Katie McDowell
Far Rockaway,NY
Summary
Innovative speech and language clinician who enjoys thinking of new and effective ways to implement therapy for patients of all ages. Organized problem solver with extensive background in special education. Equipped with the knowledge, skills and patience needed to effectively address the needs of pediatric and adult patients with various speech, voice, language, and swallowing disorders. Desires a full-time clinical fellowship position with speech, language, and swallowing therapy services in New York with a skilled nursing facility, rehab facility, or private practice.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Student Clinician
Parker Jewish Institute
2024.01 - Current
- Conducts skilled dysphagia, language, voice, and cognitive therapy on a variety of residents aging from 50 to 103 years old.
- Conducts routine bedside dysphagia and speech/language examinations on residents.
- Feeds and completes meal trials with residents to assess current progress.
- Participates in FEES studies as well as otoscopic visualization and suctioning under the supervision of an ENT.
- Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team including occupational therapists, physical therapists, dentists, ENTs. nurses, and CNAs.
SLP Student Clinician
Woodmere Middle School
2023.09 - 2024.01
- Collaborated with supervising Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to create and implement Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals and objectives and appropriate schedule of services.
- Provided evidence-based therapeutic intervention for middle school students with autism spectrum disorder, phonological and articulation disorders, fluency disorders, receptive, expressive and pragmatic language disorders, and motor speech disorders such as apraxia and dysarthria.
- Administered standardized assessments such as CELF-5, GFTA-3, PLS-5, and DAS-II to determine student service eligibility and customize student IEP.
- Input various words and phrases into the "Proloquo" app given the student's preferences.
SLP Graduate Clinician
Joan And Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center
2022.08 - 2023.07
- Generated Individualized Treatment Plans (ITPs) to address the various needs of clients with aphasia, dysarthria, dementia, developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder, language-based learning disorders, childhood apraxia of speech and dyslexia.
- Lead therapeutic groups made up of both men and women with aphasia through constructing language and conversation based activities in a social setting.
- Lead a language-based therapeutic group of children aged 2 to 4 with the goal of stimulating language and communicative interactions.
- Educated clients' family members on effective strategies to work on outside of treatment to generalize what was worked on during therapy.
Education
Master of Arts - Speech Language Pathology
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY05.2024
Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT05.2022
Skills
- LSVT LOUD voice certified
- Skilled use of SALT and PRAAT software
- Proficient programming of augmentative communication devices
- MOCA certified
- Extensive training in articulation, voice, fluency disorder treatment
- Skillful implementation of oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal dysphagia treatment techniques
- Experience with VitalStim therapy
- Trained in cognitive-linguistic treatment targeting attention, orientation and memory
- Proficient interpretation of/involvement in FEES swallow studies
References
Jill Green - Parker Institute -
Lauren Klein - Woodmere Middle School -
Barbra Lederer - Joan And Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center -
Other Work Experience
Personal Care Assistant (PCA) 8/2021 to 6/2022
ARIS Solutions Burlington, VT
Assisting clients in everyday tasks such as getting ready for school or work, preparing and consuming meals, using the bathroom, and assisting in setting routines. I worked to improve verbal and non-verbal communication skills through age-appropriate activities and social outings.
Rock Climbing Guide 4/2019 to 8/2020
Ausable Chasm Ausable, NY
Educated clients regarding how to safely rock climb, and subsequently lead various groups of individuals on climbing excursions with varying levels of difficulty, as well as insuring the group's safety throughout.
Timeline
Graduate Student Clinician
Parker Jewish Institute
2024.01 - Current
SLP Student Clinician
Woodmere Middle School
2023.09 - 2024.01
SLP Graduate Clinician
Joan And Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center
2022.08 - 2023.07
Master of Arts - Speech Language Pathology
Hofstra University
Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Vermont
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