Overview
Work History
Education
Presentations/Research
Certification
Community Involvement
Timeline
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Lelia Gray

Memphis,TN

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Graduate Clinician

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Memphis, TN
02.2025 - 05.2025
  • Assessed patient's presenting symptoms and developed individualized treatment plans.
  • Advised family members on how best to support their loved one's recovery journey.
  • Consulted with interdisciplinary teams regarding patient care plans and goals.

Graduate Clinician

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Memphis, TN
08.2024 - 12.2024
  • Evaluated and treated pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders ages birth to 18; conducted MBS Studies, assisted in FEES exams, conducted bedside feeding evaluations, feeding therapy, and dysphagia management.
  • Acquired advanced clinical skills for specialized NICU care.
  • Evaluated and assessed speech, language, cognition, swallowing, and social communication for medically complex patients, including neonatal intensive care unit patients, those with intracranial neoplasms, traumatic brain injury, genetic variants, and tracheostomy patient populations.
  • Engaged in interdisciplinary collaboration with ENT, GI, PT, OT, and dietitians to enhance patient outcomes.
  • Co-treated with PT and OT, providing elevated care for medically complex patients.
  • Provided education to parents and caregivers on techniques to promote safe, pleasurable feeding, and language development.

Graduate Clinician

University of MS - Literacy Group
Oxford, MS
06.2024 - 07.2024
  • Conducted assessments to identify areas of growth, such as phonemic awareness and phonics.
  • Utilized a variety of strategies such as explicit instruction, guided practice, and independent practice activities to enhance student success.
  • Created lesson plans which incorporated differentiated instruction techniques for diverse learners.
  • Monitored student performance data regularly in order to track growth in literacy skills.
  • Worked closely with parents to ensure that they were informed of their child's progress in literacy development.
  • Encouraged students by providing positive reinforcement when appropriate.

Graduate Clinician

University of MS-Preschool Language Group
Oxford, MS
01.2024 - 05.2024
  • Developed individual treatment plans/goals, progress notes, and reports for patient with autism spectrum disorder.
  • Educated families on strategies to be used at home to help their child improve communication abilities.
  • Implemented play-based therapy in a language rich preschool language setting during group and individual intervention to strengthen communication/pragmatic skills and receptive/expressive language.
  • Organized activities that encouraged social interaction among peers with developmental delays or disabilities.
  • Encouraged active participation from clients during therapy sessions.
  • Encouraged curiosity, exploration, and problem solving appropriate to developmental levels.

Graduate Clinician

University of MS Clinic
Oxford, MS
08.2023 - 12.2023
  • Implemented treatment utilizing the Attentive Reading and Constrained Summarization-ARCS approach, core vocabulary, semantic feature analysis, communication partner training, Copy and Recall Treatment-CART, and Multi-Modal Communication Treatment-MMCT.
  • Administered the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Evaluation short form.
  • Provided treatment centered around an ecological approach.
  • Implemented the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia for all patient goals, especially the recall of friends and family names through priming and spaced retrieval strategies.
  • Provided feeding therapy, utilizing systematic desensitization.
  • Tracked and monitored progress across all patients, implementing changes and reinforcers when appropriate.

Education

Master of Science - Communication Sciences And Disorders

University of Mississippi
University, MS
05-2025

Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences And Disorders

University of Mississippi
University, MS
05-2023

Presentations/Research

Presentations

  • Kornisch M., Gonzalez C., Gray L., Ikuta T. (accepted for December 2024). The Role of the Posterior Cingulate Cortex in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • Gonzalez C. & Gray L. (April, 2023). The Role of the PCC and ACC in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Functional Connectivity Study. CSD Research Colloquium. University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA.
  • Gonzalez C., Kornisch M., Ikuta T., Gray L. (February, 2023). The Role of the PCC and ACC in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Functional Connectivity Study. 22nd Annual Alabama Autism Conference. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

Research Practicum                                                                                                      08/2021 to 05/2023

Dr. Myriam Kornisch - Neurogenic Research Lab                                                            Oxford, MS

  • Assisted in manuscript preparation for three projects: functional connectivity in Parkinson’s disease, functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorder, and the prevalence of hearing loss among college students.
  • Assisted in an Early Intervention study: scoring The Rossetti Infant and Toddler Language Scale, data input through SPSS, comparing different early intervention models.

Certification

  • LSVT LOUD (Februray 2024-Present)
  • SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd Training (August 2023-Present)
  • CITI Research Program Certificate (August 2022-Present)
  • UM Annual HIPAA Training with FERPA Training (July 2023-Present)
  • Heartsaver Total – Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED Online Certificate (June 2023-Present)
  • FEES Lab Training - 5 passes completed (April 2024)
  • Language-Based Approach to AAC Assessment and Intervention (October 2023)
  • AAC Language Representation Methods (October 2023)

Community Involvement

  • Cooper Young Community Association (2025-Present)
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders Mentor Program (2024-Present)
  • National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2021-Present)
  • Walk for Apraxia (2021, 2023)

Timeline

Graduate Clinician

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital
02.2025 - 05.2025

Graduate Clinician

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
08.2024 - 12.2024

Graduate Clinician

University of MS - Literacy Group
06.2024 - 07.2024

Graduate Clinician

University of MS-Preschool Language Group
01.2024 - 05.2024

Graduate Clinician

University of MS Clinic
08.2023 - 12.2023

Master of Science - Communication Sciences And Disorders

University of Mississippi

Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences And Disorders

University of Mississippi

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