Lina Masikooi
Tujunga,CA
Summary
Speech-Language Pathology graduate student at Pepperdine University with supervised clinical experience across pediatric outpatient, adult outpatient, and school-based settings. Experienced in working with children and adults with a variety of speech, language, cognitive-communication, fluency, AAC, and swallowing needs. Skilled in treatment implementation, data collection, clinical documentation, caregiver education, and collaboration with other professionals. Fluent in English, Armenian, and Persian/Farsi, with a strong commitment to culturally and linguistically responsive care.
Overview
1
1
Certification
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Student Clinician – School-Based Setting
Odyssey Charter School
Los Angeles, CA
09.2026 - Current
- Provide supervised speech-language services to elementary and middle school students in individual and group settings.
- Implement treatment targeting articulation, speech sound production, expressive and receptive language, narrative skills, social communication, fluency, and functional communication.
- Deliver push-in and pull-out services tailored to students' individual needs and educational objectives.
- Develop age-appropriate treatment activities based on individual student goals, interests, and abilities.
- Support students using total communication methods while collaborating with classroom aides, SLPAs, and school staff to enhance communication and participation.
- Collect and document session data to track progress toward IEP goals, facilitating targeted interventions.
- Modify activities, prompting, and expectations based on students' developmental, behavioral, and communication needs.
Graduate Student Clinician – Adult Outpatient Setting
Harmony Speech Therapy & Diagnostics
05.2026 - 07.2026
- Worked with adults with neurological conditions, including traumatic brain injury and progressive neurological disease.
- Provided supervised speech-language services to adults with communication, cognitive-linguistic, voice, and swallowing needs.
- Implemented treatment targeting functional communication and cognitive-communication skills.
- Coordinated treatment planning, data collection, clinical documentation, and implementation of individualized treatment to enhance client outcomes.
- Modified treatment approaches based on client performance and communication needs to optimize response to intervention.
- Engaged clients and caregivers in discussions about treatment activities, progress, and functional carryover to promote understanding and compliance.
- Provided culturally and linguistically responsive support in Persian/Farsi and Armenian when clinically appropriate.
Graduate Student Clinician – Pediatric Outpatient Setting
Uplift Therapy Center
La Cañada, CA
01.2026 - 04.2026
- Provided supervised speech-language intervention to pediatric clients with speech, language, social communication, and developmental communication needs.
- Implemented play-based treatment targeting expressive and receptive language, speech sound production, following directions, and functional communication.
- Used modeling, prompting, visual supports, and child-centered strategies to support communication and participation.
- Adapted treatment activities to meet clients' unique communication, sensory, and developmental needs, ensuring personalized intervention.
- Collected session data and completed clinical documentation to support ongoing client assessments under SLP supervision.
- Facilitated parent and caregiver education, discussing session performance and strategies to enhance carryover of communication skills at home.
Education
Master of Science - Speech-Language Pathology
Pepperdine University
CA05-2027
Speech-Language Pathology Leveling Program -
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
CA01-2025
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
California State University, Northridge
CA01-2022
Associate of Arts - Biology
Glendale Community College
CA01-2020
Skills
- Speech & Language Intervention
- Articulation & Speech Sound Intervention
- Expressive & Receptive Language
- Social Communication
- Fluency Intervention
- AAC & Total Communication
- Cognitive-Communication Intervention
- Treatment Implementation
- Clinical Data Collection & Documentation
- Caregiver Education
- Cultural Responsiveness
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Technical Skills: Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, EMR familiarity
Certification
HIPAA & FERPA Training, Bloodborne Pathogens & OSHA Safety Training, CPR/AED Certification, 25+ Guided Clinical Observation Hours – Master Clinician Network, Ongoing Supervised Graduate Clinical Practicum
LANGUAGES
English: Fluent | Armenian: Fluent | Persian/Farsi: Fluent
Timeline
Graduate Student Clinician – School-Based Setting
Odyssey Charter School
09.2026 - Current
Graduate Student Clinician – Adult Outpatient Setting
Harmony Speech Therapy & Diagnostics
05.2026 - 07.2026
Graduate Student Clinician – Pediatric Outpatient Setting
Uplift Therapy Center
01.2026 - 04.2026
Master of Science - Speech-Language Pathology
Pepperdine University
Speech-Language Pathology Leveling Program -
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
California State University, Northridge
Associate of Arts - Biology
Glendale Community College