Casey Williams Email & Phone Number

• Evaluate & provide individualized speech-language therapy to students in preschool through 5th grade with receptive-expressive language delays, speech sound disorders (articulation, phonological, and Childhood Apraxia of Speech), fluency disorders, learning disabilities, cognitive impairments, and autism spectrum disorder• Service the resource room within G.T. Norman Elementary by providing individualized interventions for both verbal and nonverbal children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. • Facilitate social skills groups with the school social worker targeting pragmatic language goals, such as turn taking, topic initiation, topic maintenance, etc. • Complete daily therapy logs, Medicaid service logs, progress reports, Individualized Education Plans, Nonpublic Service Plans, and Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team Reports. • Took leadership role in development of Procedures Manual & Parent Handbook as a part of the Corrective Action Plan in response to an audit of the Reed City Special Education Department• Develop home programs and resource packets for parents of children receiving speech and language services• Participate in professional development regarding the legal and ethical obligations of service providers within the special education setting

Grand Haven, Mi

•Provided assessment and developed functional intervention plans and home exercise programs for adults with cognitive communicative deficits (secondary to stroke or degenerative diseases), dysphagia, voice disorders, and aphasia (secondary to TBI or stroke)•Delivered evaluation and treatment for children of all ages with disorders of expressive/receptive language (secondary to autism, severe prematurity, or rare syndromes), fluency, articulation, swallowing, and cognition (secondary to TBI)•Assisted with and documented various modified barium swallow studies to determine presence or absence of aspiration/penetration, as well as recommend least restrictive diet•Learned principles of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment-LOUD, as well as Beckman Oral Motor Assessment & Intervention due to supervisor certification in programs•Worked in inpatient, outpatient, skilled nursing and home care settings •Exposure to and participation in inter-professional team collaboration, professional documentation and billing procedures

Central Michigan University

•Completed informal assessments and created functional intervention for teenage female with receptive/expressive language delay and social deficits secondary to Autism diagnosis•Provided feeding therapy targeting development of oral motor skills and increasing PO intake for 12-15 month old patient with dysphagia secondary to Down syndrome & prematurity•Performed multiple laryngeal video stroboscopies with rigid endoscope following 1:1 training with professor and Dean of Communication Disorders Program•Analyzed speech sample to identify type and severity of disfluencies of school-aged patient with fluency disorder and conducted intervention to increase awareness of disfluencies, use of fluency shaping techniques, and identification/exploration of feelings regarding disfluencies

Central Michigan University

•Provided intensive treatment to patient with childhood apraxia of speech and autism to improve overall intelligibility, language deficits, and social awareness•Delivered traditional articulation and voice therapy to patient with Spina Bifida, dysphagia, and other medically compromising conditions to increase patient’s overall speech intelligibility

Central Michigan University

•Administered formal and informal evaluation measures to assess speech, language, and hearing in potential SSC participants ages 3-6 years with disorders of receptive/expressive language, articulation, and fluency•Analyzed results of assessments to recommend if patient’s met inclusion criteria for participation in SSC

Alma, Mi

•Conducted individual and group assessment and intervention services for residents with the following disorders: Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, neurogenic stuttering, aphasia, and cognitive-communication deficits

Central Michigan University

•Evaluated and provided treatment for male-to-female transgender client using voice analysis software targeting the increase of fundamental frequency and inflection of voice

Central Michigan University

•Diagnosed and provided intervention services for receptive-expressive language delay for child with Down syndrome using American Sign Language in conjunction with focused stimulation technique •Facilitated diagnosis and treatment for client with cleft palate and concomitant articulation difficulties

Mt. Pleasant, Mi

•Facilitated articulation-based individual and small group therapy for kindergarten-aged children •Developed functional individual and group activities for bi-weekly session at the elementary school