Maeve MacKenna

• Establishes strong relationships with patients and families, fostering trust and collaboration towards shared treatment goals.
• Implements individual and small group therapy sessions for individuals receiving services through Early Intervention, CPSE, and insurance while completing the appropriate documentation.
• Treatment and assessment of children with receptive, expressive and pragmatic language deficits, in addition to articulation and phonological deficits.
• Documentation of daily sessions, annual reports, monthly progress reports, in addition to SOAP notes for each child.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to create comprehensive treatment plans for patients with complex communication disorders.
• Formulates personalized IEP SMART Goals to address educational concerns regarding speech and language, and participates in annual review meetings with districts and team members.
• Implements creative and effective therapy methods to improve student performance using a variety of approaches for each individual.

- Provided individual, small and large group intervention in-person and via teletherapy to preschool and school age students

- Diagnosis and treatment for students with speech sound disorders, language disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Apraxia of Speech, articulation deficits, pragmatic deficits and Intellectual Disability.

- Selection, administration, interpretation and documentation of formal and informal diagnostic evaluation procedures

- Formulated personalized IEP SMART Goals to address educational concerns regarding speech and language.

- Participation in IEP meetings and provided recommendations for continuation and discharge of services.

- Collaboration with multidisciplinary team and caregivers for optimal student success

- Implemented creative and effective therapy methods to improve student performance within the school setting, improving receptive and expressive language skills, articulation, pragmatics, literacy, and communication through low and high tech AAC.

- Participation in client and caregiver counseling and education through assessment and intervention procedures

- Consistently monitored student progress and adjust based on client needs

- Implementation of Evidence Based Practice

- Maintenance of student safety

- Provided individual intervention services in-person and via teletherapy for patients diagnosed with Aphasia, Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Apraxia of Speech, Dysarthria, Dysphagia.

- Implemented individualized therapy, improving receptive and expressive language, cognitive, oral motor skills, voice, speech intelligibility, and pragmatics across the adolescent, adult and geriatric populations.

- Selection, administration, interpretation and documentation of formal and informal diagnostic procedures (i.e., Western Aphasia Battery, Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, TLI Cognitive Battery) and formulated personalized SMART Goals for patients.

- Coordinated with multidisciplinary team for patient care

- Documentation through EMR including monitoring insurance authorizations, daily notes, progress notes, and discharge reports.

- Maintained patient safety and consistent patient education

- Participation in client and caregiver counseling and education through assessment and intervention procedures

- Consistently monitored client progress and adjust based on client needs

- Conducted Teletherapy by engaging clients \ through a wide variety of personalized interactive PowerPoint materials, games and images. Consulted with parents over zoom to discuss daily client progress.

- Facilitated discussion-based Aphasia group therapy to promote receptive and expressive language skills, including reading, writing and word finding abilities

-Facilitated Social Pragmatic Group to promote social communication skills and teach appropriate pragmatic and life skills for young adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder

- Performed diagnostic evaluations and interpretation of formal and informal test results for deficits related to Traumatic Brain Injury, receptive and expressive language deficits, and articulation and phonological deficits.

- Documentation through detailed treatment plans, data collection forms, SOAP Notes, Therapy Progress Reports, and diagnostic reports, along with implementing personalized SMART Goals.

- Pediatric hearing screenings: (Fall 2020) interacted with preschool and school age hearing screenings conducted at local Treasure House programs, conditioned students for procedures, performed Tympanograms, and otoscopic evaluations. Referrals made to Audiologists and ENT’s for students who failed screenings.

- In-person experience observing and interpreting FEES procedures and use of equipment