Experience

San Diego Occupational Therapy Inc

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

• Speech Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Population: ASD, AAC, CAS, GLP, articulation, phonology, language, pragmatics, fluency, sensory processing, ADHD, myofunctional, muscular dystrophy, dysarthria, angelman syndrome, cerebral palsy, ID, and DD. Assessed, wrote reports, progress notes, home programs, and educated caregivers. Provided speech therapy services to children in a play-based environment, frequently co-treated with OT/PT. Built strong rapport and connected with children through positive sensory experiences. Collaborated with OT and PT during planning, treatment, and monitoring of clients’ progress. Planned and managed interdisciplinary social groups involving 4-5 children, to target inferencing, problem solving, teamwork, and self-advocacy skills Modeled on AAC (i.e. TouchChat and low-tech) to support functional communication skills. Recorded/monitored progress toward goals with comprehensive/objective SOAP notes. Reprogram AAC (i.e. TouchChat) to support motor planning, autonomous communication, and GLP. Document clients’ gestalts by consistently taking samples and analyzing language to identify their progression through the stages of Natural Language Acquisition (NLA). Conduct research for evaluation/treatment in areas of GLP, NLA, CAS, dysarthria, and AAC. Provide aquatic therapy, targeting a variety of speech and language goals, using child-led strategies. Facilitate toddler group of 7 children with OT/PT while supporting regulation and authentic peer interactions. Create instagram/blog posts to provide education on a variety of speech and language topics. Use flexibility and problem solving to support development of the speech department at an OT clinic. Show less


California State University San Marcos
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2020 - Nov 2022

Care.com
• United States
• Consumer Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Nanny

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2020

San Francisco State University
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Lifeguard

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018