Loretta Jacobs Email & Phone Number

Natick, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

• Administered comprehensive diagnostic battery to evaluate receptive and expressive verbal and written language abilities, cognitive skills, and motor speech patterns of clients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders• Analyzed results of evaluations and treatment data to prepare diagnostic reports and/or SOAP notes and develop treatment goals and strategies• Synthesized information from diagnostic assessments, informant report, record review, clinical observations, and current research in order to determine communication goals and appropriate therapeutic techniques to address the needs of people with aphasia and/or motor speech disorders• Planned and implemented treatment using the life participation approach to aphasia and total communication approach to address functional communication needs of people with acquired communication disorders• Developed and implemented multi-modality materials to treat and/or aid functional communication skills• Collaborated with fellow student clinicians to plan and implement group therapy for people with acquired communication disorders• Collaborated with students of physical and occupational therapy at MGH in order to provide information regarding communication needs during treatment, receive insight regarding motor and sensory functioning and goals, and to increase the quality and coherence of client care

Waltham, Ma

• Administered dynamic assessment, formal, and informal clinical evaluation measures to determine augmentative and/or alternative communication support and intervention needs• Applied feature match analysis approach in order to determine individual needs of clients and select appropriate communication tools and technologies• Synthesized and prepared background information, medical history, communication status, clinical evaluation results, and assessment of needs in report formats in order to make recommendations regarding augmentative and/or alternative communication equipment, implementation, and/or additional supports• Assisted in customizations and/or development of low and/or high tech augmentative and alternative communication tools and devices• Planned and implemented speech-generating device trial therapy sessions for augmentative and alternative communication users• Planned and implemented therapy sessions with early speech-generating device users• Conducted parent and/or caregiver interviews regarding medical history, educational/therapeutic services, and unaided and/or aided communication development, experience, and needs in order to determine assessment approaches, family/team goals, and potential intervention approaches• Conducted caregiver interviews, clinical evaluations, and therapy sessions with the assistance of interpreters in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, and Chinese• Collaborated with family and educational/therapeutic providers in developing augmentative and/or alternative communication strategies and provides education regarding implementation and use of augmentative and/or alternative communication tools and techniques• Provided guidance to school teams on integration of augmentative and/or alternative communication into IEP objectives and educational treatment plans

Boston, Ma

• Administered diagnostic test batteries for speech and verbal language, including formal & informal measures (e.g. CELF, CELF Preschool, Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation, Expressive and Receptive One-Word Vocabulary tests, Social Thinking Assessments, speech/language sample analysis, etc.)• Administered dynamic assessments in order to determine learning strengths and preferences and appropriate classroom accommodations, and to select appropriate therapeutic supports and approaches• Synthesized and prepared diagnostic results in an evaluation report and/or progress note format• Developed IEP goals to align with academic curriculum in collaboration with supervisors, educators, physical/occupational therapists, and caregivers• Planned and implemented language and/or social communication intervention for groups with varying communicative and/or behavioral needs using principles of universal design for learning• Provided group and individual intervention for culturally and linguistically diverse students• Planned and implemented speech intervention for students with speech sound disorders and language disorders• Developed and implemented speech/language intervention designed to support educational and vocational success, reinforce curriculum, and target speech and/or language goals, using both “push-in” and “pull-out” models

Boston, Ma

• Administered diagnostic test batteries for speech production, spoken receptive and expressive language, and written receptive and expressive language, including formal & informal measures (e.g. PLS-5, Rosetti Infant-Toddler Scales, CASL, CELF-5, WRMT-3, CTOPP-2, Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation, PAL-2, PPVT, TOWRE, PAT-2, TWS-4, dynamic assessments, free play assessments, speech/language sample analysis, Templin’s Token Ratio, etc.)• Synthesized and prepared diagnostic results in a diagnostic report and/or progress note format• Planned and implemented intervention using a multi-sensory approach for school-age client with speech, language, and cognitive deficits• Planned and implemented Orton-Gillingham based treatment using a multisensory approach for school-age client with reading and writing difficulties• Conducted family meetings to present diagnostic and progress information

Wooster, Oh

• Assisted with exercise treatment routines for clients of all ages with sports-related injuries, carpel tunnel syndrome, arthritis, physical disabilities, and recent orthopedic surgeries• Administered electrotherapy, therapeutic ultrasound, and heat and ice therapy• Experience with office maintenance and administrative duties

New York, Ny

• Administered dynamic evaluation and informal measures for language and communication to college students with various autism spectrum disorders• Planned and implemented group intervention using interactive and multi-sensory techniques to college students with diagnoses along the autism spectrum• Evaluated speech and language differences in adult native Mandarin speaker seeking accent reduction• Planned and implemented accent reduction intervention for Chinese graduate student using a traditional articulation therapy approach• Planned and implemented intervention to address linguistic and suprasegmental differences in native Mandarin speaker using a multisensory approach

Smithtown, Ny

• One-on-one aide for two-year-old child with multi-modality disabilities and feeding difficulties• Assisted with lessons, feeding, changing, and caring for students at preschool and school-age levels, aged 2-21, with multi-modality disabilities and various communicative and cognitive needs• Experience with feeding techniques for students with feeding and swallowing disorders• Experience with alternative communication methods, such as communication boards and Dynavox systems• Experience with assistive equipment, such as supine boards, Pacer gait trainers, wheelchairs, car seats, etc.• Experience with adaptive equipment for writing, reading, feeding, swimming, etc.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication Sciences And Disorders, General

Activities and Societies: National Student Speech Language Hearing Association, Sigma Delta Tau - Delta Theta Chapter