Experience

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  Choices In Learning

  • Winter Springs, FL

  • Speech Language Pathologist

    • Feb 2019 - Present
    • Winter Springs, FL

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  United Cerebral Palsy

  • Winter Garden, FL

  • Speech Language Pathologist

    • Sep 2017 - 2019
    • Winter Garden, FL

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  Florida Hospital In Patient Pediatrics

  • Greater Orlando

  • Externship

    • May 2017 - Sep 2017
    • Greater Orlando

    Speech intern with in-patient pediatrics. Provided therapy for children birth-18 with specific experience within the NICU at Florida Hospital South.
    
    Therapy included oral stimulation to assist in readiness for feeding in premature and full term infants, feeding and swallowing therapy in infants and adolescence, speech/language therapy for children with neurologic based deficits, as well as cognitive therapy in children.
    
    Experienced working with children with multiple co-morbidities, including respiratory and heart disorders, neurologic disorders, feeding tubes including G-tubes with nissen fundoplication surgeries, handling patients with central lines, and vocal fold paralysis in children.
    
    Experienced co-treating with OT and PT and reinforcing their goals within my treatments.

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  Lutheran Haven Skilled Nursing Facility

  • Oviedo, Fl

  • Intern

    • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
    • Oviedo, Fl

    Part time internship under supervision of licensed SLP directly providing therapy to patients with a range of disorders and etiologies including Alzheimer's, cognitive decline, blindness, deafness, and dysphagia. Therapy included spaced retrieval, compensatory strategies for swallowing, AAC, and cognitive therapy. Experience in co-treating with OT and PT as well as maximizing the patient's potential through reinforcement of learned precautions and safety awareness. Helped communicate with a variety of staff, including nursing and dietary, as well as caregiver education to help streamline patient progress and ensure everyone was in agreeance with plan of care.

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  UCF Communication Disorders Clinic

  • Student Clinician

    • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Experience with providing skilled therapy and evaluations for language, articulation, voice, cognition, AAC, and aphasia. Knowledge of documentation, reports and billing procedures. Experience with: Childhood Apraxia of Speech as well as acquired Apraxia. Group therapy in the Aphasia House including working with stroke survivors with moderate to severe aphasia. Therapy techniques for clients with dysarthria and dementia. Early intervention speech and language screenings of pre-school aged children. Knowledge in Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices such as TouchChat, Proloquo2Go, and Compass for use with a variety of different clients.Language and literacy intervention in clients from Pre-School to High School.