MICHELLE COX
Albany,Georgia
Summary
Enthusiastic Speech-Language therapist, offering 22 years of experience, dedicated to helping students find their voice and advocating for effective communication within families, schools, and communities.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Speech-Language Pathologist
Lee County School System
Leesburg, Georgia
08.2002 - Current
- Consulted with teachers to provide strategies and interventions to prevent academic failure through the rate to intervention process.
- Participated as an active member of school-wide MTSS team to provide support for teachers and students as they progressed through intervention tiers.
- Evaluated and provided interventions to meet the needs of students with a variety of speech and language impairments such as, articulation impairments, apraxia of speech, expressive language disorders, receptive language disorders, central auditory processing disorder, social communication disorders, and fluency impairments.
- Collaborated and led meetings with interdisciplinary team members to develop Individual Education Plans to meet the communication needs of students with speech and language impairments.
- Gathered and interpreted individual student data to aid in Medicaid billing, report writing, and treatment plan development.
- Provided speech language services in the student's least restrictive environment including consultation, collaboration, direct therapy within and outside the general education setting.
- Provided home programs and caregiver education to ensure carry-over of learned communication skills.
- Evaluated students to identify appropriate AAC solutions.
- Collaborated with occupational therapist, physical therapist, vision impaired teacher to ensure appropriate AAC for student's needs.
- Ensured parents had input into selection of AAC devices/apps and provided direct parent training to ensure AAC usage at home.
- Advocated for continued use of AAC devices by working directly with teachers and other SLPs as students transition between schools.
- Worked directly with special education teachers within the classroom to teach AAC device/app usage and collaborated with teachers in developing ways to incorporate AAC into their daily routines.
- Ensured generalization of learned AAC skills into the community by working with students during community based instruction.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Presence Learning
West Palm Beach, Florida
08.2021 - 05.2023
- Provided virtual direct speech and language services to elementary, middle, and high school students enrolled in multiple private schools.
- Collaborated with ABA specialists to provide the behavioral support necessary for students to actively participate in online therapy services.
- Used a variety of technology to conduct sessions and to communicate with teachers, school staff, and parents regarding student progress and to provide extension activities.
Part Time Speech-Language Pathologist
Englewood Home Health
Albany, Georgia
08.2005 - 08.2006
- Treated adult patients with speech and language impairments, as the result of stroke, Parkinson's, dementia, and mouth cancer
- Provided caregiver training to ensure patient's speech and language needs would be met within the home
- Provided early intervention services to children, birth to 3 years of age, and parent education on ways to improve vocabulary and expressive language skills in their children.
Education
Master of Education - Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia01.2002
Skills
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- AAC evaluations
- AAC treatment
- PECS trained
- Applied Behavior Analysis trained
- Working with students with disabilities
- Adaptability
- Relationship Building
Certification
- ASHA Certified
- Georgia and Florida Licensed
Timeline
Speech-Language Pathologist
Presence Learning
08.2021 - 05.2023
Part Time Speech-Language Pathologist
Englewood Home Health
08.2005 - 08.2006
Speech-Language Pathologist
Lee County School System
08.2002 - Current
Master of Education - Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Georgia
- ASHA Certified
- Georgia and Florida Licensed
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