Experience

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  Northern illinois special recreation association (nisra)

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2013

  Program leader & assistant

  Served as a leader or assistant for special recreation programs for children, teens, and adults with disabilities. Organized activities, served as a one-on-one aide, managed participant behaviors, and assisted other staff in the execution of programs focused on health and creativity.

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  University of illinois at urbana-champaign

  Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

  Provide skilled speech-language therapy services to individuals birth to geriatric under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist. Special interest and experience working with toddlers and preschoolers with communication disorders.Placements completed at...- University of Illinois Speech-Language Pathology Clinic- Thomasboro Grade School - Chesterbrook Academy- Expanding Children's Hearing Opportunities at Carle Foundation Hospital- Outpatient Pediatrics at Carle Foundation Hospital - Paris Community Hospital- Thomasboro Spectrum Preschool- Crystal Lake CCSD 47 Carle Wehde Early Childhood Special Education Center- Centegra Neuro Rehabilitation Program Show less Completed duties on a National Science Foundation-funded grant exploring grammatical development of typically-developing toddlers. Served as examiner in toddler data collection sessions; transcribed, coded, and analyzed child and adult utterances using SALT software; scored and entered data from developmental screenings and parent report tools; trained undergraduate students on laboratory coding procedures; and assisted in review process for poster presentations, oral presentations, and manuscript submissions. Show less

  • Graduate Student Clinician

    Jun 2011 - Aug 2013

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Jun 2012 - May 2013

  • Graduate and Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Aug 2010 - Jun 2011
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  Crystal lake community consolidated school district 47

  Aug 2013 - Jul 2014

  Speech-language pathologist, clinical fellow

  Speech-language pathologist (CF-SLP) providing skilled assessment and intervention in a K-5 self-contained special education program for students who benefited from autism supports to access their education. Therapeutic services were provided using an integrated, push-in model. Social communication groups were co-facilitated with the program social worker. Assistive technology services provided to students included Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), CORE vocabulary boards, and low-tech voice output devices (e.g., GoTalk, CheapTalk, switch). Extended School Year (ESY) services were provided to students in learning resource, cross-categorical, autism, life skills, communication development, and speech only programs. Show less

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  Speech & language professionals, inc.

  Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

  Speech-language pathologist

  Pediatric speech-language pathologist providing skilled speech-language therapy to children ages 21 months to 12 years in the form of play-based and individual sessions, parent education, and social skills groups.

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  Addison school district 4

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2016

  Speech-language pathologist

  Speech-language pathologist providing skilled speech-language services to students with moderate to severe communication disorders enrolled in self-contained early childhood classrooms. Specializing in building foundational language skills through the use of augmentative and alternative communication for students without verbal language, primarily those with autism spectrum disorders.

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  Right start pediatric therapies, inc

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Speech-language pathologist

  Pediatric speech-language pathologist providing early intervention services for children birth - three years of age with speech-language delays and disorders and their families in the home or daycare environment.

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  Wheaton-warrenville cusd 200

  Aug 2016 - Mar 2017

  Speech language pathologist
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  Northwestern medicine

  Mar 2017 - Dec 2022

  - Provided peer supervision to seven pediatric rehabilitation therapists- Completed mid-year reviews, annual performance reviews, and support coaching plans- Created agendas for and lead weekly team meetings- Addressed patient/caregiver concerns across pediatric disciplines- Continued clinical speech-language services for pediatric patients, serving NM since 2017 Pediatric speech-language pathologist supporting children and families in the outpatient clinic setting within suburban hospital, from earliest language development (16 months) to adolescence. Specialization in treatment of patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); currently designing autism diagnostic clinic using ADOS-2.

  • Resource Coordinator & Speech-Language Pathologist

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Speech Language Pathologist

    Mar 2017 - Sept 2022
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  Northern illinois university

  Jan 2023 - May 2024

  Clinical assistant professor

  - Acknowledged for excellence in clinical teaching and mentorship with the 2024 Clinical Faculty Award- Coordinated internal clinical practicum for 20 to 50 speech-language pathology graduate students including management of clinical compliance and student remediation plans- Maintained a caseload of pediatric clients from the university clinic and public early intervention program- Supervised graduate student clinicians providing pediatric speech language evaluations and therapy services as well as pediatric and adult autism diagnostic services- Taught clinical practicum course year-round, co-taught introductory professional issues course, and guest lectured on early language intervention within academic graduate course- Accepted to and completed CAPCSD's Interprofessional Education Collaborative with colleagues across the nation to promote interprofessional education and practice opportunities in CSD graduate programs. Show less

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  Right start pediatric therapies, inc

  Jun 2024 - now

  Speech language pathologist
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  Plum tree

  Aug 2024 - now

  Speech language pathologist, certified autism specialist
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  Northwestern medicine

  Sept 2024 - now

  Speech language pathologist, registry