Conducts comprehensive assessments to diagnose speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders in patients with a range of medical diagnoses including but not limited to: dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, etc
Develops and implements individualized treatment plans incorporating patient and family goals to improve communication and swallowing functions
Implements skilled intervention strategies to increase communication, self-help, and social skills of patients in long-term care and rehabilitation environment with utilization of memory aids, AAC devices, voice/swallow strategies, communication prompts, and low/high tech verbal and visual supports
Creates compensatory tools and implements environmental modifications to support patients including visual, verbal, and tactile aids
Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams including patients, family, caretakers, nursing staff, and occupational/physical therapy team to provide holistic care
Maintains accurate and timely documentation of patient progress including but not limited to: evaluations, referrals, progress reports, recertifications, and discharge documents
Implements PPR safety regulations.
SLP Extern
Therapy 2000
Amarillo, TX
09.2022 - 12.2022
Provided diagnostic and therapeutic services to clients ages 3-21 with autism spectrum disorder, developmental delays, and speech and language disorders including articulation/phonological disorders, apraxia of speech, fluency/voice disorders, cognitive-communication disorders, and aphasia, to improve speech, language, voice, and swallowing in school, home, and rehabilitative outpatient environments
Collaborated with faculty, caregivers, and interdisciplinary tx team.
SLP Intern
Guymon School District
Guymon, OK
01.2022 - 05.2022
Provided diagnostic and therapeutic services to clients ages 3-21 with autism spectrum disorder, developmental delays, and speech and language disorders including articulation/phonological disorders, apraxia of speech, fluency/voice disorders, cognitive-communication disorders, and aphasia, to improve speech, language, voice, and swallowing in school, home, and rehabilitative outpatient environments
Collaborated with faculty, caregivers, and interdisciplinary tx team.
SLP Intern
WTAMU Outpatient Clinic
Amarillo, TX
08.2021 - 11.2021
Provided diagnostic and therapeutic services to clients ages 3-21 with autism spectrum disorder, developmental delays, and speech and language disorders including articulation/phonological disorders, apraxia of speech, fluency/voice disorders, cognitive-communication disorders, and aphasia, to improve speech, language, voice, and swallowing in school, home, and rehabilitative outpatient environments
Collaborated with faculty, caregivers, and interdisciplinary tx team.
Behavior Technician
Atlas Behavior Services
Burbank, CA
08.2020 - 08.2021
Implemented treatment plans based on behavior analysis to clients with communication delay and autism
Worked with interdisciplinary team in raising instances of natural and clinical verbal language output
Increased communication, self-help, and social skills of clients in a home environment
Communicated to supervisor about treatment modifications or concerns
Applied intervention techniques to manage inappropriate behaviors
Collects data and records progress of client using data sheet and Catalyst.
Education
M.S. Speech Language Pathology -
West Texas A&M University
B.A. English -
University California
Certification
Certificate of Clinical Competenance in Speech-Language-Pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)-(2024)