Medical Skilled Nursing Facility

Maria E. Chisolm

Speech and Health, LLC

P.O. Box 48062 Denver, CO 80204

505-***-**** *****@***************.***

OBJECTIVE

To provide superior consulting, evaluation, and therapeutic services for bilingual Spanish/English speaking

children, and monolingual Spanish or English speaking children of all ages and grade levels. To be part of a

multidisciplinary team in making diagnostic and treatment decisions as they relate to speech, language, fluency,

voice, and swallowing disorders.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Superior communication skills with children, their guardians, coworkers, and supervisors. Experience in

evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of a variety of speech, language, fluency, voice, and swallowing disorders.

Specialized skills and experience with monolingual Spanish and English and bilingual Spanish/English

speaking children of a wide variety of dialects. Highly competent in performing standardized and non-

standardized monolingual and bilingual evaluations of all aspects of speech and language. Proficient in English

and Spanish, with intermediate skills in French.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Aurora Public School District Exceptional Student Services January 2010 May 2011

Speech-Language Pathologist (Bilingual Evaluation Team)

Independent in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the following monolingual and bilingual

assessments to children aged birth-to-21: Spanish Language Assessment Procedures (SLAP), Preschool

Language Scale-4 (PLS-4), Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool-2 (CELF Preschool-

2), CELF-4, Expressive/Receptive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT/ROWPVT).

Complete initial bilingual evaluations, re-evaluations, and Office of Civil Rights evaluation corrections.

Proficient in the administration and use of Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT).

Competent in the use of non-standardized assessment tools (e.g., clinical observation, interviews) as

diagnostic adjuncts in determining language disorders.

Independent in the analysis of results of standardized and non-standardized assessment procedures.

Provide written reports with results, impressions, and appropriate recommendations.

Manage and participate in Individualized Education Plan meetings.

Communicate evaluation results and impact on education to other professionals, guardians, and children as

appropriate.

Provide education to other professionals on typical and disordered language development in bilingual

children.

Provide education to other professionals regarding appropriate referral criteria to the bilingual team for

evaluation.

Knowledgeable in typical language acquisition patterns for monolingual and bilingual children and

bilingual phenomena.

Knowledgeable in language acquisition patterns for monolingual and bilingual children secondary to

various medical diagnoses.

Train interpreters on proper administration of bilingual assessments in conjunction with licensed

professionals.

Develop Spanish Language Proficiency exam in conjunction with the bilingual evaluation team to assess

Spanish language ability of licensed professionals.

Interview bilingual evaluation team candidates.

Life Care Center/Hale Anuenue October 2009 January 2010/June 2010 September 2010

Speech-Language Pathologist (Rehabilitation Department)

Independent in conducting bedside swallow, speech, language, and cognitive evaluations and treatment in a

skilled nursing facility.

Familiar with the administration, scoring, and interpretation of Functional Linguistic Communication

Inventory (FLCI) and Arizona Battery for Communication Disorders of Dementia (ABCD) for differential

diagnosis, dementia staging, developing treatment goals, resident care plans, monitoring resident change

over time, and discharge planning.

Provided long-term dysphagia and cognitive-linguistic management strategies for residents, staff, and

caregivers.

Determined appropriate referral for modified barium swallow studies based unique resident factors.

Participated in Resident at Risk meetings and screenings to determine appropriate referrals to rehabilitation

team.

Independent in report and goal writing for evaluations, daily, and progress notes to maintain justification of

services.

Participated in discharge planning meetings with other professionals to determine timeline and safety for

discharge of residents.

Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, NM March 2009 October 2009

Speech-Language Pathologist (Inpatient Rehabilitation Department)

Independent in conducting bedside swallow, speech, language, and cognitive evaluations in acute inpatient

rehabilitation.

Provided diagnostic and rehabilitative services on the following medical units: oncology, surgical care,

general surgery, general medical, adult intermediate and intensive care, general acute, cardiac progressive

and critical care, adult progressive care, short stay and early admit.

Independent in providing diagnostic and rehabilitative services for cognitive-linguistic and swallowing

disorders in a skilled nursing facility.

Competent in completing inpatient and outpatient modified barium swallow studies and making immediate

and appropriate recommendations and referrals for a wide variety of medical diagnoses.

Independent in report writing for acute inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, and skilled nursing

facility.

Effectively communicated with patients, families, caregivers, and other medical staff results of evaluations,

treatment plans, and recommendations in both lay and medical terms.

Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM September 2008 June 2009

Clinical Fellow in Speech-Language Pathology (Spinal Cord Injury Unit and Otolaryngology Departments)

Functioned as an independent clinical fellow by providing comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitative

services for a broad array of complex speech, language, cognitive-linguistic, augmentative and alternative

communication, voice, and swallowing disorders in an adult and elderly population.

Established a multiple sclerosis educational support group that provided information about resources and

information for those with the disease and their caregivers on the potential effects of the disease process on

cognition.

Developed activities for a pre-existing monthly laryngectomee support group.

Established pre- and post-surgical assessment protocol of speech and language ability for cochlear implant

candidates.

Knowledgeable in medical diagnostic procedures and surgical interventions that may impact the indications

and contraindications for speech-language pathology services.

Knowledgeable in the anatomy and physiology of oral, pharyngeal, and laryngeal structures as related to

speech production, alaryngeal speech, and oral/oropharyngeal swallow function.

Knowledgeable in conducting and interpreting modified barium swallow studies of oral, pharyngeal, and

laryngeal structures used in swallow function.

Knowledgeable in conducting and interpreting both rigid and flexible fiberoptic endoscopy in the evaluation

of both voice and swallow disorders.

Independent in selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting results of standardized diagnostic tools for

aphasia, dysarthria, and cognitive-linguistic deficits as a result of traumatic brain injury, stroke,

neurosurgery, progressive neurogenic disorders, and other physical, mental, and emotional conditions.

Independent in collecting and interpreting information obtained from non-standardized diagnostic protocols

including Modified Evan s Blue Dye Test evaluations for tracheostomized patients, clinical swallow

evaluations, and modified barium swallow studies for swallowing disorders.

Provided accurate diagnostic and treatment results and prognostic information to medical, surgical, and

rehabilitation teams.

Planned and conducted effective individual treatment programs using a variety of approaches for disorders

involving speech, language, cognitive-linguistic, augmentative and alternative communication, voice,

swallowing, and alaryngeal communication.

Knowledgeable in diagnostic and remedial techniques and methods for using voice prostheses for total

laryngectomees.

Provided pre-intervention counseling for patients and family members with regard to communication and

swallowing in light of treatment methods including radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery.

Provided education in speech-language pathology to Otolaryngology residents.

Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM Summer 2008

Graduate Intern (Otolaryngology Department)

Treated voice and swallow disorders as they related to the aging process, vocal misuse, laryngectomee, and

presence of tracheostomy.

Evaluated voice and swallow disorders via rigid and flexible fiberoptic endoscopy, clinical evaluation of

swallowing, and modified barium swallow studies.

Evaluated for and provided various alternative methods of communication ranging from electrolarynges and

management of tracheoesophageal prostheses for total laryngectomees.

La Vida Felicidad, Los Lunas, NM

Graduate Clinician Spring 2008

Administered assessments and treatment in speech, language, and feeding in the birth to three population.

Services provided were community, home, and clinic-based.

Developed outcomes in conjunction with other rehabilitative professionals and children s families.

Communication Partners, Albuquerque, NM

Graduate Clinician Summer 2008

Evaluation and treatment of cognition, language, swallowing, and alternative and augmentative

communication in adults with diagnoses including mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and traumatic brain

injury.

Services provided were community and home-based.

University of New Mexico Speech, Language, and Hearing Center, Albuquerque, NM Spring 2007

Graduate Clinician

Evaluation and treatment of language, cognition, and social pragmatics of preschool and school-aged

children with autism.

Evaluation and treatment of articulation disorders in school-aged children.

Hoover Middle School, Albuquerque, NM Fall 2006

Graduate Clinician

Evaluation and treatment of adolescents with severe speech and language impairments.

Provided group treatment sessions for adolescents in a cross-categorical program.

EDUCATION

Master of Science Speech-Language Pathology August 2008

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

CELTA University of Cambridge ESOL September 2004

Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults

International Language Center, Paris, France

Bachelor of Arts Linguistics December 2003

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Magna Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Present

Clinical Certificate of Competence #12127713

Registered Bilingual Service Provider

New Mexico State Licensure #4559 Present

Colorado State Licensure #0468013 Present

Hawai i State Licensure #1086 Present

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Spanish (fluent: speak, write, read, translate)

French (intermediate skills: speak, write, read)

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