Experience

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  Ascend Rehab Services, Inc.

  • Preschool Speech-Language Pathologist

    • Aug 2022 - Present

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  Maryland School for the Deaf

  • Ellicott City, Maryland, United States

  • Graduate Student Clinician

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Ellicott City, Maryland, United States

    · Provide intervention to a variety of speech and language disorders secondary to hearing loss · Participate in Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) · Assist in establishing augmentative and alternative communication techniques · Provide visual inspection of amplification devices for the purpose of troubleshooting, including verification of appropriate battery voltage· Apply first and second language teaching strategies to teaching English through ASL · Implemented evaluation techniques for general pediatric population, students with autism, and high intensity needs· Consult with supervisors and multidisciplinary teams regarding patient therapy and progress

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  East Carolina University Speech-Language Hearing Clinic

  • Greenville, North Carolina, United States

  • Graduate Student Clinician

    • Aug 2020 - Dec 2021
    • Greenville, North Carolina, United States

    · Treated children and adults with hearing, cognitive, language, and speech deficits · Formulated short term and long term therapy goals, utilized skilled interventions, and completed professional reports · Administered standardized tests to assess receptive and expressive vocabulary skills, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, written skills, articulation, phonological awareness skills, and oral language · Effectively educated parents on goals and home programs to increase independence

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  Vidant Health

  • Greenville, North Carolina, United States

  • Graduate Student Clinician

    • May 2021 - Jul 2021
    • Greenville, North Carolina, United States

    · Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team to focus on the diagnosis and treatment of adults and children with dysphagia and speech and language deficits in the outpatient, in-patient, and acute setting· Conducted assessments of adults with aphasia and right hemisphere syndrome· Implemented interventions to patients with cognitive and voice disorders· Provided skilled patient/caregiver education, counseling, and training· Experience with Vital Stim, Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS), and FEES· Assisted with LSVT treatment for patient with Parkinson’s Disease

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  East Carolina University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    • Aug 2020 - May 2021

    Student works with assigned faculty member with grading homework & exams, proctor for tests, participate in the counseling/consulting of students, perform tutoring for 1-2 hours a week, and provide support for lecture setup.

  • Resident Advisor

    • Aug 2017 - Aug 2020

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  East Carolina University - Speech Perception Lab

  • Greenville, North Carolina Area

  • Research Assistant

    • Jan 2019 - May 2020
    • Greenville, North Carolina Area

    · Analysis of listener’s speech perception of dialect variation and organize data · Thomas, M. (2019, April). Tense and Lax Vowel Identification Errors in Regional Dialects of English. Poster session presented at the 3rd annual meeting of College of Allied Health Sciences Research Day

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  University of Maryland Center for Young Children

  • College Park, MD

  • Intern

    • May 2018 - Aug 2018
    • College Park, MD

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  D.H. Conley High School

  • Greenville, North Carolina Area

  • Intern

    • Jan 2018 - May 2018
    • Greenville, North Carolina Area

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  James E. Duckworth Special Education

  • Beltsville, MD

  • Intern

    • Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
    • Beltsville, MD