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Annapolis, Maryland

Baltimore, Md

• Attained knowledge of special populations resulting in craniofacial anomalies and relating speech, language, and swallowing disorders• Conducted parent interviews pertaining to child speech, language, and swallowing developmental milestones• Participated in interdisciplinary team discussions as part of cleft team consisting of plastic surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists, dentists, nutritionists, social workers, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists

Sparks Elementary School, Sparks, Md

Baltimore, Md

• Planned and co-conducted pediatric speech, language, feeding, and swallowing diagnostic evaluations• Created and implemented individualized treatment and session plans for pediatrics using evidence based research and provided documentation on MEDITECH system• Treated impairments related to cognitive impairments secondary to brain injury, speech and language expansion and impairment, pragmatic deficits, and feeding and swallowing difficulties secondary to prematurity, developmental delays, and/or behavioral characteristics • Provided individualized, intensive oral motor dysphasia therapy to children (infant to adolescent) through inpatient, outpatient, and 6-week feeding day program procedures

Baltimore, Md

• Gained competence in the life participation treatment approach for individuals with Aphasia through leading 1:1 and group speech and language therapy sessions• Acquired expertise in selecting, adapting, and using technologies to facilitate communication with adults with Aphasia• Implemented supportive conversation strategies (multimodal approach) to enhance client communicative success• Identified client strengths and weaknesses through standardized and clinical assessment and formulated functional goals in collaboration with clients and their families

Towson, Md

• Initiated communication with perspective graduate students, organized and co-lead recruitment events, and assisted in processing graduate applications• Updated and maintained current graduate students’ academic and clinical files containing clinical clock hours, competencies, and academic performance information

Towson, Md

• Developed assessment strategies in the areas of voice, stuttering, articulation, and written and spoken language• Created appropriate treatment plans, long and short-term objectives, session plans, and therapy activities to increase speech intelligibility, receptive and expressive spoken and written language, literacy, and social communication• Provided clinical documentation through SOAP notes, treatment plans, progress reports, and diagnostic reports • Designed group session plans to elicit receptive and expressive language growth in a therapeutic preschool program• Increased insight about special populations through working with individuals with Autism and Down Syndrome

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

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Audiology/Audiologist And Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

Activities and Societies: Summa Cum Laude, University Honors Scholar