Speech-Language Pathology Home Health

MEGAN ANN PETERSEN

Phone: 847-***-****

E-mail: ************@*****.***

Carpentersville, IL

EDUCATION

University of Kansas: Anticipated Graduating class of 2024 Kansas City & Lawrence, KS Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology 3.8 GPA Northern Illinois University: Graduating class of 2022 Dekalb, IL Bachelor of Science Degree with Summa Cum Laude 3.9 GPA Elgin Community College: Graduating class of 2020 Elgin, IL Associate in Science Degree with Honors 3.8 GPA

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CLINICS

Minds Matter – Home Health Spring 2024

• Provided services in patient’s home, public spaces, and during interdisciplinary team meetings.

• Provided therapeutic services to patients with brain injuries, addressing disorders in social skills, expressive and receptive language, swallowing, cognition, voice, and articulation.

• Managed a diverse patient population, including secondary diagnoses such as Autism and Cerebral Palsy.

• Treatment approaches included Copy and Recall Treatment (CART), Attentive Reading and Constrained Summarization (ARCS), Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA), and swallowing exercises. The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus – Topeka, KS Fall 2023

• Inpatient and Acute Rehabilitation settings for primarily assessing and treating patients post-stroke, and Outpatient for assessing swallow of patients with Head and Neck Cancer.

• Completed screening and assessments including the Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS), bedside swallowing assessment, and Modified Barium Swallow studies.

• Treatment approaches included education and use of memory strategies, scanning/attention strategies, and education on safe swallowing strategies, exercises, and maneuvers. Endoscopy Clinic – Kansas City, KS Summer 2023

• Included clinical experience shadowing a registered SLP and anesthesiologist in operating rooms.

• Cultivated patient rapport, obtained informed consent, and delivered tailored patient education to a diverse population of culturally varied and medically stable individuals.

• Utilized endoscopic instrumentation to examine the airway and vocal folds. Aphasia Group Clinic – Kansas City, KS Summer 2023

• A treatment group for people with varying severity and types of aphasia.

• Included opportunities for emotional support and multimodal communication strategies through conversation.

• Facilitated conversation by creating opportunities to communicate, ratifying messages to the group, modeling and establishing group rules, and encouraging use of strategies. Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) – Kansas City, KS Summer 2023

• Outpatient clinic focused on providing interdisciplinary care for adults with neurodegenerative diseases.

• Assessed and provided patient education on swallowing and voice changes associated with primary diagnosis.

• Recommended strategies for effective communication and more comfortable swallowing.

• Modified services to culturally diverse population. Horizon Academy – Roeland Park, KS Fall 2022

• Worked in a school setting with children ages 6-18, primarily serving those with Autism and/or Dyslexia.

• Conducted evaluations and provided treatment for speech-sound disorders and receptive language delays.

• Provided pull-out services for articulation, reading, and inferencing in individual and small group settings.

• Implemented push-in services to facilitate class-wide instruction on inferencing, pragmatics, and problem-solving. Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA) Group – via Zoom through University of Kansas Medical Center Fall 2022

• Adult tele-practice group, primarily consisting of those with Spinocerebellar Ataxia, receiving SPEAK OUT! LOUD Crowd treatment.

• Therapeutic approach consisted of individualized models and feedback targeting participants’ unique speech characteristics to promote purposeful and clear speech. Individual Adult Clinic – Kansas City, KS Fall 2022

• Individual clinic for in-person assessment and treatment.

• First Patient seen for increasing pitch variance and rate of speech, due to dysarthria.

• Second patient seen for executive function skills such as planning and organizing, due to traumatic brain injury.

• Therapeutic approaches included Phonation Resistance Training Exercises (PhoRTE), Goal Plan Do Review training, reports of patient satisfaction through Goal Attainment Scaling, and family and individual counseling. RESEARCH

ALL-CAN-Converse Lab – Kansas City, KS Summer 2023 – Spring 2024

• Contributed to research study by Marion Leaman Ph.D., CCC, SLP and Lisa Edmond, Ph.D., CCC, SLP called ECoLoGiC (Expanding Communication and Language Opportunities Grounded in Conversation) Treatment.

• Transcribed monologues and conversations between participants with aphasia and conversation partners.

• Observed and checked fidelity and agreement for assessments administered for baseline. CERTIFICATION

Basic Life Support Certification Summer 2015 – Current PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS

Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ISHA) National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) EXTRA CURRICULAR/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES

COMDSA - NSSLHA Chapter Fall 2020 – Spring 2022

• Attended speaker seminars and workshops relating to speech-language pathology and audiology on professionalism, issues in the field, and speaker reports on treatment experiences.

• Participated in fundraising and education of student body on speech and language related issues and diagnoses.

• Participated in community events for diverse populations with special needs. Zoom Pals with Pine Acres Rehabilitation & Living Center Fall 2020 – Spring 2022

• Tele-practice conversations with residents experiencing symptoms of dementia.

• Opportunity for education on progressive dementia and discrediting myths of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.

• Explored the benefit of familiar, emotional music on memory and cognition. SWANS - Students Who Are Not Silent Fall 2018 – Spring 2020

• Advocate group for LGBTQIA rights that offered a safe space for LGBTQIA people, those who are questioning their sexual and gender identities, and allies to socialize and build a sense of community.

• Provided education for student body about LGBTQIA issues such as hate crimes, political cases, acceptance/ tolerance, HIV/AIDS, and stereotypes.

Rho Theta Kappa Honors Society Fall 2018 – Spring 2020

• Honors society that provided academic resources and scholarships.

• Promoted opportunities for community involvement and volunteer work.

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