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SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
Summary

Goal-oriented Speech Pathologist and Teacher driven to transform student lives by helping to resolve developmental delays, learning disabilities, and language/fluency/speech delays that negatively impact social and academic growth.

Skills
  • Special education professional
  • Speech and language screenings
  • Autism spectrum familiarity
  • Observant
  • Gentle and skilled with therapy procedures
  • Case management
  • Adept in standardized speech tests
  • Time management proficiency
  • Culturally aware
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
Experience
Speech Therapy East | Greenville, NCSpeech-Language Pathologist09/2008 - Current
  • Detailed interventions taken and student progress in written reports.
  • Directly supervised one Speech-Language Therapy Assistant
  • Developed a schedule for therapy services
  • Communicated effectively with parents, teachers, and administration
  • Established realistic speech therapy goals for over 40 patients.
  • Performed and documented initial exams and determined appropriate diagnoses.
  • Planned for discharges and communicated findings and progress in detailed reports.
  • Maintained organized documentationand patient files.
  • Identified and properly documented patient goals, evaluated progress and planned reevaluation
  • Scheduled and Conducted regular IEP meetings to address educational concerns related to speech therapy.
  • Issued detailed progress reports to families each quarter
  • Treated fluency disorders, language delays, articulation or phonology delays for students in Head Start programs, daycare centers, home environments and in a rural, public middle school setting.
Pitt County Schools | Greenville, NCSpeech-Language Pathologist08/2002 - 06/2008
  • Detailed interventions taken and student progress in written reports.
  • Effectively worked with patients diagnosed with autism-spectrum disorders, Down Syndrome, mental retardation and articulation and phonological processing disorders in itinerant preschool setting, in rural elementary schools, and inner-city middle school settings.
  • Maintained organized documentation and patient files.
  • Identified and properly documented patient goals, evaluated progress and planned reevaluation.
  • Utilized appropriate testing and assessment protocols to evaluate students referred to program and participated in monthly inter-disciplinary team screenings
  • Proposed and Received two mini-grants from the Pitt County Education Foundation
  • Visited daycares to observe preschool children in their natural environment to better assess generalization of skills
  • Conducted parent-child group therapy sessions
  • Presented Referral Information and Procedures for Faculty Meetings
  • Participated in auditing EC files
  • Conducted and participated in regular IEP meetings to address educational concerns related to speech therapy.
  • Rendered highest quality of care when interacting with patients and families.
Pitt County Schools | Greenville, NCContract Title I Teacher08/1999 - 12/2001
  • Interacted with parents, teachers to maintain productive communication throughout program participation.
  • Worked in small groups and 1:1 with students to create individualized lesson plans to increase progress in reading, math and writing.
  • Employed broad range of instructional techniques to retain students' interest and maximize learning in pull-out and inclusive settings.
  • Performed student background reviews to ascertain learning deficiencies and strengths to develop tailored lessons based on student needs.
  • Planned and implemented lessons using various teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs.
  • Differentiated instruction according to student ability and skill level.
  • Applied proactive behavior management techniques to facilitate classroom discipline.
  • Implemented assessment tools, such as running records, to evaluate student progress and identify weak points.
  • Used children's literature to teach and reinforce reading, writing, grammar and phonics.
  • Organized and conducted school-level Title I Parent Nights
Education and Training
Salem College | Winston-salem, NCBachelor of Arts in Education And Sociology05/1995
  • Summa cum laude graduate
  • Mortar Board Member
  • Earned Teaching Certification for Elementary Education (K-6)-third grade student teaching
  • Earned Teaching Certification for Learning Disabled (K-12)- was hired as a long term substitute at Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem,NC to satisfy student teaching experience
  • Completed various internships and volunteer opportunities in school settings and in an after school program for at-risk and minority students
  • Substitute teacher for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
East Carolina University | Greenville, NCMaster of Science in Speech-Language Pathology05/2002
  • NSSLHA Member
  • Completed part-time internships at Vidant Medical Center in Outpatient Rehabilitation Center and at the Day Rehabilitation Center
  • Completed Full-time semester long internship at Ayden Elementary School
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Speech Therapy East
  • Pitt County Schools

School Attended

  • Salem College
  • East Carolina University

Job Titles Held:

  • Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Contract Title I Teacher

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts in Education And Sociology
    Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology

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