Dominique Walker Email & Phone Number

• Evaluate the areas of strengths and weakness in the communication skills of pediatric clients using formal and informal methods including standardized tests, language samples, and interview
• Consider quantitative and qualitative information when planning long term and short term goals
• Provide speech and language therapy to clients with communication impairments including autism, apraxia of speech, language disorders, articulation disorders, and social communication disorders
• Coach families of developmentally delayed children 0-3 years old to support growth of communication skills in Early Intervention home visits
• Travel to home or community locations to provide routines-based interventions
• Schedule and attend quarterly review meetings with varied team members in Early Intervention setting

Bellevue, PA

• Review ongoing case files of preschoolers and adults with speech and language impairments for current goals and progress
• Travel to community locations to accommodate the schedules and needs of families
• Build rapport and determine what motivates a new client quickly in an unfamiliar setting
• Select and employ materials and activities to practice articulation, phonology, language, and pragmatic skills with children age 3-5 and functional communication skills in non-verbal adults
• Collect and report performance data in a daily note and monthly/quarterly progress reports

Pittsburgh, PA

• Schedule appointments by phone, with a focus on convenience for the participants
• Travel to home or community location to accommodate participants
• Administer language assessments to previously identified people with aphasia secondary to CVA
• Deliver informed consent and payment information in an easy to understand manner
• Score language assessments and discuss results with the study’s Principle Investigator

New Brighton, PA

• Assess students’ present levels of communication skills, considering articulation, fluency, voice, expressive and receptive language, feeding, pragmatics, and non-verbal functional communication using standardized and.
• Develop tailored interventions and treatment plans for individual students
• Deliver speech and language therapy to students with a variety of disabilities including autism, emotional disturbance, intellectual disability, behavior disorders, apraxia of speech, articulation disorders, and social.
• Record and analyze data to determine students’ progress towards goals
• Identify new or changing needs in augmentative and alternative communication, such as sign language, visual support boards, and low/high-tech speech generating devices
• Collaborate with groups and individuals, including parents, teachers, administrators, behavior specialists, occupational and physical therapists, school district LEAs, and intermediate unit consultants

Pittsburgh, PA

Recruited and scheduled subjects, administered testing protocols, liaised with the IRB to renew approval for studies, organized results and collaborated with other staff in the Language and Brain Lab.

Pittsburgh, PA

Performed assessments and carried out treatment in speech, language, and swallowing disorders under supervision in the following clinical settings:UPMC Children's SouthUPMC Eye and Ear InstituteRehabilitation Specialists, Inc.The Children's Institute - The Day SchoolUPMC Mercy Hospital - Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Pittsburgh, PA

Prepared course materials and supplements for weekly classes, held weekly office hours, graded assignments and exams, and communicated trends and issues to the professor.

Pittsburgh, PA

Limited risk of falls and self-harm in one-on-one situations with patients of diverse ages, backgrounds, and conditions. Reported need-to-know information to nurses and other one to one patient monitors in accordance with HIPAA. Maintained and instructed others on standard precautions and isolation precautions for interacting with hospital patients.

Graduate Certificate, Public Health

Graduate Certificate with classes in the foundations of public health, epidemiology, health policy, and health equity and advocacy.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Speech-Language Pathology

Activities and Societies: National Student Speech Language Hearing Association, PalPITTations Health Sciences A Capella Group, Pitt Quiz.