON, MA
12.1999
Communication Disorders - Speech Pathology
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
AMHERST, MA
06.1983
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - French
UNIVERSITY OF NOTHERN IOWA
CEDAR FALLS, IA
06.1976
Skills
Currently pursuing training on the Early Social Interaction Model of Intervention with Autism Navigator
Co-authored and administered early intervention universal screening program
Certification
Massachusetts Speech Language Pathology License
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology
Timeline
Speech Language Pathologist
Lipton Early Intervention
07.2022 - Current
Speech Language Pathologist
THOM CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
07.2011 - 10.2020
Speech Language Pathologist
UMASS EARLY INTERVENTION
04.1990 - 06.2011
Speech Language Pathologist
WILDWOOD INTEGRATED PRESCHOOL
09.1987 - 03.1990
Speech Language Pathologist
PELHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
09.1987 - 03.1989
Speech Language Pathologist
KEENE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
02.1985 - 06.1987
Communication Disorders - Speech Pathology
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - French
UNIVERSITY OF NOTHERN IOWA
Massachusetts Speech Language Pathology License
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology
Doctorate - Communication Disorders
EMERSON COLLEGE
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