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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Alberta Children’S Hospital

Assessed and treated children aged birth to three with feeding, speech, language, and communication disorders, including those secondary to genetic syndromes, brain injury, and other medical diagnoses.Utilized evidence-based parent-coaching strategies to build capacity in caregivers through both individual and group therapy formats.Participated in sessions with an interdisciplinary team including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dieticians, and social workers.Received experience in assessment and treatment in specialty areas of: cleft lip and palate, cochlear implantation, paediatric VFSS, NICU nasoendoscopy, voice and resonance, and traumatic brain injury.

Halvar Jonson Centre For Brain Injury

Assessed and treated adults with aphasia, apraxia of speech, dysarthria, dysphagia, and cognitive-communication deficits in the subacute and chronic stages of stroke and traumatic brain injury recovery.Participated in conferences with an interdisciplinary team including doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, recreational therapists, and nurses.Provided education to staff and caregivers on using supported communication.

Edmonton, Canada Area

Clients: School aged children aged 5 to 13 years, parents, and the classroom team.Assessed and treated difficulties with speech sound production, language, fluency, and voice.Introduced the LAMP communication system on an iPad for a student with complex communication needs secondary to autism.Provided therapy and consultation on supporting language for students with hearing loss.Created parent and teacher education materials to support language and speech sound development.Assessment Experience included:• Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals – 5 (CELF-5)• Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation-third edition (GFTA-3)• Hodson Assessment of Phonological Patterns-third edition (HAPP-3)• Language Samples• Hearing Screenings• Oral Mechanism Exams• Criterion-Referenced Probes

Edmonton, Canada Area

Clients: 2 year old with neurodevelopmental delay and familyAdminister speech, physical, and occupational therapy treatments during in-home sessionsSessions were child-led and centred on family's goalsAttend multidisciplinary healthcare appointmentsGoals met have included:- Acquiring all vowels- Establishing word-final consonants- Establishing fricatives- Increasing functional vocabulary (from <10 words to 50+ in six months)- Establishing two-word utterances

Edmonton, Canada Area

Independent Living Office (Adults):Designing and teaching differentiated lessons to adults with various cognitive impairmentsImplementing speech and physical therapy for clients as prescribed by therapistsFacilitating community access and providing in-home careManaging behaviours, while teaching and reinforcing positive life skillsChildren's Services:Providing after-school care to children with a range of developmental delays Planning and facilitating inclusive, accessible summer camp activitiesMedication administration and G-Tube feedingTraining and supervising volunteers

Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

Clients: Children with complex needs on the autism spectrum.Designed and taught developmentally appropriate lessonsEstablished a functional communication system (Picture Exchange Communication Book)Managed aggressive behaviours, administered ABA therapyDocumentation, charting, and incident reportingTraining and supervising probationary employees

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

Masters Thesis: The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on speech production in individuals with acquired apraxia.

Bachelor Of Education - Bed, Elementary Education And Teaching, With Distinction

Minor in Teaching English as a Second Language