Douglas Johnson

Experience

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  Northland Pioneer College

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1992

  Anthropology Instructor

  Designed curriculum for anthropology in a community college serving northeastern Arizona, a multicultural region that includes communities on the Navajo, Hopi and Apache reservations. Courses taught included Cultural Anthropology, Southwest Prehistory, Southwest Native American Cultures, Basic Archaeology, Archaeology for Teachers, Field Archaeology and Rock Art Recording Workshop.

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  ARIZONA STATE PARKS

  Jun 1988 - Sept 1991

  Park Specialist, Archaeologist

  Designed and implementated interpretive programs, wrote grants related to resource preservation and community development through heritage tourism, and performed archaeological monitoring of all construction of roads and facilities.

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  City of Globe, Besh-Ba-Gowah Archeaological Park

  Dec 1991 - Jul 1994

  Director

  Director of archaeological park including museum, stabilized ruins, and ethnobotanical garden. Activities included cultural resource clearance investigations for city projects, writing grants, curation of museum collections, and publication of current research.

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  Northern Arizona University

  Jun 1995 - Oct 1995

  Graduate Assistant, Indian Children's Program

  Assisted to create a database of culturally appropriate goals (PT, OT and Speech) when providing therapy services to Navajo and Hopi families in northeast Arizona.

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  Schwartz Children’s Rehabilitation Center

  Mar 1997 - Jul 1997

  Speech Language Pathologist

  Internship

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  Northland Speech and Hearing Associates

  Jan 1998 - Jun 1998

  Speech Language Pathologist

  Internship

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  Albuquerque Public Schools

  Sept 1998 - Sept 1999

  Speech Language Pathologist

  Provided speech-language evaluation and therapy services in my clinical fellowship year (CFY) in the integrated preschool and severe-profound program at Atrisco Elementary School, within a dominantly Hispanic community located in south Albuquerque.

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  Educational Assessment Systems

  Sept 1999 - Sept 2000

  Speech Language Pathologist

  Provided speech-language evaluation and therapy services at Shiprock High School, Central Consolidated School District, including community-based instruction program on the reservation for students with severe disabilities.

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  Shiprock Alternative Schools, Navajo Nation

  Sept 2000 - Mar 2002

  Speech Language Pathologist

  Provided speech-language services on contract basis with the Navajo Tribe at the Tse Bit'Ai Exceptional School (Shiprock Alternative Schools), a boarding school program for students with severe disabilities, and with the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Nehnanizaad Elementary School.

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  Progressus Therapy

  Mar 2002 - Sept 2003

  Speech Language Pathologist

  Providing speech-language evaluation and therapy services at Hao' Oli ' Na Keiki Autism Program and in public schools on the island of Oahu for the Hawaii Department of Education.

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  EBS Healthcare

  Sept 2003 - Sept 2004

  Speech Language Pathologist

  contact position at Chaparral High School in Temecula, California

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  Direct Therapy Llc

  Sept 2004 - Sept 2005

  Speech Language Pathologist

  Contract services to provide speech-language evaluation and therapy for adults and children in the Developmental Disabilities Waiver Program in southern New Mexico. Emphasis on community based services, developing and implementing communication plans based on the Participatory Approach to Assistive Technology.

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  Page Unified School District

  Jan 2006 - Aug 2012

  Speech Language Pathologist

  Specialized in augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) strategies and functional communication skills in multicultural contexts involving mostly Navajo students and their families. Wrote grant for assistive technology that provided speech output in both English and Navajo.

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  Tucson Unified School District (TUSD1.org)

  Aug 2012 - now

  Speech-language pathologist

  I work primarily in programs for students with autism and multiple disabilities, specializing in augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) and functional communication in multicultural populations.

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  Desert Archaeology, Inc.

  May 2019 - now

  Archaeological Technician