Rita Yacoub
Keller,USA
Summary
Dynamic Speech-Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow at Keller Oaks Healthcare Center, skilled in speech and language assessment and progress monitoring. Successfully developed tailored treatment plans for diverse populations, enhancing patient outcomes through effective collaboration and data analysis. Bilingual communicator adept at engaging patients and caregivers in therapy, fostering meaningful progress in cognitive and speech impairments.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Speech-Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow
Keller Oaks Healthcare Center
Keller, TX
06.2024 - Current
- Administers speech and cognitive evaluations to better address impairments such as aphasia, apraxia, dementia, dysphagia, voice disorders, and other neurodegenerative diseases.
- Instructs and educates patients and caregivers in compensatory strategies related to cognition, dysphagia, and speech impairments during individual and group therapeutic interventions to return to PLOF.
- Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team (PT, OT, RN, and MDs) to ensure comprehensive care for patients.
- Develops comprehensive plan of care by collecting data, assessing functional performance, and analyzing progression through treatment notes, progress notes, and re-evaluation.
Graduate Student Clinician
UNT Speech & Hearing Center
Denton, Texas
09.2022 - 05.2024
- Provided in-person and teletherapy services to adults and children with TBI, childhood apraxia of speech, hearing impairment, autism, and mixed receptive and expressive language disorders.
- Managed evaluations for adults and children with voice, speech, and language concerns.
- Directed in-person services to adults with memory and attention deficits, word-finding difficulty, cluttering awareness/identification, and decreased cohesiveness.
- Placements include various populations (adults and children) within the school, and acute setting.
Education
Master of Science - Speech- Language Pathology
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas05.2024
Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences & Disorders, Childhood Development
Texas Woman’s University
Denton, Texas05.2022
Skills
- Progress monitoring
- Data analysis
- Speech and language assessment
- Articulation therapy
- Language therapy
- Bilingual
Certifications And Additional Training
- Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile student training, 05/01/23
- SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd Training, 06/01/25
- CPR certification, 12/01/25
Timeline
Speech-Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow
Keller Oaks Healthcare Center
06.2024 - Current
Graduate Student Clinician
UNT Speech & Hearing Center
09.2022 - 05.2024
Master of Science - Speech- Language Pathology
University of North Texas
Bachelor of Science - Communication Sciences & Disorders, Childhood Development
Texas Woman’s University
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