LINDSAY SMITH
Houston
Summary
Compassionate and skilled speech-language pathologist with experience providing culturally and linguistically responsive services to pediatric patients. Proficient in diagnostic evaluations, individualized treatment planning, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST - LEAD POSITION
Play Makes Sensory
05.2025 - Current
- Lead the Speech Therapy Department across Katy and Cypress locations, overseeing clinical operations and program development.
- Conduct comprehensive speech, language, and feeding evaluations for a diverse pediatric caseload.
- Create billing reference materials to clarify CPT codes and support accurate documentation.
- Standardize assessment procedures and facilitate acquisition of evidence-based testing tools.
- Provide skilled speech and language therapy services to pediatric clients in both clinic-based and ABA centers in the Katy area.
- Collaborate with ABA therapists, occupational therapists, and caregivers to ensure continuity of care and implement interdisciplinary treatment plans.
- Assisted in the interview and selection process for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs), contributing to hiring decisions and team development.
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST - LEAD POSITION
Momentum Therapy Center
08.2023 - 05.2025
- Provide comprehensive speech and language evaluations and treatment plans in a private practice setting to pediatric and adult populations presenting with articulation/phonological disorders, language disorders, feeding and swallowing issues, fluency disorders, cognitive-communication deficits, autism spectrum disorder, and orofacial myofunctional disorders.
- Supervise and mentor a clinical fellow-SLP, fostering clinical growth and skill development through guidance and direct/indirect training.
- Serve as an educational resource for the speech therapy staff, providing as-needed training in specific areas including but not limited to AAC, feeding/swallowing, and orofacial myofunctional therapy.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including caregivers, clients, occupational therapists, and ABA therapists, to develop and implement client-centered care.
- Implement the use of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) devices, such as Ablenet (TD Snap and TouchChat), Tobii Dynavox, Control Bionics, and low-tech AAC to support communication in children with complex communication needs.
- Lead 'lunch and learn' sessions to promote team collaboration, education, and interdisciplinary communication in the workplace.
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
Cole Pediatric Therapy
06.2022 - 08.2023
- Provided speech and language therapy in a pediatric outpatient clinic with children presenting with articulation/phonological disorders, autism, fluency, neurological, and language disorders.
- Provided feeding therapy to medically complex populations and patients with sensory-based feeding difficulties.
- Collaborated and effectively communicated with occupational therapists and physical therapists to enhance the clinical process and support patients' overall quality of life.
- Provided support for patients using Alternative Augmentative Communication Devices (AAC) to improve functional communication such as Ablenet, Tobii Dynavox, and NovaChat.
- Collaborated effectively with interpreters to provide culturally and linguistically responsive services to patients and families with diverse language backgrounds.
- Communicated and collaborated with patients' families on progress within goals and establishing individualized home programs.
- Proficient in conducting comprehensive assessments and evaluations to diagnose and evaluate speech and language disorders in pediatric patients.
- Completed a 6-month pediatric feeding program, gaining expertise in assessing and addressing feeding difficulties in children with diverse needs and providing therapeutic interventions.
Education
MASTER OF SCIENCE - SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA05.2022
BACHELOR OF ARTS - SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA05.2020
Skills
- Speech, language, and feeding evaluations
- Evidence-based assessments
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Clinical operations management
- Patient-centered care planning
- Pediatric therapy services
- Feeding and swallowing therapy
- Alternative augmentative communication
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certified, American Heart Association, 09/2023- 09/2025
- Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 04/2023
- SOS Approach to Feeding, 10/2024
Timeline
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST - LEAD POSITION
Play Makes Sensory
05.2025 - Current
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST - LEAD POSITION
Momentum Therapy Center
08.2023 - 05.2025
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
Cole Pediatric Therapy
06.2022 - 08.2023
BACHELOR OF ARTS - SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
MASTER OF SCIENCE - SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Professional Development
- CEU Seminar on Advanced Infant/Pediatric Dysphagia: Problem-Solving Complex Patients and Issues, 10/15/2025-10/16/2025
- LAMP Course Training, Cole Pediatric Therapy, 12/2022
- CEU Course on Picky Eating Through the Lens of Orofacial Myology, SpeechPathology.com, 02/2022
- CEU Course on Pediatric Dysphagia, SpeechPathology.com, 03/2022