Experience

The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis

• Lead Speech-Language Pathologist

  • Mar 2009 - Present

  Inpatient Rehab Float SLP. Evaluation and treatment of adults with speech, language, cognitive, swallowing, and voice impairments of varying severities. Promotion to Therapy Team Lead of Speech Therapy in November 2014. Additional responsibilities include training of all new SLP staff members and competency coordinator. Inpatient Rehab Float SLP. Evaluation and treatment of adults with speech, language, cognitive, swallowing, and voice impairments of varying severities. Promotion to Therapy Team Lead of Speech Therapy in November 2014. Additional responsibilities include training of all new SLP staff members and competency coordinator.



The Rehabilitation Institute

• Clinician II

  • Mar 2009 - Present

  Provided therapy in both inpatient and outpatient clinical settings to patients aged 15 to 90+ years old Conducted formal and informal evaluations on adult patients with cognitive deficits, speech and language impairments, swallowing difficulties, voice impairments, and social difficulties Experience working with adults with diagnoses of apraxia, aphasia, dysphagia, dysarthria, dementia, and cognitive deficits Implemented various individual and group treatment techniques to address multiple deficits including memory, attention, executive functions, word retrieval difficulties, and motor planning impairments Provided education, training, and supplied additional resources about brain injury to patients and families In charge of administering SLP initial and annual competencies Show less