Skilled and experienced speech/language pathologist with special interests in autism spectrum disorder, social skills and feeding disorders. Speaks proficient Spanish. Expertise includes case management, intervention planning, and documentation. Child-led and creative therapist. Strong communication, writing and organizational skills.
Evaluated and treated children ages 1-22 with communication disorders including autism spectrum disorder, receptive/expressive language disorder, articulation disorder, genetic syndromes. Evaluated and treated children 0-7 years old with oral-motor and sensory-based feeding disorders. Treated children using high- and low-tech AAC. Educated parents and provided home exercise
programs to address children's communication and feeding goals. Provided evaluation, treatment and parent education in English and Spanish. Collaborated with multidisciplinary team including OTs, PTs, counselors and psychologists. Supervised Clinical Fellows, undergraduate and high school interns.
Evaluated and provided small group speech/language therapy for students grades preK-8 to address receptive/expressive language, articulation and social skills goals. Taught language and social skills classes (groups of 5-10 students) for grades 6-8. Co-taught social skills groups with OT.
Provided speech/language and feeding evaluation and treatment to pediatric patients in clinic, childcare and school settings. Supervised clinical fellow.
Provided evaluation and treatment services for children ages 3-15 at Patrick Lyndon Pilot School, O’Hearn Elementary School and Edwards Middle School. Treated students within inclusion and self-contained classrooms and consulted with classroom teachers. Ran social skills groups for children with ASD and cognitive delays. Supervised graduate student interns.
Provided evaluation and treatment to children age 0-3 years through home visits. Coordinated services for caseload of up to 15 families. Supervised graduate student and clinical fellow. Primarily bilingual (Spanish/English) caseload.
Provided evaluation and treatment to pediatric patients in outpatient clinic. Treated bilingual Spanish/English students in Head Start preschool. Coordinated Head Start therapy caseload for the clinic.
ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competance
GA State SLP license
SOS feeding therapy level 1 training September 2023
Social Thinking conferences/online training 2011, 20213, 2019