Rebecca Rowland Wood
Summary
Dynamic speech language pathologist and auditory verbal therapist with eleven years of experience and solid reputation for organization, compassion and attention to detail. Always enthusiastic to take on new cases and support patients' speech and communication goals through creative and effective treatment planning. Highly personable and productive clinical professional.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Speech Language Pathologist
Nemours Children's Health
05.2013 - Current
- Created and implemented mentorship protocol to train colleagues in therapy for children with hearing loss.
- Developed hearing loss web based training module to be completed as part of speech team's annual competencies.
- Mentored, oriented, and served as clinical instructor for numerous colleagues and graduate students.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary team including Audiology, Otolaryngology, Psychology, and Social Work, to determine patient's candidacy for cochlear implantation surgery.
- Educated patients and family members about various topics such as communication techniques or strategies to implement for home carryover.
- Created and implemented treatment plans intended to address speech and language difficulties in collaboration with other clinical professionals.
- Monitored patients' progress and adjusted treatments accordingly.
Speech Language Pathologist- Clinical Fellow
Theraplay, Inc.
05.2012 - 05.2013
- Provided speech, language, and feeding intervention and intervention to shared caseload of clients aged birth to 18 in a play-based environment.
- Created and implemented treatment plans intended to address speech and language issues in collaboration with other clinical professionals.
- Served as interim speech department coordinator, responsibilities included: organizing and running monthly department meetings, orienting and mentoring new Speech Pathologists.
- Planned and executed inter-disciplinary co-treatment sessions with Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists.
Education
Master of Science - Communication Sciences And Disorders
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA05.2012
Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences And Disorders
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA05.2010
Skills
- Implement Treatment Plans
- Monitor Patient Progress
- Individual Sessions
- Diagnostic Evaluation
- Time Management
- Reevaluation Planning
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
Certification
- Listening and Spoken Language Certified Auditory Verbal Therapist, Alexander Graham Bell Academy
- State of Delaware Professional License for Speech-Language Pathology
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Professional License for Speech
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) License
- American Heart Association Healthcare Provider-BLS for healthcare providers (CPR and AED)
Timeline
Speech Language Pathologist
Nemours Children's Health
05.2013 - Current
Speech Language Pathologist- Clinical Fellow
Theraplay, Inc.
05.2012 - 05.2013
Master of Science - Communication Sciences And Disorders
The Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences And Disorders
The Pennsylvania State University