Meaghan Cobb

Prove multifaceted family guided routine based speech therapy and assessment to children birth to 3-years-old with speech, language and feeding needs

• Timely, parent-friendly written reports that summarize findings of formal and informal evaluations
• Establish goals and objectives to meet the needs of clients and their families based on evaluation results
• Treatment planning to help clients meet their speech, language and feeding goals
• Daily communication and coaching with parents and caregivers to provide recommendations for home programs
• Daily collaboration with Physical Therapists, Teachers, Dietitians and Occupational Therapists regarding shared children on our caseloads
• Use Otoacoustic Emissions Hearing Screening and Tympanogram equipment to conduct hearing evaluations
• Provide individual and group therapy utilizing the DIR Floortime Treatment Model (Developmental, Individual-differences, & Relationship Model)
• Provide Feeding therapy to children based upon the SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) approach
• Provide initial evaluations of infants recently out of the NICU in collaboration with Physical and Occupational Therapists
• Act as a Clinical Fellowship Year Supervisor to new employees as well as a Supervisor to student clinicians
• Assist in the planning and execution of a 'Visual Learners' group for Children with an ASD diagnosis
• Send referrals, as needed to community or medical resources
• Provide feeding and language evaluations
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to develop treatment strategies and goals for patients.
• Utilize augmentative communication technology such as iPads or computer software programs during therapy sessions when appropriate
• Coordinate with medical professionals regarding care plans for medically complex patients.
• Provide feeding and language treatment
• Attend continuing education courses related to new developments in the field of Speech-Language Pathology
• Mentor staff members who desire more experience in the area of Infant Feeding
• Mentor new Staff Members during their onboarding process

• Client base included children age 3-21 years of age
• Used interactive metronome equipment to help improve children's auditory processing and language development
• Provided individual and group therapy utilizing a play based developmental treatment model
• Educated patients and caregivers in exercises to improve speech, as well as alternative communication methods such as: sign language, picture exchange communication system, augmentative communication devices and the total communication approach

• Provided multifaceted family guided routine based intervention to the birth-3 year old population with speech, language and feeding needs
• Provided routine based intervention within a child's natural environment to help parents/caregivers work with their children to encourage the development of skills in needed areas on a day-to-day basis
• Developed and implemented individualized, family centered therapeutic intervention plans (IFSP)
• Provided service coordination for families
• Participated in Individualized Education Plan meetings (IEP)
• Developed a family focused program for parents who's children have language delays based off of the Hanen Approach
• Consulted with and provided coaching and instruction to parents, groups, teachers, and treatment staff regarding disabilities and remedial procedures
• Developed a feeding clinic in collaboration with other feeding specialists within the community for children with feeding and swallowing difficulties