KRISTEN DAVIS YEAGER

• Provide comprehensive speech-language pathology services to pediatric patients in an acute care hospital setting, with a special focus on infants in the NICU and pediatric intensive care units.
• Conduct assessments for pediatric patients with feeding/swallowing disorders, assessing both oral and non-oral feeding techniques, and developing individualized care plans.
• Collaborate with neonatologists, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, and other healthcare providers to create holistic, patient-centered care strategies.
• Specialize in dysphagia management, providing therapy for infants with oral-motor dysfunction, aspiration risk, and delayed feeding skills.
• Support communication development for NICU patients through early intervention strategies for pre-verbal infants and those with complex medical needs.
• Implement and monitor the use of alternate feeding methods (e.g., G-tube, NG-tube) for infants and children who cannot safely feed orally.
• Provide education to parents and caregivers regarding feeding strategies, communication development, and home-based interventions.
• Maintain detailed documentation of patient progress, treatment goals, and outcomes for both clinical and regulatory compliance.
• MBS-Imp Experience
• Certified Brain injury Specialist

• Provided speech-language therapy and feeding therapy to children from birth to 3 years with a variety of medical, cognitive-communication and feeding disorders in a private clinic setting including clinical decision making regarding need for follow up care with medical providers to provide additional diagnostic information
• Conducted initial evaluations to arrive at appropriate diagnoses and direct treatment plans
• Involved family members in treatment to facilitate carryover to natural environment
• Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy.
• Recorded detailed prognosis, treatment, responses and progress notes in patient charts.
• Collaborated closely with other healthcare providers to develop comprehensive care plans.

• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Specialty Skill: experience working in Level IV NICU extensive knowledge of normal embryology, anatomy, physiology, behavioral organization and self-regulation, and pathophysiology of infant communication, cognition, feeding, and swallowing
• Cardiac Specialty Skill: work in Cardiac ICU and step-down units unique level of comfort with infants and children with cardiac diagnoses as well as implications of these diagnoses on feeding and swallowing and ongoing development
• Critical Care Specialty Skill: experienced with Pediatric ICU and Technology Dependent ICU
• Oropharyngeal Motility Study/Modified Barium Swallow Study: Extensive experience including interpretation, critical decision making, caregiver and, where appropriate, patient education and generation of clear and concise recommendations including rationale for changes to diet
• MBS-Imp Experience
• Certified Brain injury Specialist
• Work closely with members of the medical team to facilitate patient centered care and insure the most optimal outcomes.

Additionally with Fulton County Schools August 1999-May 2001

• Treated children between ages 3 to 12 with speech and language development problems.
• Recorded detailed prognosis, treatment, responses and progress notes in patient charts.
• Evaluated speech and language abilities by administering diagnostic tests.
• Engaged parents and families in therapy process to support student progress.
• Contributed to team meetings and collaborated with management in patient recovery program decision-making process.
• Interpreted results and proposed intervention plans incorporating short and long-range goals.
• Monitored and recorded patient progress in response to therapy.
• Continually collaborated with parents and teachers to achieve speech therapy goals.
• Assisted teachers and administrators with updates and modifications to curriculum for specific student needs.
• Wrote reports detailing interventions and student responses.
• Helped teachers understand how to observe and refer students.

• Provided speech-language therapy to children ages 12 months to 8 years with a variety of cognitive-communication and feeding disorders in a private clinic setting
• Conducted initial evaluations to arrive at appropriate diagnoses and direct treatment plans
• Extensive work with sensory-behavioral feeding disorders
• Involved family members in treatment to facilitate carryover to natural environment

• Provided speech-language therapy to children ages 3 to grade 5 in a typical education setting as well as special needs preschool classrooms
• Participated in Student Support Team in order to assist with development of classroom modifications to support children in their least restrictive environment
• Completed comprehensive initial evaluations and re-evaluations to accurately identify and place children within appropriate services
• Conducted Initial and annual Individualized Educational Program (IEP) meetings according to specified guidelines Annual Kindergarten screenings
• Collaborated with general education and special education teachers as well as psychologists, OTs and PTs and school nurse
• Provided education to parents to support and facilitate carryover to the child's natural environment