Clinical Fellow Speech Language Pathologist

• Sep 2020 - Present

SLP Graduate Student Clinician

• Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

• Conduct comprehensive diagnostic speech and language evaluations on pediatric populations in outpatient hospital setting • Administer and interpret standardized (e.g., Word Test-2, Language Comprehension Test) and non-standardized assessments to collect baseline data for treatment planning and eligibility for IEP services • Participate in administering Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) to evaluate severity and presence of atypical behaviors • Provide individual and group treatment sessions to pediatric populations (i.e., age 0 to 21 years) with autism, mixed expressive/receptive language disorders, social communication deficits, apraxia, literacy impairments, ADHD, and fluency disorders • Provide group feeding therapy to facilitate positive mealtime experience, safe and efficient swallows and increase the range of food textures for children with sensory aversions and oral phase difficulties (e.g., bolus manipulation, containment, transport) • Work with an interdisciplinary team (e.g., developmental pediatricians, psychologists, social workers, occupation and physical therapists), caregivers, clients, and supervisors to formulate individualized treatment plans • Integrate Social Thinking, a cognitive behavioral approach, to teach complex social concepts to children with pragmatic deficits • Participate in round tables at team meetings to discuss client information, treatment options, recommendations, and research • Implement individual and group treatment sessions through telehealth services Show less

SLP Graduate Student Clinician

• Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

• Community initiative organized by NYU to provide speech, language, swallowing services to patients with Huntington’s Disease under the supervision of Peter Rahanis, M.S., CCC-SLP • Actively worked with patients to promote functional expressive and receptive language utilizing a range of communication strategies • Conducted bedside swallow evaluations to assess patients’ safety and efficiency of the swallowing mechanism and assist with feeding • Collaborated with co-clinicians to implement goals in group settings • Developed low-tech communication device for individual client to facilitate functional communication and improve quality Show less

SLP Graduate Student Clinician

• Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

• Conducted comprehensive diagnostic speech and language evaluations on pediatric and adult populations • Administered and interpreted standardized and non-standardized assessments to collect baseline data for treatment planning • Provided treatment sessions to pediatric and adult populations with a range of disorders and concerns (e.g., aphasia, autism, intellectual disability) in the areas of speech sound production, apraxia, expressive/receptive language, and voice modification • Collaborated with parents, caregivers, clients, and supervisors to formulate individualized treatment plans • Integrated thematic language stimulation and positive behavioral interactions throughout sessions to promote an environment conducive to learning and achievement of treatment goals • Reported and maintained records of assessment and treatment results to track client progress and document implemented goals • Conducted hearing screenings, audiological evaluations, and tympanometry tests to assess adult and pediatric auditory functioning • Assisted with clinical immersions workshops for pediatric screeners to support NYU online students Show less

SLP Graduate Student Clinician

• Nov 2019 - Nov 2019

• Community initiative organized to observe live VFSS conducted by Cindy Gantz, M.S., CCC-SLP, identify safety/efficiency impairments, formulate reports according to EPIC clinical documentation software guidelines • Applied MBSImp training to classify salient components of physiological swallow to assess presence and severity of swallowing deficits and provide recommendations • Community initiative organized to observe live VFSS conducted by Cindy Gantz, M.S., CCC-SLP, identify safety/efficiency impairments, formulate reports according to EPIC clinical documentation software guidelines • Applied MBSImp training to classify salient components of physiological swallow to assess presence and severity of swallowing deficits and provide recommendations

SLP Graduate Student Clinician

• Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

• Community initiative organized by NYU under the supervision of Julie Jackson, M.S., CCC-SLP to coordinate thematic language activities to elicit language in the classroom setting • Led group time for pre-kindergarten children to facilitate a language rich environment using hands-on and joint book-reading activities • Community initiative organized by NYU under the supervision of Julie Jackson, M.S., CCC-SLP to coordinate thematic language activities to elicit language in the classroom setting • Led group time for pre-kindergarten children to facilitate a language rich environment using hands-on and joint book-reading activities

Volunteer

• Nov 2017 - May 2018

• Actively worked with children/adults on the autism spectrum to enhance verbal and non-verbal communication • Used augmentative and alternative communication devices to help facilitate interactions between students • Actively worked with children/adults on the autism spectrum to enhance verbal and non-verbal communication • Used augmentative and alternative communication devices to help facilitate interactions between students