Graduate Clinician
SUNY New Paltz On-Site Speech and Hearing Clinic
- Client 1: 3-year-old child with bilateral deafness and cochlear implants.
- Implemented auditory-verbal therapy (AVT) techniques to encourage listening and spoken language development, targeting auditory attention, discrimination, and comprehension.
- Designed and executed play-based therapy activities that promoted early speech sound acquisition, expressive and receptive language growth, and turn-taking skills.
- Utilized multi-modal communication strategies (e.g., visual cues, sign support) to facilitate understanding and response consistency.
- Educated and counseled parents on consistent device use, troubleshooting cochlear implant issues, and strategies for promoting speech and language development at home
- Client 2: An 8-year-old boy with a speech sound disorder (difficulty producing /r/ sounds).
- Developed an individualized treatment plan targeting prevocalic, intervocalic, and postvocalic /r/ production, as well as generalization to spontaneous speech.
- Implemented evidence-based articulation therapy techniques, including: Phonetic placement techniques (visual and tactile cues to guide tongue placement), Minimal pairs therapy to improve awareness of contrastive sounds, Auditory discrimination activities to enhance self-monitoring and error recognition
- Created engaging therapy sessions incorporating high-interest topics and interactive activities to maintain motivation and participation.
