Sara Hamoudah

Speech-language pathologist with extensive experience in home health, special education, and outpatient clinical environments. Expertise in delivering tailored therapy for individuals with developmental disabilities and cognitive impairments. Focused on providing high-quality care within supportive and inclusive settings. Committed to ongoing professional development and integrating the latest advancements in speech-language pathology.

Graduate Student Clinician - 01/2022-04/2022

North Shore Pediatric Therapy - Evanston, IL

• Provided speech and language therapy services to clients with articulation, phonological, fluency, and language disorders as well as autism under the direct supervision of a licensed clinician.
• Implemented variety of evidence-based practices to achieve therapy goals for expressive & receptive language, articulation, fluency, AAC, & autism.
• Adapted therapy materials according to individual client needs for optimal learning experiences.
• Documented clients' progress toward meeting established treatment objectives using SOAP notes.
• Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team including: behavioral therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and social workers.

Graduate Student Clinician - 08/2021-12/2021

Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation - Granger, IN

• Provided speech and language services to students in grades preschool - 8th grade, under the direct supervision of a licensed clinician
• Collaborated with classroom teachers and other professionals to design and implement individualized educational plans.
• Documented student's progress toward meeting established treatment objectives.
• Built solid understanding of individual student deficits through analysis of speech and language evaluations.
• Gained extensive knowledge in treatment, assessment and analyzing.

Graduate Student Clinician - 08/2020-05/2021

Judd Leighton Speech and Language Clinic - Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN

• Provided speech and language therapy services to clients, ages pediatric - adolescent/adult years, under the direct supervision of a licensed clinician.
• Implemented the following evidence-based practice treatment programs for expressive & receptive language, articulation, and aphasic treatment: Enhanced Milieu Teaching, Naturalistic Interventions, Cycles Approach for articulation, Traditional Approach for articulation, Semantic Feature Analysis(SFA), Verb Network Strengthening Treat for Aphasia(VNeST), & Language-Specific Attention Treatment for Aphasia(LSAT).
• Documented client progress using SOAP notes, wrote personalized plans of care, and created diagnostic treatment plans.
• Communicated the client's progress with clients, parents, teachers, and other collaborators as part of a holistic approach to the treatment process.

• Certificate of Clinical Competence, ASHA- 09/2023
• Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist - 08/2023
• Temporary Speech-Langauge Pathologist - 08/2022
• Professional Educator License, ISBE - 09/2023