I am a compassionate, and creative educator with valuable experience in addressing the communication needs of students with special needs. I am an educator who helps to facilitate learning to help meet the diverse needs of my students.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher of Speech Improvement
New York City Public Schools
09.1985 - Current
Helped to develop strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
Enhanced classroom engagement through the use of stations, and hands on activities.
provide differentiated instruction to accommodate diverse learning needs, ensuring each student had an equal opportunity for success.
Integrated cultural awareness into lessons by incorporating diverse perspectives and materials into the curriculum.
Created lessons and online testing materials to facilitate remote learning.
Met with students, parents, and counselors to address and resolve students' behavioral and academic issues.
Worked with staff members and teachers to design individualized educational plans to optimize student education.
Created and developed lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
Participated in parent teacher conferences to discuss students academic progress and needs.
develop and provide speech, language, pragmatic, and assistive technology goals and programs for middle and high school students with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury, emotional disturbances and expressive and receptive language delays in 12:1:1, and 12:1:4.
complete session notes, clinical records, and all documentation efficiently and accurately.
implement best practices related to therapy techniques and progress monitor goals through data collection.
effectively communicate with parents, students, and school staff regarding the progress of therapy goals and needs of each student.
provide informative and functional speech language workshops and trainings for parents/guardians on how to incorporate modeled interventions into their children's daily routines.
collaborated with the District 75 Assistive Technology team to make sure that students are evaluated to receive appropriate communication devices to suit their communication needs.
Education
Master of Science - Special Education
Adlephi University
Garden City, New York
08.1992
Bachelor of Arts - Communicative Disorders And Sciences
University At Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
09.1984
Skills
adaptive to changing environments
effective communication with children, parents and families
empathetic and able to differentiate therapy based on the specific needs
dedicated to consistent, quality care
experienced with a range of disorders including Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury, and receptive and expressive language delays
knowledge of speech, language and feeding therapy
Timeline
Teacher of Speech Improvement
New York City Public Schools
09.1985 - Current
Master of Science - Special Education
Adlephi University
Bachelor of Arts - Communicative Disorders And Sciences
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