Speech Language Pathologist Resume Example
Speech Language Pathologist with 16 years diverse work experience. Ten year career in Pediatric Population with treatment of a variety of communicative disorders and deficits while overlapping with experience with treatment of adults as PRN speech pathologist in a skilled nursing facilty. 5 years experience as a speech language pathologist for adults in a skilled nursing facility. 1 year providing speech therapy home health care to the adult population. Core competencies include assessing, planning and documenting interventions related to cognitive communicative deficits, dysphagia disorders, augmentative alternative communication, motor neuron degenerative disorders, receptive and expressive language disorders and case management with collaboration between disciplines and rapport building. Desiring to utilize current training and experience to take on new professional challenge and utilize skills in new setting.
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Assessed and provided training to patients and caregivers in the home setting to target improved swallowing abilities, increased functional communication and improved cognitive linguistic skills with implementation of home programming.
- Documented client progress with SOAP notes.
- Thorough medical chart reviews
- Collaboration with Nursing, PT, OT and Social Work.
- Communication with physicians on current level of function.
- Initiated each session with full set of vitals.
- Initial evaluations and reassessments conducted with care plans created to maximize functional home outcomes with transition to outpatient therapy services.
- Executed screening, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment for dysphagia, motor neuron deficits and cognitive linguistic impairments.
- Administered assessment and treatment of various conditions including Dementia, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Dysarthria, ALS, Aphasia, Apraxia, Traumatic Brain Injury.
- Generated timely and thorough documentation in compliance with company regulations.
- Sustained high quality ethical care with collaboration with professionals, families, and therapeutic team.
- Assessed and generated treatment with NPO patients on G-tubes.
- Tranisitioned NPO patientst to oral feeders.
- Utilized Patterned Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation
- Certified LSVT LOUD on July 20, 2019.
- Incorporated assessment and treatment of patients diagnosed with Parkinsons through rigorous LOUD program of 4x/week for 4 weeks with successful completion.
- Presented LSVT LOUD to local physicians and Parkinson's support group to increase awareness of local availability.
- Collaborated with hospital SLP and physician following pt. discharge to skilled nursing facility to ensure quality transition of care.
- Administered initial assessment and evaluation of fluency disorders, language delays, articulation or phonology delays, augmentative alternative communication and voice disorders for students Pre-K through 1st grade in addition to completing preschool screening process for community.
- Coordinated 65 children's IEP goals, re-assessment, and quarterly progress reports.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team ensuring student success in the classroom.
- Spearheaded educational grant for augmentative alternative communication device materials for $1,000.00.
- Coordinated home services with Birth-3 population. Assessment, treatment and documentation in home with developmental and neurological delays impacting speech and development with occasional sensory feeding disorders.
- Administered Standardized tests including PLS-4, Hodson Assessment of Phonological Processing and Goldman Fristoe Test of Articulation.
- Gained PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) Certification to implement low-tech AAC for families to increase communication.
- Stimulated simple sign language to increase expressive communication.
- Collaborated with Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy in conjuction with service coordinator to jointly establish IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan).
- Coordinated appointment scheduling, insurance verification, billing completion and management of payments for self-employed business.
- Administered assessment and treatment of children ages birth-18 in home and clinic setting with various articulation, oral motor and communication delays resulting from developmental delay, Fragile X, Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and Apraxia.
- Executed timely and thorough documentation for reports, treatment notes, progress reports and discharge summaries provided to caregivers and physicians.
- Collaborated with family and therapeutic team to improve functional outcomes for children.
- Implemented PECS (picture Exchange Communication system), High Tech AAC including dynavox devices, simple sign and traditional language therapy with play based focus.
- ASHA Certified CCC Speech Language Pathologist
- LSVT LOUD Certified
- PECS Certified
- Illinois State Licensure
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School Attended
- Illinois State University
Job Titles Held:
- Speech Language Pathologist
Degrees
- Illinois State University -
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05/2006 Master of Science : Speech Language Pathology
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