Kelly Breen Email & Phone Number

Northbrook, Illinois

Greater Chicago Area

Chicago, Il

Frederick Stock Early Childhood Program September 2010 – • Provide diagnostic and therapeutic services to preschool aged children with diagnoses ranging from speech sound disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, developmental and acquired apraxia of speech, language delays, and other developmental delays, syndromes, and disorders.• Make referrals for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, write and implement IEP goals for AAC, train staff and families in the use of AAC devices.• Participate in enrollment meetings, classroom consultation meetings, IEP meetings including domain, initial and three-year assessments, annual reviews, and progress review meetings.• Co-treat with occupational therapy, social work, and physical therapy to implement sensory diets, incorporate life skills into sessions, and provide positioning for breath support and access to AAC devices.• Plan and lead yoga language stimulation groups with an Occupational Therapist.Mancel Talcott Elementary October 2009 – September 2010• Provided therapeutic and diagnostic services to school-aged children in the areas of articulation, language, auditory processing. Services were provided in both private/pull-out setting, and within small and large groups in classroom.• Made referrals for AAC devices, wrote and implemented IEP goals for AAC, train staff and families in the use of AAC devices.• Participated in enrollment meetings, classroom consultation meetings, IEP meetings including domain, initial and three-year assessments, annual reviews, and progress review meetings.• Participated in weekly special education meetings, which included individual student-problem solving, implementation of vocational training activities, and planning of community involvement and trips.

Niles, Il

• Provided diagnostic and therapeutic services in the areas of speech, language, and feeding to children in the Early Intervention program in the home and clinic setting.• Participated in IFSP meetings with families and other services providers to develop and implement initial service plans as well as 6-month reviews of progress, change of services, and discharge/transitions to the public schools.• Provided diagnostic and therapeutic services to school-aged children in the areas of speech and language, AAC, pragmatics, and feeding.

M.S., Speech-Language Pathology

B.S., Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology