Provide diagnostic and therapeutic services for disorders of swallowing, speech, language, and cognition in pediatric through geriatric neurogenic population. Conduct staff inservices and provide community and physician education. Participate in marketing, medical record reviews, performance improvement and outcome projects.

Supervised all departmental staff and managed department
ïServed as area National Outcomes Measurement System task force committee member
Impact: Improved quality of client care. Provided more accurate prognoses for clients.
ïDeveloped and allocated departmental budget
Impact: Consistently managed financial resources appropriately.
ïDeveloped and revised policies and procedures in accordance with CARF guidelines
Impact: Facility consistently awarded CARF accreditation with commendations.
ïDeveloped Quality Assurance and Continuous Quality Improvement programs
Impact: Improved the quality of care. Increased client and family education and satisfaction.
ïDeveloped and revised diagnostic and therapeutic "Seven-Point" Scales
Impact: Pioneered a continuation of the acute measures, (e.g. FIM), for the post-acute BI, community re-entry population.
ïDeveloped a functional communication evaluation and exit evaluation
Impact: Captured realistic images of communicative functioning in brain injured adults. Provided data for program evaluation and outcome measures.
ïDeveloped and revised critical pathways for five functional levels
Impact: Established accountability models. Streamlined documentation. Developed realistic outcomes.
ïSupervised graduate student Speech-Language Pathologists and Clinical Fellow/Speech-Language Pathologists
Impact: Trained speech-language pathology students. Established ongoing teaching relationship with area university.

. Provided inpatient/ outpatient/home health services. Specialized in adult neurogenic disorders and videofluoroscopic evaluation of dysphagia. Provided contract services to the Transitional Learning Center, Galveston.

Masters in Speech Language Pathology

BA in Communication Disorders

HS Diploma