Molly Powell

Children's Specialized Hospital Outpatient Center, West Orange, NJ September 2023 -December 2023 Graduate Student Clinician: Pediatric Services

• Incorporate innovative equipment and a range of therapy procedures to provide clinical assessment and treatment for impairments of articulation, voice, fluency, and language
• MEDITECH EHR Software
• Evaluations:
• Speech language evaluations
• Voice evaluations using state-of-the-art instrumentation (Visi-pitch;Nasometry)
• Therapy:
• Individual speech-language therapy
• PROMPT Therapy
• Assessment & Intervention:
• Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/PDD
• Apraxia
• Cleft lip/palate
• Delayed speech language development
• Down syndrome. And more
• Demonstrates cultural competence and awareness in communication with patients, caregivers, therapist, and other staff
• Collaborate with senior & supervising SLPs, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Family Faculty
• Trained formally for CSH facilities in PPE Donning/Removing Competency & Hygiene, Crisis Prevention & Behavior Management, Active Scooter Preparedness, Coronavirus CBL for Clinical Staff, Emergency Conditions & Alerts, Fire Safety, Infection Prevention, Novel Coronavirus General Education, Violence Prevention in Healthcare Act and CSH, Safe Patient Handling CBL, Safe Patient Handling Hands on, Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Language Assistance Services for Patients and Families with Limited English Proficiency, Post COVID-19 PPE Decision Making for OP Clinical Staff, Just Culture, Monkeypox Virus Education, Cultural Humility, and Unconscious Bias

New Jersey Regional Day School, Newark, NJ July 2023 - August 2023 Graduate Student Clinician: Pediatric Services 

• Utilize tools like the Rethink program to implement evidence-based techniques to promote communication skills, educational life skills, and social and emotional development. Student receives data-driven therapy designed to help them achieve their individual learning goals
• Provide a supportive, efficient learning environment. The Step Up to Success Positive School Behavior Program
• Implementing therapeutic techniques like the Robust Inclusion Program, Explicit Social Skills Instruction, AAC throughout the school day and during all classes, Building Communication Skills, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Methodologies, and Positive Behavior Supports like the Nurtured Hearts Approach
• Demonstrates cultural competence and awareness in communication with students and faculty
• Collaborate with supervising SLPs, Occupational Therapist, Comprehensive Mental Health/Behavior Management Team Approach, Staff trained in non-violent crisis intervention, Music Therapist, , and fellow graduate clinicians

Rutgers University's Speech-Language Pathology Clinic, Newark, NJ January 2023 - August 2023 Graduate Student Clinician: Adult Services 

• Devise individualized treatment plans and set goals for facilitating the acquisition of language skills for clients with communication disorders due to expressive delays (apraxia) and motor neurological disorders (dysphagia)
• Implement evidenced based practices to support fine motor skills, appropriate oral skills, autonomy, overall articulation, secretion management, independence skills, conversational communication, and PO bolus management for client with CVA (I63.9 - Cerebral infarction, unspecified), Dysarthria (R47. 1), and Dysphagia (R13. 10) diagnoses. Incorporate EBP treatment approaches such as: Speech Rate Treatments for Individuals with Dysarthria, Cerebellar Injury Speech and Quality of Life, The Modified Barium Swallow Study for Oropharyngeal Dysphagia (Recommendations from an Interdisciplinary Expert Panel), and Speech Rate Treatments for Individuals with Dysarthria (a tutorial)
• PROMPT Therapy
• Provide education to promote overall ADL independence skills, oral management of PO, and the prevention of communication breakdowns
• Demonstrates cultural competence and awareness in communication with clients and caregivers
• Collaborate with supervising SLPs, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and fellow graduate clinicians
• Speech and Language Evaluation

Rutgers University's Speech-Language Pathology Clinic, Newark, NJ September 2022 - December 2022 Graduate Student Clinician: Pediatric Services 

• Devised individualized treatment plans and set goals for facilitating the acquisition of language skills for clients with communication disorders due to expressive language delays and sensory dysregulation
• Communicated efficiently and effectively with clinical supervisor
• Educated caregivers about the patient's condition and therapy plan
• Introduced Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) device
• Analyzed and recorded patient data in an electronic medical record (EMR) system

• Interdisciplinary Craniofacial Rounds at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center : Livingston, NJ
• Interdisciplinary Craniofacial Rounds at University Hospital: Newark, NJ
• MBISP
• Joining Forces IPE Event (Rutgers RBHS students and professionals)
• “Perioperative Management from a Patient Perspective” (joint ENT surgical resident/SLP event)
• “How to take care of a Laryngectomy Patient” (joint respiratory therapist/SLP event)
• NJSHA 2023 Poster Presentation Applicant ("Autism: Introduction to Interoceptive Accommodations and Interventions )

• National NSSLHA member
• NSSLHA member Rutgers University (current 2022-present)
• NJSHA student member
• Previous student NSSLHA member University of Mississippi (2020-2022)
• Phi Mu Alpha Delta Alumni