Professional Summary

Certified Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP) and Auditory Verbal Therapist (LSLS Cert. AVT)
with extensive experience providing in home, clinic and telepractice therapy with children
and families of children diagnosed with hearing loss. Experience includes development
and administration of a telepractice program, training of other professionals and supervision
of graduate students and staff members. 

 

Skill Highlights

• Extensive experience in telepractice

• Family education/parent coaching

• Graduate student supervision/mentorship

• Extensive knowledge of hearing disorders

• In depth knowledge of cochlear implants/hearing aids

• Team service coordination/consultation

• Training of other professionals

• Speech-Language assessments

• Treatment of language, articulation and auditory processing disorders  

• Familiarity with adult neurogenic communication disorders

 

Education

• Master of Science Degree, Communication Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan, Utah (May 2010) 

• Bachelor of Science Degree, Communication Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan, Utah (December 2007) 

• Bachelor of Arts Degree, Political Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (May 1993)

 

Professional Experience

• Sound Beginnings of Utah State University, Logan, Utah (5/2010-Present)

• Speech-Language Pathologist

• Development of telepractice program at Sound Beginnings of Utah State University including professional training, program outreach and program demonstration

• Implementation, via telepractice, of speech and language intervention for children with hearing loss ages birth to 15 and family coaching for parents

• Administration of assessments and provision of direct/face-to-face speech and language therapy for preschool children with hearing loss

• Provision of in-home and center based services to children with hearing loss and their parents

• Instruction of a Toddler Group for children with hearing loss and coaching/instruction of parents.

• Coordination of services with occupational, physical, behavioral and feeding specialists for children with multiple disabilities

• Preparation, coordination and implementation of IFSP and IEP documents and services

• Supervision of graduate students as part of the Auditory Learning/Listening and Spoken Language Program at Utah State University

 

Leadership Experience

• Future Leaders in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Fellowship Program in Conjunction with the Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neuro-developmental Disabilities (9/08-5/09)

• Participated in weekly live, televised, multi-center videoconferencing to discuss service provision to children with multiple disabilities and their families

• Participated in multi-disciplinary consultations with parents of children with multiple disabilities

 

Honors

Outstanding SLP Graduate Student Award, 2010

 

Memberships and Certifications

American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)/CCC-SLP

Alexander Graham Bell Association LSLS Cert. AVT

 

State Licences

 Utah and Idaho

 

Presentations and Papers

• A Multisite Tele-Intervention Study: Outcomes & Experiences
  Co-presented at ASHA Convention, November 2015

• Implementing Tele-intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss

  Utah Speech Language and Hearing Association (USHA), March 2015

• Implementing Tele-intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss

  Training for early intervention providers in Idaho and Utah, January 2014

• Training for the Willamette Education Service District, June 2013

  Live Videoconferencing in the Delivery of Services in the Fields of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology: A Review of the Literature

• Co-published in the Volta Review, Spring, 2013

  Consistent Hearing Aid Use: Supporting Parents Through Collaboration

• Co-presented at Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference, Spring 2013

  Parents Becoming Professional Providers to Children with hearing loss: a dual perspective

• Co-presented at Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference, March 2012​

  Co-presented at Alexander Graham Bell Convention, July 2012

 

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