Clinical Faculty

• Aug 2023 - Present

Speech Language Pathologist

• Nov 2016 - Aug 2023

• Conducts assessments and provides treatment to students with communication disorders. • Designs and implements individualized treatment plans based on students' needs. • Collaborates with teachers, parents, and other professionals to support students' communication goals. • Conducts workshops and training sessions for teachers and staff on speech and language development, special education, and use of documentation system. • Supervises and mentors graduate students in their clinical placements; provides feedback, support, and guidance in their clinical development; evaluates and assesses students' clinical performance, providing constructive feedback to facilitate growth and improvement. Show less

Speech Language Pathologist

• Apr 2015 - Nov 2016

• Conducts speech, language, cognition, hearing, and bedside dysphagia screenings • Conducts comprehensive diagnostic speech, language, hearing, cognition, and dysphagia evaluations; including patient and family interviews, medical chart reviews, dynamic assessments, and administration of standardized tests • Treats a diverse patient population diagnosed with a wide variety of communication, cognitive, swallowing, hearing, and voice disorders • Completes skilled documentation through Rehab Optima software • Participates in interdisciplinary patient care meetings • Develops and conducts programming for staff education Show less

Speech Language Pathologist

• Jul 2014 - Apr 2015

• Conducted speech, language, cognition, hearing, and bedside dysphagia screenings • Conducted comprehensive diagnostic speech, language, hearing, cognition, and dysphagia evaluations; including patient and family interviews, medical chart reviews, dynamic assessments, and administration of standardized tests • Treated a diverse patient population diagnosed with a wide variety of communication, cognitive, swallowing, hearing, and voice disorders • Completed skilled documentation through Rehab Optima software • Participated in interdisciplinary patient care meetings • Developed and conducted programming for staff education Show less

Graduate Student Clinician

• Feb 2014 - May 2014

•Conducts medical chart reviews •Assists in administration of bedside and outpatient Flexible Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES) and Flexible Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing with Sensory Testing (FEESST) •Counsels patients/caregivers in FEES/FEESST procedure rationale and outcomes •Developed FEES/FEESST protocols in Spanish, French, and German for staff usage •Conducts medical chart reviews •Assists in administration of bedside and outpatient Flexible Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES) and Flexible Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing with Sensory Testing (FEESST) •Counsels patients/caregivers in FEES/FEESST procedure rationale and outcomes •Developed FEES/FEESST protocols in Spanish, French, and German for staff usage

Graduate Student Clinician

• Feb 2014 - May 2014

•Treats a diverse patient population diagnosed with a wide variety of communication, cognitive, swallowing, and voice disorders •Conducts speech and language screenings and bedside dysphagia screenings •Completes treatment notes through Rehab Optima software to track patient progress •Changes tracheostomy tubes under the supervision of respiratory therapist •Treats a diverse patient population diagnosed with a wide variety of communication, cognitive, swallowing, and voice disorders •Conducts speech and language screenings and bedside dysphagia screenings •Completes treatment notes through Rehab Optima software to track patient progress •Changes tracheostomy tubes under the supervision of respiratory therapist

Graduate Student Clinician

• Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

•Treated middle school students diagnosed with multiple disabilities, including autism, intellectual disability, language delay, articulation and phonological disorders, hearing impairment, and cognitive delay •Treated students in individual and group push-in and pull-out sessions •Assessed students using variety of formal and informal diagnostic tests •Created and utilized variety of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices •Treated middle school students diagnosed with multiple disabilities, including autism, intellectual disability, language delay, articulation and phonological disorders, hearing impairment, and cognitive delay •Treated students in individual and group push-in and pull-out sessions •Assessed students using variety of formal and informal diagnostic tests •Created and utilized variety of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices

Graduate Student Clinician

• May 2013 - Aug 2013

•Provided bilingual speech-language therapy services to clients aged birth to 21, including children diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech; cleft palate; autism spectrum disorder; selective mutism; articulatory, phonological, social/pragmatic, and language disorders; as well as non-verbal children (using AAC devices) •Conducted bilingual comprehensive diagnostic speech, language and feeding evaluations, including parent interviews, dynamic assessments, and administration of formal tests •Wrote daily progress notes, treatment plans, treatment reviews, and formal evaluation reports •Participated in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings Show less