Experience

Therapy Source, Inc.

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Speech Language Pathologist (Independent Contractor)

  • Dec 2016 - Present

  •Manage school-based caseload with various disorders and needs including language disorders, phonological disorders, articulation disorders, fluency disorders, pragmatic deficits, and autism spectrum disorder. •Participate in individualized education program development and execution. •Manage school-based caseload with various disorders and needs including language disorders, phonological disorders, articulation disorders, fluency disorders, pragmatic deficits, and autism spectrum disorder. •Participate in individualized education program development and execution.



Jeffrey Dworkin Early Intervention Program

• Northern New Jersey Area

• Speech and Language Pathologist

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  •Provide home and community-based speech and language intervention for families and their children, birth to age three. •Collaborate with related professionals, and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings. •Complete all necessary documentation in accordance with institutional policies. •Provide home and community-based speech and language intervention for families and their children, birth to age three. •Collaborate with related professionals, and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings. •Complete all necessary documentation in accordance with institutional policies.



PARC - Pediatric and Adult Rehabilitation Center

• United States
• Education Management

• Speech and Language Pathologist

  • Dec 2016 - Aug 2017

  •Supervised graduate students completing their external field placements in preschool settings. •Supported graduate students as they developed their clinical skills in treatment, assessment, and program development. •Supervised graduate students completing their external field placements in preschool settings. •Supported graduate students as they developed their clinical skills in treatment, assessment, and program development.



The Arc Kohler School

• Speech and Language Pathologist

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2016

  • Evaluated communication deficits and feeding and swallowing impairments of preschool and school aged children in order to generate appropriate and individualized goals and to establish treatment plans. • Provided treatment for a wide range of communication and feeding and swallowing disorders. • Collaborated with individuals and their families, teachers, and related service providers to identify and adapt both low tech and high tech augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems to improve communication, access to the school curriculum, and/or control over the environment. • Functioned as part of a collaborative multidisciplinary treatment team. • Counseled families and collaborate with caregivers to plan and implement individualized home programs. • Attended annual IEP meetings to discuss student progress with teachers, parents, school administrators and case managers. • Maintained organized documentation and student files. Show less



One Brooklyn Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Speech and Language Pathologist

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Provided speech and language and swallowing services in acute care, acute rehabilitation, outpatient, and nursing home settings. • Conducted comprehensive diagnostic assessment of communication and swallowing disorders of both adult and pediatric patients. • Planned, developed and implemented comprehensive treatment for communication and swallowing disorders for both adult and pediatric populations. • Worked with patients, caregivers and families to implement home programs aimed at maximizing functional communication and swallow function for both adult and pediatric populations. • Completed all necessary documentation for both evaluation and treatment in accordance with institutional policies. Show less



Open Lines Speech and Communication PC

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Speech and Language Pathologist

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

  • Plan and provide group and individual speech and language, and swallowing therapy services to children diagnosed with a variety of speech and language, and swallowing impairments. • Write session notes, progress reports, and Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals for students with mandated speech services, and complete all other necessary documentation. • Collaborate with Response to Intervention teams to provide classroom strategies for at risk students, and determine appropriate referral for disability evaluations. • Attend annual IEP meetings to discuss student progress with teachers, parents and school administration. • Collaborate with families and caregivers to implement effective home programs. Show less



One Brooklyn Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Speech and Language Pathology Intern

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Evaluated, and planned and provided treatment for adults with swallowing disorders and a variety of communication disorders, including aphasia, cognitive-linguistic impairments, dysarthria, apraxia, stuttering, and organic voice disorders. • Evaluated, and planned and provided treatment for children aged 12 months to 3 years old. Primary goals of therapy included language stimulation, and transition from enteral to oral feeding. • Evaluated, and planned and provided treatment for adults with swallowing disorders and a variety of communication disorders, including aphasia, cognitive-linguistic impairments, dysarthria, apraxia, stuttering, and organic voice disorders. • Evaluated, and planned and provided treatment for children aged 12 months to 3 years old. Primary goals of therapy included language stimulation, and transition from enteral to oral feeding.



Elizabeth Seton Children’s

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Speech and Language Pathology Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Evaluated, and planned and provided treatment for children aged 12 months to 13 years old. Primary goals of therapy included: language stimulation, increasing sentence length, expanding vocabulary across all categories, using language for a variety of communicative functions, increasing swallow frequency, improving saliva management, and accepting therapeutic tastes. • Evaluated, and planned and provided treatment for children aged 12 months to 13 years old. Primary goals of therapy included: language stimulation, increasing sentence length, expanding vocabulary across all categories, using language for a variety of communicative functions, increasing swallow frequency, improving saliva management, and accepting therapeutic tastes.



P.S. 198

• Greater New York City Area

• Speech and Language Pathology Intern

  • Jan 2011 - May 2011

  • Provided language therapy to children in grades 1-5 with language disorders. Primary goals of therapy included: increasing sentence length, expanding vocabulary across all categories, demonstrating comprehension and appropriate use of descriptive concepts, demonstrating the ability to comprehend and respond appropriately to “wh” questions, demonstrating ability to find the main idea and elements of fiction, and using language for a variety of communicative functions. • Provided language therapy to children in grades 1-5 with language disorders. Primary goals of therapy included: increasing sentence length, expanding vocabulary across all categories, demonstrating comprehension and appropriate use of descriptive concepts, demonstrating the ability to comprehend and respond appropriately to “wh” questions, demonstrating ability to find the main idea and elements of fiction, and using language for a variety of communicative functions.



Edward D. Mysak Center for Communication Disorders

• Teachers College

• Graduate Student Clinician

  • May 2010 - May 2011

  Provided comprehensive assessments of children, aged 6 months to 3 years old, with delayed or disordered language, speech and eating skills. Primary goals of assessment included: describing functional strengths and problems in these developing skills, determining contributing causes for these problems, and recommending corrective treatments and home management strategies. Provided comprehensive assessments of children, aged 6 months to 3 years old, with delayed or disordered language, speech and eating skills. Primary goals of assessment included: describing functional strengths and problems in these developing skills, determining contributing causes for these problems, and recommending corrective treatments and home management strategies.



NYC DOE

• Brooklyn, New York

• Teacher

  • Sep 2007 - May 2009

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Step-by-Step Preschool

• Kingston, Jamaica

• Lead Teacher

  • Sep 2004 - Dec 2005

  • Taught full time in a general education classroom with children aged 2-3-years-old. Planned and implemented lessons facilitating learning through play • Periodically evaluated developmental milestones • Met with parents to discuss children’s progress and potential areas for growth • Taught full time in a general education classroom with children aged 2-3-years-old. Planned and implemented lessons facilitating learning through play • Periodically evaluated developmental milestones • Met with parents to discuss children’s progress and potential areas for growth