Jasna Cowan

Experience

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  Pacifica School District

  Aug 2002 - Jun 2003

  Speech-Language Pathologist

  Provided assessments in mediation, consulted with teachers, and provided direct speech therapy treatment.

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  4Cs of San Mateo County

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

  Consultant

  Child care prided and parent workshops.

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  Good Samaritan

  Sept 2009 - Jan 2010

  Consultant-Parent Child Speech Language Play Groups

  Parent training and facilitating play groups with parent participation in Spanish and English.

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  Speech Goals Speech Therapy Inc.

  May 2010 - now

  Executive Director/Founder

  Speech Goals is a pediatric speech-language pathology private practice specializing in evaluation, diagnosis, and individualized treatment for children 0-18.We provide resources to families, referrals to other professions, consultations, and family education regarding speech and language delays and disorders.Evaluation and therapy is tailored to your child based on likes and interests. Goals are specific and developed that the SLP feels are most relevant and functional to the child and the family.Parents and family members are included in on all parts of the therapy process to ensure carryover and practice into everyday routines.Our partners include:Golden Gate Resource Center, for whom we do multidisciplinary assessments for the to determine child eligibility, and for whom we work on the Child Coordination Council.Kaiser, for whom we are a certified Service Provider.Project Head Start for whom we regularly consult. Show less

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  San Bruno Park School District

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2012

  Consultant/Bilingual Assessments-Spanish

  Bilingual Spanish Assessments, creating parent education speech program for preschool-aged children with IEPs.

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  Institute for Human and Social Development

  Sept 2011 - now

  Consultant and Community Partner

  Providing workshops to faculty and staff. Consulting on students with and without IEPs.

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  Speech AbC's Non-Profit

  Jan 2012 - Feb 2013

  President

  Providing low cost play groups to the community, offering workshops to parents and professionals, financial assistance to field trips, low cost speech and language consultation to families experiencing financial hardship or low income.

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  Learning Together Community Early Intervention Program

  Jan 2015 - now

  Director and Founder

  Learning Together provides early intervention classes with parental participation to encourage a child's overall development. This program is designed to address the delays of children that demonstrate characteristics of ASD-Autism. Learning Together is a provider of Golden Gate Regional Center Services in the Bay Area.

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  Merion Matters - Parent Company of ADVANCE Healthcare Network

  Jan 2015 - now

  Writer and Blogger
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  Peninsula Family Service

  Sept 2015 - now

  Community Partner
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  The MIND Institute

  Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

  Community ESDM Panel

  The Community Early Start Denver Model project (C-ESDM) worked in adapting the ESDM to the needs of families in low income, highly diverse settings serving infants and toddlers at- risk for ASD and their families. The project worked with local teams of providers and families in 6 states (AL: CA; CO; MT; NM; PA) The project developed manuals and training packages, including self-instructional internet-based content free of charge to help providers and families to learn C-ESDM strategies to use with children in everyday routines. Show less

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  Wu Yee Children's Services

  Aug 2016 - now

  Community Partner

  Screenings, teacher education, collaboration of services

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  The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

  Mar 2017 - Jan 2017

  Blogger