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Allen, Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

•Gathered informal assessment information about patient’s swallow functioning, problems, and concerns•Administered Modified Barium Swallow Studies to patients presenting with various pathologies•Explained procedures of MBS to patients beforehand to ensure smooth facilitation of study•Followed MBS protocol during study to aid in standardization of procedure methods throughout facility•Trialed compensatory strategies during study to determine effectiveness of decreasing risk of aspiration

Dallas, Texas, United States

•Planned and conducted group and individual therapy sessions to individuals with various disorders (intellectual disability, specific language impairment, fluency, autism, Down syndrome, and more)•Attended Admission, Review, and Dismissal meetings for clients and provided information on child’s communication abilities•Formally and informally evaluated social language usage for children with autism and social language deficits•Led group sessions with an 18+ classroom to facilitate workforce entry and community engagement

Dallas, Texas, United States

Teaching Assistant in the Preverbal Program for children ages 2-4 in the prelinguistic stages of language learning. •Provided guidance to student clinicians during intervention sessions as needed•Communicated with parents on program details and answered questions or concerns •Gathered data from prospective parents and managed a waitlist of potential clients •Inputted CPT/ICD-10 codes and documentation data into billing and insurance platform

Dallas, Texas, United States

The Youth Brain Health Project- Dr. Sandy Chapman•Analyzed and interpreted data about brain health from participants•Utilized standardized scoring system to compute participant performance on assessments•Collaborated with a team to determine discrepancies in scoring procedures to increase uniformity

Anna, Texas, United States

Transition to Independent Living Skills team• Conducted and documented intervention services to inpatient-residential, outpatient, and supported living clients twice daily targeting cognition, speech, language and dysphagia• Educated patients on compensatory strategies (e.g. chin tuck) and incorporated dysphagia exercises (e.g. Masako maneuver, effortful swallow, pitch glides) into therapy to improve swallowing function• Facilitated use of devices targeting breath support and dysphagia management (e.g. Iowa Oral Pressure Instrument, Expiratory Muscle Strength Training, incentive spirometer)• Provided clinical judgement to interdisciplinary team when making plan of care and discharge decisions• Utilized formal and informal evaluation tools to assess patient’s communicative and cognitive functioning (Mayo Portland Adaptability Inventory, Pate Environmentally Relevant Program Outcome System)

Frisco, Texas, United States

• Provided individualized intervention sessions with a patient-centered focus to facilitate community re-entry• Planned and led group activities for patients presenting with various disorders (e.g. aphasia, apraxia, cognitive communication)• Documented patient progress and adjusted visual, verbal and tactile cueing throughout sessions as needed• Targeted higher level cognitive skills required for individuals to return to work (e.g. attention to detail, problem solving, memory) and provided therapy activities specific to their job requirements• Worked on an interdisciplinary team to improve patient’s overall function and quality of life

Dallas, Texas, United States

Student Clinician for the Preverbal Program for children ages 2-4 in the prelinguistic stages of language learning. •Established individualized goals to improve client’s expressive, receptive, and social language skills•Led parent coaching sessions via teletherapy biweekly to teach carryover strategies to be used in various environments•Administered and interpreted various pediatric language and cognitive assessments (Cognitive Assessment of Young Children, MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, The Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale, Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Gilliam Autism Rating Scale, Preschool Language Scale)

Master Of Science - Ms, Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

Activities and Societies: National Student Speech Hearing Language Association

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

Activities and Societies: Pi Beta Phi, National Student Speech Hearing Language Association, Order of Omega National Greek Honor Society.