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Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wi, Us

Middleton, Wisconsin, United States

· Provide evidence-based assessment and intervention to 4K and elementary students for speech, language, AAC, and social communication in individual, group, and push-in settings across three elementary schools.· Collaborate with families, special education teachers, general education teachers, paraprofessionals, occupational therapists, and other specialists to exchange knowledge, expertise, and ideas while promoting student-centered services.· Train and assist IEP team members in strategies to target skills throughout the school day, including best practices for AAC use and instruction.

Baraboo, Wi

· Provided evidence-based assessment and intervention to preschool, 4K, and elementary students for speech, language, AAC, and social communication in individual, group, and push-in settings across a variety of schools.· Consulted with special education team members of 18- to 21-year old transition students regarding speech, language, and communication needs.· Collaborated with families and staff by coordinating meetings and opportunities to exchange updates, resources, and recommendations.· Managed IEPs for 30 students by facilitating IEP meetings, providing families with progress reports, and overseeing service implementation.· Developed distance learning materials, recommendations, and service provision strategies in response to COVID-19 school closures.

Austin, Texas Area

· Provided evidence-based assessment and intervention to elementary-age students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds for articulation, language, AAC, and social communication in both individual and group settings. · Collaborated with general and special education teachers to incorporate classroom curriculum and establish effective treatment approaches.· Participated in annual/review/dismissal (ARD) meetings, assisted in writing IEPs, and documented outcomes with SOAP notes, progress reports, and evaluation reports.

Austin, Texas

Pediatric Language• Developed functional intervention goals and strategies for bilingual preschool age clients with expressive/receptive language disorder.• Incorporated pre-linguistic and Enhanced Milieu strategies into treatment administration.• Implemented treatment focusing on narrative production. Pediatric Speech• Created functional goals and strategies for clients with an articulation disorder.• Managed treatment focused on accurate production of /r/ and dental fricative phonemes.• Encouraged self-monitoring and generalization. Adult Social Communication• Developed functional intervention goals and strategies for clients with developmental disorders including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).• Delivered intervention focused on social and pragmatic language use in a group setting.• Planned community outings around The University of Texas campus to promote generalization of skills. Adult Accent Modification• Created functional intervention goals and strategies for a bilingual client with hyper-nasal speech and hearing impairment.• Delivered treatment focused on discrimination and reduction of nasality.• Managed treatment focused on accurate productions of consonants and vowels in Standard American English. Project SKILLS• Implemented a parent training program aimed to increase social communication in children with ASD.• Provided information to parents about core deficits of ASD.• Trained parents during therapy sessions in naturalistic approaches such as Enhanced Milieu, prompting, and reinforcement.Project LINC-SLP• Collaborated with librarians to provide speech and language enrichment opportunities to local children at a local library.• Partnered with general education teacher to increase vocabulary and language skills of elementary students in a summer school program.• Promoted early literacy and parent-child literacy interactions while encouraging learner agency through Mediated Learning Experiences.

Austin, Texas

• Developed functional intervention goals and strategies for clients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke with varying needs. • Implemented treatment programs including Phonomotor Treatment, Semantic Feature Analysis, and Verb Network Strenghtening Treatment.• Facilitated group treatment sessions for clients with various speech, language, writing, cognitive, and comprehension goals. • Administered standardized and non-standarized assessments to determine skill levels, eligibility, and targets for treatment.

Madison, Wi

• Taught, played with, and cared for 9 children between the ages of 18 months and 2 years while working with 2 other teachers.• Created lessons to promote development in 7 areas including fine and gross motor abilities, social-emotional skills, and literacy and language.• Observed and recorded the development of 3 children in various domains to create a comprehensive portfolio of their developmental progress.• Collaborated with parents of children to keep them informed and to set developmental goals.

Madison, Wi

• Developed a research project which showed that adolescent females with Fragile X Syndrome have impaired eye gaze when compared to their peers with typical development. • Collaborated with Dr. Audra Sterling and lab partner to develop a reliable event-based coding system.• Presented research findings at the UW-Madison Undergraduate Symposium in April 2015.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Lead and facilitated small group Bible studies to 10 freshman students.• Presented a 30-minute message on a Bible passage to 100+ students and staff.• Maintained Facebook group and events to keep members updated about organization events.• Attended conferences and workshops to improve character qualities in leadership.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Encourage positive growth and development for children ranging between the ages of 6 weeks and 10 years by offering ample opportunity to learn and play in a nurturing environment.• Communicate with 30 other teachers while working with a different classroom each day as needed in order to ensure children are receiving sufficient attention and well-formulated lessons.

Southeast Asia

• Lived with 3 local families on 3 separate islands and came to know and care for them amidst a language barrier.• Learned about and respected the culture by participating in dances, eating the food, and discussing religion.• Served the communities by completing 3 work projects such as building a new sidewalk or sports court.

Baraboo, Wi

• Supervised about 150 patrons daily at the outdoor swimming facility to ensure their safety and satisfaction.• Provided prompt and friendly service to those 150 patrons when they entered the facility or asked questions.• Taught 4 classes of swim lessons per day to groups of 10 children between the ages of 3 and 14.• Developed lesson plans in advance, incorporating individual needs of each child so as to serve them to my best ability.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Helped 5 middle school students with disabilities during the after school program as a service learning project.• Assisted 20 7th graders with homework in language arts, social studies, and math.

Baraboo, Wi

• Corresponded with a group of 20 various business and community professionals of Sauk County throughout the course of the 9 month program.• Explored different areas of leadership within the community, ranging from the agriculture industry to the health care system to the local government, in order to grasp what effective leadership can be and to gain an understanding of how communities work together.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist, 4.0/4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Lessons on Instructional Collaboration for Speech Language Pathologists (Project LINC-SLP)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Human Development And Family Studies; Communication Sciences And Disorders, 3.8/4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: National Student Speech Language Hearing Association; Force For Freedom: An Abolitionist Movement Graduated.