curriculum vitae

Stepping Stones Group (Dec. 2017 – Current)

Public Schools

Provides high-quality direct speech-language therapy services to students according to students’ IEPs/504 plans to caseloads ranging from 60+ students. Conducts assessments, analyzing results, and writing reports to determine strengths and concerns in areas of speech, voice, fluency, pragmatics, language, and oral motor skills. Develops treatment plans (IEPs/504 plans) that are strength-based as well as child and family-centered for overall educational improvement. Consults and collaborates with teaching teams to develop and implement curriculum modifications and appropriate classroom strategies such as visual supports, oral motor exercises, language strips, topics of conversation, and data collection. Ensuring students’ skills are generalized across settings by collaborating with teaching teams and related service providers.

Providing supervision for SLPAs: Responsible for designing and implementing a supervisory plan that ensures the highest standard of quality care can be maintained for students consistent with the skills and experience of the SLPA; the needs of the students; the service setting; the tasks assigned; and the laws and regulations that govern SLPA.

 

Reliant Rehabilitation (Sept. 2016 – Current) 

Skilled Nursing facilities, Subacute facilities, Post-Acute facilities

Evaluates patients, develops initial and ongoing treatment plans, develops discharge plans, assists assistants and aides contributes to case management and provides quality patient care. Experienced with Head/Neck Cancer, Parkinson’s, Dementia, tracheostomy tubes, and ventilator dependency.

Interim Director of Rehab-Reliant Rehabilitation (December 2016- May 2017)

Ensured timely and accurate reporting of MDS information and timely and accurate billing of services provided and completion of required documentation and maintenance of quality of services. Day to day coordination and oversight of all aspects of the rehabilitation services including physical, occupational, speech services for the assigned center. Clinical oversight in a manner that supported the goals of the designated center(s) while meeting federal and state regulations, as well as state specific practice acts. Supervised, oriented, trained, evaluated, and counseled department employees to improve their job performance and to maintain high standards of performance and patient quality care, in conjunction with the Regional Director of Operations and Human Resources.

 

Virgil Rehab & Skilled Nursing (May. 2019 – Current)

Skilled Nursing facilities

Evaluate and treats patients with Dysphagia, Voice, Neurological Disorders, Aphasia, Motor Speech Disorders, Cognitive Disorders, and General Communication Disorders. Experienced with Head/Neck Cancer, Parkinson’s, Dementia, tracheostomy tubes, and ventilator dependency. Provides caregiver education, document progress, and collaborate wit

h therapy, nursing and dietary staff.

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Related Experiences

 

West Lake Convalescent Hospital- May. 2019 – Current

Skilled Nursing Facility (Per-diem) 

 

Nursing Without Walls- Oct. 2018 – Current

Home Health (Per diem)

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Encore Rehabilitation- July 2017 – Dec. 2017

Skilled Nursing Facility (Per-diem) 

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Century Rehabilitation- July 2016 – April 2017

Skilled Nursing Facility (Per-diem) 

 

Senior Rehab Solutions at Heritage Oaks West- May 2016 – July 2016

Skilled Nursing Facility (Per-diem) 

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Integrity Rehab Clinic—Killeen, TX (June 2015-May 2016) via Prime Health Care

Serviced Pediatric and School-aged populations. Evaluated and treated patients with Language/Articulation Disorders, Dysphagia, Fluency disorders, Voice disorders, Neurological Disorders, Aphasia, Motor Speech Disorders, Cognitive Disorders, and General Communication Disorders. Experienced with Cleft Lip/Palate and Auditory Processing patients. Created treatment plans, provided caregiver education, documented progress, and collaborated with therapy staff.

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Speech Therapist (South Carolina Department of Education) Elementary and Middle School ‘Speech Therapist’ (Aug. 2013-Jan. 2015) Assessed, diagnosed, and treated a variety of speech disorders, billed Medicaid, developed and facilitated Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), and facilitated IEP meetings with support staff under intermittent supervision. Students’ disorders ranged from Articulation, Language, Fluency, and Voice. Students’ Disabilities ranged from Specific Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, and Other Health Impairments. Caseload consisted of 45-50 students.