Beth Jefferys, MA,

Downingtown,

267-***-**** (talk/text) adju48@r.postjobfree.com

Experience:

SLP - self employed- Independent Contractor w/ Presence Learning, VST, TineEye, and General Healthcare Resources, Plymouth Meeting, PA; Core Medical, Therapy Staff, etc. Evaluations and treatments for pediatric (schools) and long term care/skilled, populations. Long and short term assignments. Autism, receptive/expressive language, fluency, voice, articulation, swallowing, CVA, intellectual disabilities, apraxia, dysarthria, etc. (Feb 2011- 2016). Telepractice from Feb 2016 - Aug 2017. Chester Valley Rehab/Nursing, Malvern 5/2015-7/2015 via Therapy Staff. SLP (independent contractor).

Adult and pediatric assignments throughout Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. Evaluation and treatments for pediatric EI and charter schools, and adult skilled nursing rehab settings. Various genetic and degenerative disabilities, articulation, fluency, apraxia, dysarthria, swallowing, social-pragmatic, language, etc. Contract work with MARC, Cerebral Palsy Association, EBS, various charter schools, Rehabworks, Rehabcare, Sundance, Genesis, etc. 2003 - present. Use of RehabOptima, Cassamba, OASIS, etc.; Use of appropriate tests- measures, synthesis of information; interpret findings; establishment of diagnosis, identification of impairments, determination of the predicted outcomes/improvement; use of NOMS; evidence-based practices; identification of precautions/contraindications and designing and planning of care. Developing of appropriate treatment goals and methods in collaboration with the patient and caregivers, implementation of the speech language pathology treatment plan, and completion of related documentation and record keeping regarding such services. Use of therapeutic techniques in areas based on need, such as:

* cognitive-communication

* speech intelligibility

* oral motor skills

* swallowing disorders/dysphagia

* perceptual abilities

* orientation

* memory

* pragmatics

* psychosocial expression

* functional communication

* case management skills in facility, home and community SLP with The Nursing Home Group, Honey Brook, PA.

Adult continuum of care community. Lead SLP.

Technical Writer at Shared Medical Systems (now Siemens), Great Valley, PA. Wrote end-user documentation for physicians billing software. Edited same. Project management. (1990-1994) Contract Writer at John Hancock, Bryn Mawr, PA. Wrote health insurance contracts for large companies. Researched laws for same.

Education: Master of Arts in Communication Disorders, West Chester University, West Chester, PA Bachelor of Arts in English/Communication, Cabrini College, Radnor, PA