Stephanie Zmuda

Experience

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  Barnes & Noble College

  May 2012 - Jul 2013

  Cashier

  • The Penn State University Official Campus Bookstore• Responsible for opening/closing the store, textbook rentals/buyback, and customer service.

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  UPMC Passavant

  Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  Graduate Student Clinician

  • Population: Adults (primarily geriatric)• Performed inpatient bedside swallowing evaluations including cognitive screening and oral mechanism examinations.• Assisted with videofluoroscopic swallow studies.• Treated one patient with Expressive/Receptive Aphasia weekly.• Evaluated/treated with Dysphagia, Aphasia, Dysarthria, Dementia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

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  Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

  Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Graduate Student Clinician

  • Population: Pediatric (neonates, infants and children)• Performed infant and pediatric feeding evaluations, pediatric cognitive-communication assessments, and speech/language assessments.• Assisted with videofluoroscopic swallow studies.• Evaluated/treated patients with Dysphagia, Tracheostomy Tubes, Chronic Lung Disease, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Traumatic Brain Injury.

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  Excela Health - Outpatient Pediatric Rehabilitation

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Graduate Student Clinician

  • Population: Pediatric (children ages 3-13)• Assessed and treated a range of articulation, phonological, and language disorders.• Responsible for managing a caseload of approximately 25 children independently, including documentation such as daily progress notes, reevaluations, and writing goals.• Evaluated/treated patients with Mixed Language Disorders, Auditory Processing Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Developmental Delays, Jobert Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Chromosomal Abnormalities, Resonance Disorders and ADHD. Show less

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  Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  Graduate Student Clinician

  • Population: Pediatric/Adult, Multiple Disabilities including Visual Impairment (students ages 5-21)• Assessed expressive and receptive language skills.• Recommended Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems for students.• Maintained and updated AAC systems currently used by students.• Facilitated "lunch bunch" social group.• Assisted students with self-feeding and developed mealtime recommendations as appropriate.• Treated students with Cortical Visual Impairment, Blindness, Deaf/Blindness, Cerebral Palsy, Seizure Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Severe Developmental Delays, and Chromosomal Abnormalities. Show less

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  UPMC

  Jan 2015 - May 2016

  Evaluating and treating speech/language/swallowing disorders in an acute inpatient setting, with a caseload largely composed of cardiothoracic patients, both pre- and post-operatively. • Population: Adults • Performed inpatient bedside swallowing evaluations including cognitive screening and oral mechanism examinations in the neurological, head and neck, and pulmonary units of the hospital.• Performed videofluoroscopic swallow studies.• Observed tracheoesophageal prosthesis management sessions regularly.• Gained a multitude of experience with tracheostomy management.• Cultivated strong evaluation, treatment, and documentation skills.

  • Speech Language Pathologist (CFY)

    May 2015 - May 2016

  • Graduate Student Clinician

    Jan 2015 - May 2016
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  Flex Therapy

  Sept 2019 - now

  Speech Language Pathologist, Owner