KRISTINA LINNEA GUSTAFSON-RAIRIE

• Evaluate and treat home health patients to address speech, language, and swallowing challenges.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary care with nurses, therapists, and physicians to optimize patient outcomes.
• Document patient visits and progress to ensure continuity of care in Homecare Homebase records.
• Establish excellent relationships with patients and their caregivers, as shown in survey comments.

• Provided speech-language therapy services for Marion County Public Schools, all grade levels, in multiple schools
• Collaborated with students, parents, caregivers, legal, medical and school personnel to develop individualized education plans.
• Maintained compliance with documentation and healthcare privacy standards
• Evaluated students for speech, language, voice and hearing needs
• Educated families on home practice and communication strategies
• Monitored student progress and adjusted treatment to improve results

• Established and promoted telehealth services in underserved counties, providing essential school therapy support.
• Oversaw speech-language pathology assistants, ensuring high-quality service delivery and adherence to best practices.
• Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
• Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.

• Rendered services for students of all ages, several of whom used AAC devices to communicate.
• Efficiently completed all testing, progress notification, IEP and Response to Intervention duties.

• Provided speech language and feeding therapy services for mostly pediatric patients with varying impairments.
• Supervised speech-language pathology assistants.

• Supported diverse student needs through targeted evaluations and therapy services, improving individual learning outcomes.
• Created IEPs and RTI classroom activities while completing evaluation and reevaluation testing, providing strong support for student progress.

• Facilitated speech-language and feeding therapy services primarily for pediatric patients of varying etiologies and severities.
• Oversaw all aspects of business: hiring, documentation, contracting, billing, accounting, and management.
• Supervised Clinical Fellowship Year employee.

• Provided teletherapy for speech and language impaired adolescents residing in a detention center via computer communication.

• Served geriatric patients with language and/or swallowing disorders in their homes.
• Focused on caregiver training for carryover of therapeutic techniques and practices.

• Facilitated speech and language therapy for caseload at Romeo Elementary School in Romeo, FL.

• Worked at Crystal River Health and Rehabilitation, providing therapy services for skilled nursing facility patients with speech, language and swallowing disorders.

• Provided coverage for school SLPs to complete the school year at Lake Panasoffkee Elementary.

• Worked well with other part time SLP to provide services, complete paperwork and attend meetings.

• Collaborated closely with ESE teachers and staff to evaluate, develop IEPs for, schedule, and provide therapy to ~130 students, including autistic population.
• Organized meetings with union and school board to successfully change requirements for SLPs to work under medical licenses as well as teaching certificates.

• Planned and implemented group language and articulation therapy for moderate to severely impaired language students, several of whom were on the autism spectrum.
• Awarded 2000 Superintendent's Learning Enhancement Grant in Orange County, FL for "Integrating Sensory Information to Enhance Academic Performance in Exceptional Student Education."

• Evaluated and treated a wide variety of patients with communication and swallowing disorders in outpatient clinics, home health settings, skilled nursing and assistive living facilities.
• Involved in marketing and in-servicing the local medical community.
• Composed letters for patients, staff, and physicians to campaign congress against Medicare cap.

• Supported Dr. J. Ryalls in course preparation, instruction, and evaluation for undergraduate speech science course, enhancing student learning outcomes.
• Selected by Dr. G. Brutton as Assistant to the Editor for Journal of Fluency Disorders, contributing to editorial processes and journal quality.
• Managed correspondence and tracked manuscript progress during review and publication phases, ensuring timely communication and workflow efficiency.

• Participated in animal assisted therapy program for children who had Down's Syndrome and Autism.

• Taught preschool through adult reading, writing and study skills.
• Established a writing program for adult students learning English as a second language.

• Taught English to 7th- and 9th-grade students.

• Assisted with yearbook production and publication tasks.

• Served as 7th Grade class advisor.

• Created and advised Manatee Club.

• Earned special recognition for coordinating humanitarian relief project for Bosnia; Efforts featured in The Miami Herald.