School Training

Claudia Meyer, M.S., CCC-SLP

Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences

Portland State University

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CLINICAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

Portland State University Speech and Hearing Sciences Program

Clinical Instructor graduate program: September 2006 present

Instruct and supervise in the clinical education program at Portland State University

Manage the literacy outreach program including: supervision, instruction, coordination of

services, program development, collaboration with teachers and school administrators,

parent education and participation, materials and lesson plans

Coordinate all graduate student teaching practicum including placements, seminar,

supervision, licensing, remediation plans, supervision education, and collaboration with

student teaching supervisors

Act as a director and committee member for culminating projects with a focus on

bilingualism, literacy, and school-based issues

Co-teach the Guided Observation class winter term

Coordinate summer clinic including: recruitment, scheduling, supervision, and seminar

Co-develop and manage the bilingual clinic and Bilingual Concentration

Regional Program Autism Training Sites (R-PATS) Program

Consultant/Trainer: September 2007 September 2008

R-PATS is a collaboration between Portland State University and the Oregon Department

of Education to develop a statewide network of Regional Autism Training Sites to

provide research-based, individualized services for children with autism spectrum

disorder

Conducted trainings for early intervention sites on the parent training component of the

R-PATS program

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Dvortcsak Speech and Language Services

Clinician, Autism Treatment and Parent Training: September 2007 - 2009

Provided individualized treatment for children with autism

Conducted parent training to increase parent/child interaction, improve social

communication, and improve behavior

Portland Public Schools

Speech-Language Pathologist DART Schools: January 2005-October 2006

Managed the speech-language program for four high schools in the Day and Residential

Treatment program for adjudicated youth

Collaborated with teachers to create and modify curriculum for students with

communication disorders

Consulted with SLPs in the day and residential treatment program on the assessment and

treatment of bilingual students

Artz Center (Hearing and Speech Institute)

Speech-Language Pathologist for the Autism Program and Bilingual Program: June 2003 -

January 2005

Conducted parent training for families of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Provided intervention for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Conducted all evaluations and treatment for Spanish speaking families

Educated staff, parents, and other professionals working with children with autism

Co-coordinated parent support groups, and facilitated topics and discussion

Hillsboro School District

Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist: August 2002-June 2003

Managed speech-language program for W.L. Henry Elementary School with an 80%

bilingual student population

Completed all bilingual assessments in Spanish/English for the district

Co-developed a district wide pre-referral process for bilingual populations

Conducted presentations and served as a consultant to speech-language pathologists on

the assessment and treatment of bilingual children

PRESENTATIONS

September 2010: Response to Intervention: Implications for School Based Speech-

Language Pathologists. Presented to speech-language pathologists for the Vancouver

School District

November 2009: Response to Intervention: Implications for School Based Speech-

Language Pathologists. Presented to speech-language pathologists for the Oregon

Speech-Pathology Academy

January 2008: Response to Intervention: Implications for School Based Speech-Language

Pathologists. Presented to speech-language pathologists for Albany ESD

September 2007: How to Teach Parents Strategies to Enhance their Child s Social

Communication. Presented to speech-language pathologists and special educators for

Lane ESD

October 2007: How to Teach Parents Strategies to Enhance their Child s Social

Communication. Presented to speech-language pathologists and special educators for

Lane ESD

November 2007: How to Teach Parents Strategies to Enhance their Child s Social

Communication. Presented to speech-language pathologists and special educators for

Lane ESD

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Co-developed the Bilingual Concentration for the Portland State University Speech and

Hearing Sciences graduate program

Co-developed an international academic and clinical program in Ecuador designed for

students of speech-language pathology and community members

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND ADVOCACY

Co-developed a collaboration proposal and action plan for the SPHR program at Portland

State University and Portland Public School-based Speech-Language Pathologists. The

plan includes an inter-district, statewide group of School-based Speech-Language

Pathologists working on multiple objectives including development of the role of Speech-

language pathologists in school based response to intervention programs

Co-developed the Speech-Language Pathologists Advocating for Bilingualism in Oregon

(SABOR) group. The group s objectives include: Advocacy, information exchange,

development of materials, promoting research, program development, and education

GRANTS AND RESEARCH

Diversity Mini Grant, Portland State University Diversity Action Council ($1,000)

Development of a community-based, interdepartmental course to prepare graduate

students in the Portland State University Speech and Hearing Sciences graduate program

to develop expertise in assessing and serving bilingual populations

Diversity Mini Grant, Portland State University Diversity Action Council ($1,250)

Development of a Bilingual Concentration for the Portland State University Speech and

Hearing Sciences graduate program

The Joint Attention and Symbolic Play Project, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Anticipated participation in the intervention phase of the project entitled Advancing

Social Communication and Play (ASAP): An Intervention Program for Preschoolers with

Autism under the direction of Amy Donaldson, Ph.D.

SKILL SUMMARY

Strong background in school based services, serving bilingual populations, populations

with social communication deficits, and adjudicated populations

Extensive experience and training in direct instruction, school-age, and emergent literacy

instruction

Demonstrated ability to create and foster community/university partnerships

EDUCATION

M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology - Portland State University, Portland OR (2002)

B.A. in Anthropology and Spanish - Bennington College, Bennington, VT (1991)

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