Experience

• 

  Camp jewell ymca

  Jun 2006 - Nov 2007

  Program coordinator/counselor staff

  • Supervised 16 counselors and 80 campers; was liaison between parent, camper, and counselor• Planned and organized daily village activities• Facilitated team building activities• Taught individuals ages 12-14 yrs old leadership skills, responsibility, morals, values, honesty, and respect

• 

  Americorps national civilian community corps

  Feb 2008 - Nov 2008

  Corps member

  Provided community service within the United States. Focused on unmet human needs, education, public safety, and disaster relief. Lived and worked in unison with 10-13 teammates. Completed over 1,700 hours of community services projects and 80 hours of independent services. Was awarded a Congressional Metal for service hours.• Hope Has A Face (Pascagoula, MS): Refurbished interiors of homes for Hurricane Katrina victims.• Habitat for Humanity (New Orleans, LA): Rebuilt homes for Hurricane Katrina victims, oversaw daily volunteers, set daily goals, facilitated instruction on tools and safety.• Rocky Mountain Field Institute (Pike’s Peak and Sangre de Christos, CO): Restored gullies by lifting and transferring 60 tons of rocks to maintain erosion control, created nature campsites• Cumberland Trail Conference (Chattanooga, TN) : Trail reconstruction, built an 80 ft. bridge, worked in unison with volunteers• American Red Cross (Beaumont and Orange, TX): Disaster relief assistance, fed mass amounts of people, assisted on emergency response vehicles for Hurricane Ike victims, worked together with volunteers Show less

• 

  Windy city field hockey club

  Dec 2008 - Feb 2010

  Field hockey coach

  Coached girls ages 11-16 in field hockey to improve their sport skills, increase sports awareness for the community youth kids, and develop programs to keep kids active. Assisted by refereeing games.

• 

  American intercontinental university

  Jul 2010 - Jan 2012

  National admissions advisor

  Initiate and maintain communication with prospective students to build professional relationships and secure enrollmentGuide new students through the enrollment process and motivate class participation

• 

  Child's voice

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  Teaching assistant
• 

  St. ignatius high school

  Aug 2013 - Nov 2013

  Field hockey coach
• 

  Nazareth college

  Aug 2014 - Nov 2015

  Assistant field hockey coach
• 

  Nazareth college brain injury clinic

  Aug 2015 - May 2016

  Graduate clinician

  • Assessed and treated adult and geriatric clients with Broca’s/Wernicke’s Aphasia & Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).• Provided therapy using word-finding strategies, reading aloud, constraint induced language therapy, Aphasia Scripts, and copy and recall treatment to facilitate expressive and receptive language. • Co-treated with Music Therapist to improve language output and fluency for individuals with Broca’s aphasia. • Taught organization and memory strategies to improve cognitive functioning. • Co-treated with Art Therapist to improve fluency, communication initiation, and language output. Conducted formal assessments, including the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB-R), Boston Naming Test (BNT) and the Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT). Show less

• 

  Buffalo hearing and speech center oral deaf program

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2016

  Graduate clinician

  • Implemented the Moog Center for Deaf Education curriculum to enhance communication, articulation, listening, and language skills of pre-school children who were deaf and/or hard of hearing. • Facilitated listening and spoken language through model and imitation techniques. • Utilized AAC device Proloquo2Go with children and adults to increase expressive language. • • Administered CELF-Preschool 2. Collaborated with caregivers and other speech language pathologists for a family-centered approach to therapy. • Problem-solved hearing technology including hearing aids, cochlear implants, and bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHA) devices. Show less

• 

  Orleans community health/medina memorial hospital

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Graduate clinician

  • Evaluated and treated adult and geriatric patients with dysphagia using safe feeding and swallowing therapy techniques. • Treated patients with cognitive-linguistic impairments including strategies for organization and memory. • Conducted oral-mechanism exams, bedside swallow evaluations and other diagnostic procedures including Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS). • Educated patients/family members on modified diets and aspiration precautions. • Implemented oral-motor and strengthening exercises with patients. Show less

• 

  Fred w. hill school

  Aug 2016 - Oct 2016

  Student teaching

  • Collaborated with special education teacher, physical therapist, occupational therapist, and classroom teacher to create and implement culturally and linguistically appropriate lessons, targeting Common Core State Standard curriculum.• Assisted with documentation in IEP Direct of annual review report writing, and administration and interpretation of the CELF-3 Screen, CELF-5, PPVT-3, EOWPVT-4 and GFTA-2. • Facilitated language development through interactive group lessons presented in a multi-sensory mode to allow for optimal success for every learner. • Utilized PRC Unity Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) Alternative Augmentative Communication device with children to increase receptive and expressive language. Show less

• 

  Oak park elementary district 97

  Mar 2017 - Jun 2017

  Speech language pathologist

  Substitute SLP position for an SLP on maternity leave

• 

  Ohio valley voices

  Aug 2017 - Jun 2023

  Speech language pathologist