Katelyn Jacobson (Lorenz) Email & Phone Number

Eau Claire, Wi, Us

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

Menomonie, Wisconsin, United States

• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) awarded by ASHA in July 2021• Provide communication assessment and treatment to children ages 3-21 years, specializing in therapy for children with intellectual disabilities• Collaborate regularly with families, teachers, and other service providers to ensure holistic, functional, and individual child-centered treatment

Waisman Center

• Assess speech, language, hearing, and cognitive functioning of adults with Down Syndrome between the ages of 18-25• Score communication assessments and analyze data collected for the Down Syndrome Research Study• Write manuscript on the relationship between language and executive functioning in young adults with Down Syndrome

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Provided individual and group, push-in and pull-out intervention to children with speech sound and phonological disorders, specific language impairment, language learning disorder, Autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other developmental disabilities • Gradually took responsibility for supervisor’s caseload of 25+ children grades K-5• Facilitated multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) for children, parents, and educators by regularly communicating with parents and educators, providing speech and language screenings to all children within a grade, and frequently monitoring a child’s progress to determine appropriate levels of support in and out of the classroom• Collected speech and language data, documented the student’s progress and illustrated the student’s strengths, and led the meeting for an annual IEP of a student on caseload• Designed and implemented six AAC CORE adapted books into weekly sessions for children using communication devices to infuse CORE word knowledge and literacy skills in intervention

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Assessed speech sound production with standardized speech assessments to analyze developmental errors, phonological patterns, obligatory errors, and compensatory errors of elementary school children with repaired cleft lip and/or cleft palate• Interpreted the results of the MacKay Kummer- SNAP Test nasometric assessment to determine the oral and nasal resonance of children with velopharyngeal dysfunction• Collaborated with Hmong and Spanish-speaking interpreters to counsel parents of newborn infants with cleft palate about feeding strategies, including equipment and positioning• Consulted with otolaryngologists, audiologists, plastic surgeons, social workers, and genetic counselors to coordinate plan of care for infants and children with craniofacial anomalies

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Completed comprehensive voice and swallow assessments for typically developing children and children with complex medical needs, Down syndrome, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, Stickler syndrome, Pierre Robin sequence, Craniosynostosis, traumatic brain injury, autism spectrum disorder, neurofibromatosis, and cerebral palsy• Designed and executed intervention for children with voice disorders, paradoxical vocal fold motion, cleft palate-related speech sound disorders, and behavioral cough• Collaborated with otolaryngologists, nurse practitioners, and medical assistants to assess infants and children with various structural and functional abnormalities of the upper respiratory system• Interpreted findings of FEES and VFSS for infants and children with oropharyngeal dysphagia, laryngomalacia, and tracheoesophageal fistula to make appropriate feeding recommendations

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Facilitated standardized language assessments and evidence-based intervention, including enhanced milieu teaching and focused stimulation, for children with speech sound disorders, expressive and receptive language delay, and recently activated bilateral cochlear implants (aural habilitation) in a preschool group based on HighScope Curriculum• Provided evidence-based intervention, including phonomotor treatment and supported conversation for adults with aphasia, to adults with pure word deafness, mixed nonfluent aphasia, apraxia of speech, and acquired hearing loss in both individual and group settings• Implemented the Orton Gillingham Approach to improve literacy and writing skills of a school-aged child with dyslexia and dysgraphia • Collaborated with physical therapy and occupational therapy graduate student clinicians to co-treat an adult with a traumatic brain injury resulting in cognitive communication impairment, moderate dysphonia characterized by breathiness and asthenia, and mild dysarthria

Rock Island, Illinois

• Administered standardized and dynamic assessments and constructed intervention activities for children with speech sound disorders, childhood apraxia of speech with comorbid deafness and bilateral cochlear implants, developmental language disorders, and social language disorders• Collected numerous language samples and analyzed the samples with SALT in order to establish appropriate expressive and receptive language goals for children between the ages of 4-7

Master'S Degree, Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist, 4.0

Activities and Societies: National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association- Completed a two-year, five-semester Master's education.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication Sciences And Disorders, General, 3.99

Activities and Societies: Communication Sciences and Disorders teaching assistant, Psychology/Neuroscience research assistant, American.

Study Abroad, Neuroscience; Philosophy

• From November 2016-May 2017 at Augustana College, developed and directed an independent neuroscience research study on risk-taking.