LESLIE SMITH

**** ********* * ******, ****** Rock, AR 72205 ad0z6i@r.postjobfree.com 501-***-**** University Master University Bachelor LICENSES of of & Science of of CERTIFICATIONS Science Arkansas Arkansas degree in Education at at in Fayetteville Fayetteville Speech Pathology December Summer 1990 1991 Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC’s)

State of Arkansas Teaching License

Arkansas State License in Speech Pathology

PROFESSIONAL • Lindamood INTENSIVE Phoneme TRAININGS Sequencing FOR LITERACY Program & (LiPS®) LANGUAGE for Reading, Spelling and Speech

• Seeing o Stars® Little Rock, – Symbol Arkansas, Imagery 2009 for Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words and Spelling

• Visualizing o Little & Rock, Verbalizing Arkansas, for 2009 Language Comprehension and Thinking® (V/V®)

• Orton o Gillingham Little Rock, Arkansas, 2010

• R.I.S.o o E Academy Little Attended Rock, a Arkansas, 40 hour training January provided 2018 by the Institute for Multi- Sensory Education WORK Little Pediatric Rock EXPERIENCE Speech o o School Attended Little Language District Rock, Reading Pathologist Arkansas, August Initiative 2008 April – 2019 for Present Student Excellence “K-2 R.I.S.E Academy Days 1-6” – 36 hours University Adjunct • • • • • • • Provides children injuries, Works providers Serves correct Act Maintains IDEA. Manages Work Supervised Clinical (of IDEA)includes Arkansas closely as implementation Instructor hearing with contract speech-a and due . graduate liaison a to parents. process experience wide impairments, language coordinate for speech for students Medical range the records of language school in therapy the of services elementary, during diagnosis Sciences state and and to services learning therapist provide coordinates and clinical with including federal August middle classroom to information disabilities. rotations in school school law parent 2017 and speech-related teachers, age high at - settings. July conferences the to children language school parents/2018 to UAMS the psychological settings. Individuals with disorders, with Speech teachers speech all and disciplines examiners, regarding autism, with language Hearing Disabilities cerebral in due deficits. related Clinic. accordance process palsy, Education Duties service Service and brain with included monitoring therapy sessions and providing direction and input with regards to assessment, treatment and recommendations. Responsible for providing instruction regarding therapy provision and documentation of treatment sessions and assessment with goal writing. Tri-District Early Childhood Program September 2005 – June 2009 Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

A Step • Ahead Provided (ages 3-Therapy 5 speech-years old) language March at local 2005 therapy daycares – September services and Pre-2005 as K an programs itinerant in therapist the Central to the Little pre-Rock school area. population Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

Select • • Specialty Provided reading Trained intervention. in Hospital speech-reading language therapy November therapy with 2000 the services Linda-– March Mood to 2005 pre-Bell school Seeing and Stars school Program age children and the with Lips a Program. primary focus on Acute Care Speech-Language Pathologist

United • • • • • Provided Worked a Attended providing Assisted Completed Cerebral team oriented jointly with speech-team Palsy information training the conference with approach. language November development to respiratory perform and therapy weekly recommendations. 1999 fiber and therapy, – to October services marketing optic discuss rehab endoscopic 2000 to patient critically of therapy, the progress acute evaluations ill and patients traumatic the with radiology of in physicians swallowing brain a long-department injury term and (FEES)program. acute family to . care members, provide setting care with Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

Med-• • Serve Developed Provided Rehab speech-and January coordinated language 1999 – therapy pre-April school 1999 services whole-to language developmentally curriculum delayed with children an occupational (ages birth therapist. – 5 years old). Speech-Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation Coordinator St. Vincent’s • • • Coordinated department. Assisted area Provided hospital. Infirmary administrative assistance all activities Medical in marketing and of Center the nursing rehabilitation the May staff rehabilitation 1995 with – department, the July implementation 1997 program including in an effort of hiring the to new improve and Perspective staffing the rehabilitation census. Payment local Acute Care Speech-Language Pathologist

Continental • • • Provided pediatric with Gained pathology. Provided UCA supervisors a Medical focus continued populations. speech-supervision Participated on Systems dysphagic, committee. language experience to Primary actively graduate August tracheostomized, pathology in speech-in the 1994 students weekly areas services – language May of interdisciplinary on 1995 aphasia, and to an services in-ventilator ongoing patients TBI, provided dementia, basis dependent Medicare and during outpatients for apraxia, meeting the patients. internships neurogenic including dysarthria, for the and skilled geriatric geriatric was and active vocal nursing population and in the units. Speech-Language Pathologist

• • Provided disorders illnesses. Provided two rural services evaluation hospitals to the geriatric to to and eight perform treatment population different videoflouroscopic of long-in speech, long term term language, care swallow care facilities facilities, swallowing, studies. during as well employment and as cognitive- treated with patients communicative CMS. with Attained dementing staff at Baptist Acute Care Medical Speech-Center Language August Pathologist 1992 – August 1994 Ft. Staff Smith • • • • Speech-Provided TBI, Completed Participated and Provided Rehabilitation became and Language dementia speech therapy oropharyngeal familiar in Pathologist multidisciplinary language Hospital to and with tracheostomized areas OT pathology videoflouroscopic of February and dysphagia. meetings PT documentation services and 1992 for ventilator – swallow for August peer a variety review and dependent 1992 studies terminology. of of neurogenic colleges on patients a routine for patients to the basis. improve purpose of all vocal of ages staff communication. including advancement CVA, Kingston • • Provided dysarthria, Began Public initiation speech-School apraxia of language August training and vocal 1991 pathology to pathology complete – May services 1992 videoflouroscopic through for an a variety outpatient swallow of communication clinic. studies. disorders including aphasia, Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

• • Provided Participated speech- in development language pathology of individualized services education to school age programs children. with other school personnel. PROFESSIONAL • • • American Arkansas Committee in the Public ORGANIZATIONS Speech-Speech-Member Schools” Language Language and – Arkansas & contributor INVOLVEMENT Hearing and Hearing State Association to Department “The Association Roles and of Education Responsibilities of the Speech Language Pathologist References upon request