Deanna DiLemme

Experience

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  Suffolk Center for Speech and Myofunctional Therapy

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Office Secretary

  Scheduled standing appointments, evaluations, and re-evaluations, performed in-take evaluations, request patient information regarding speech, language, and swallowing deficits, organized standardized testing material for evaluations, and for direct patient interaction, and processed evaluation documents and in-take forms and kept patient information updated.

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  Fairfield Public Schools

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

  Graduate Clinician

  Administered diagnostic screeners to identify students qualified for treatment, planed and provided direct speech-language services to children from kindergarten to first grade to target speech and language goals, and composed session plans, SOAP notes and progress reports to correspond with each student’s goals and progress.

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  Cambridge Health & Rehabilitation Center

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Graduate Clinician

  Administered diagnostic assessments and screeners, designed and conducted individualized treatment plans for adults with language and cognitive deficits, generated diagnostic reports, SOAP notes, and formulated goals based on client deficit areas presented during evaluation, and composed progress reports and developed a carry-over plan for clients.

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  Sacred Heart University

  May 2019 - Jan 2019

  Graduate Clinician

  Participated in Sacred Heart's Aphasia Intensive Workshop. Designed and conducted individualized treatment plan for adult patient with speech and language deficits, created and implemented group treatment for adults with varying severities to improve functional communication skills within social interactions, and developed session plan, SOAP notes, progress report, and formulated goals based on client deficit areas presented during initial chart review.

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  Sacred Heart University

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Graduate Clinician

  Participated in Scared Hearts Summer Communication Group Program. Administered diagnostic screeners, planned and provided direct speech-language services to children ages five to six years old, created evaluation reports, session plans, and progress reports, and facilitated articulation group therapy to increase child’s overall intelligibility.

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  Star Rubino Center

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

  Graduate Clinician

  Planned and provided in-home and community-based early intervention services to young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, feeding impairments, and speech-language impairments. Implemented a play-based therapy approach to help young children improve communication skills, administered diagnostic assessments and screeners, developed and provided oral motor therapy to children with speech-language impairments, wrote treatment notes after therapy session, providing parents with carryover skills to work on for future sessions, and educated and counseled patients and family members on goals, treatments, and client progress. Show less

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  Hamden Public Schools - Internship

  Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

  Graduate Clinician

  Administered diagnostic screeners and assessments to determine eligibility for student services, planed and provided individual and group therapy for kindergarten through sixth grade students to target speech and language goals contained in IEP, documented services, including aversion plans, treatment notes, and progress reports to track student progress, and attended Planning and Placement Team (PPT) meetings to educate family and interdisciplinary team members on student progress.

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  Suffolk Center for Speech and Myofunctional Therapy

  Jul 2020 - now

  Speech Language Pathologist - Clinical Fellow