Resume of Stephanie Weinberg, Graduate Student, Speech-Language Pathology

Stephanie Weinberg
10203 Baltimore Ave. #6206
College Park, MD 20740 USA
856.308.9884 (cell)
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Web: http://speech-language-pathologist.com/

Summary

My name is Stephanie Weinberg and I am a graduate student at the University of Maryland-College Park. I will be graduating in May of 2007 with my master’s in speech-language pathology. During my final semester (Spring '07), I will be working as a graduate clinician at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland and completing my thesis on verb learning in 18-month-olds. I am looking for a CFY job in the areas of Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Maryland following my graduation. I am interested in working with children, especially children aged birth-5, in a school or at an outpatient clinic.

Clinical Experience

Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland

Graduate Clinician (January 2007–May 2007)

  • Conduct diagnostic evaluations and plan therapy for adults in an inpatient and outpatient hospital setting
  • Disorders include: dysarthria, aphasia, dysphagia, cognitive-linguistic impairment

Holiday Park Senior Center, Wheaton, Maryland

Graduate Clinician (February 2007–April 2007)

  • Plan and lead a speachreading aural rehabilitation class for adults with hearing loss

Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland
Maryvale Elementary School-Collaborative Autism Preschool Program (CAPP)

Graduate Clinician (August 2006–December 2006)

  • Planned and conducted individual and group therapy sessions based on IEP goals
  • Used principles of verbal behavior and the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) during therapy
  • Collaborated with classroom teachers and parents

Westover Elementary School-Preschool Language Program

Graduate Clinician/Classroom Teacher (August 2006–December 2006)

  • Developed and implemented a language-based classroom curriculum based on IEP goals for two classes of preschoolers with speech and language delays
  • Facilitated language with peers during play
  • Conducted individual and group speech and language therapy
  • Administered standardized speech and language tests and wrote diagnostic reports

University of Maryland (UMD) Speech and Hearing Clinic, College Park, MD

Graduate Clinician (September 2005–July 2006)

  • Conducted diagnostic evaluations, including: client/parent interviews, collection and analysis of spontaneous speech and language samples, standardized testing, oral motor exams, and hearing screenings
  • Developed and implemented individual and group therapy plans using a variety of home-made activities
  • Developed suitable goals for clients using baseline and standardized test data
  • Wrote initial therapy plans, progress reports, and diagnostic reports
  • Conducted mid-semester and final client/parent conferences
  • Conducted speech, language, and hearing screenings at UMD and various schools in Maryland
  • Disorders included: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Child Language, Aphasia, Adult Apraxia of Speech, Fluency (child and adult), Phonological and Articulation Disorders

University of Maryland-Language-Learning Early Advantage Program

Graduate Clinician/Classroom Teacher (January 2006–May 2006)

  • Developed and implemented a language-based multi-sensory classroom curriculum to preschoolers with speech and language delays
  • Provided 1:1 teacher-student interaction
  • Used floortime approach during free play
  • Provided individual speech and language therapy to two children in the class

Education

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Graduate School-Hearing and Speech Sciences
Candidate-MA Speech-Language Pathology (May 2007)
Current GPA: 4.0
Graduate Assistantship
Hayes A. Newby Fellow

August 2004–May 2007

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

BA Psychology/Mathematics minor (May 2004)
GPA: 3.8 Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Dean's List all semesters

August 2000–May 2004

Work Experience

University of Maryland

Research Assistant/Lab Manager- Aphasia Research Center (June 2005–July 2006)

Worked under the direction of Yasmeen Shah, PhD studying agrammatic Broca’s aphasia

  • Managed lab members, maintained communication with participants, assisted with development of stimuli for studies
  • Conducted diagnostic evaluations for new participants with aphasia and gave therapy according to the protocol developed by Dr. Shah

Speech-Language Pathology Assistant

(Bethesda, Maryland; June 2005–August 2005)

  • Worked with a 2½-year-old child with autism on language and communication skills under the direction of her speech-language pathologist
  • Used floortime approach

University of Maryland

Research Assistant-Language Development Lab (August 2004–May 2005)

  • Worked under the direction of Rochelle Newman, PhD
  • Conducted infant, child, and adult studies, as well as office responsibilities

Katz Jewish Community Center-Open Hearts Open Doors Summer Camp

Advocate for children with disabilities (Cherry Hill, NJ; Summer 2001, 2004)

  • Helped assimilate these children with other campers

Brandeis University

Research Assistant (January 2003–May 2004)

  • Worked under the direction of Malcolm Watson, PhD
  • Studied pretend play and creativity in preschoolers

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Research Assistant (May 2003–July 2003)

  • Worked under the direction of Dr. Stephen Leff- Psychology Department
  • Administered tests to inner city schoolchildren as part of a violence prevention program for relationally aggressive girls
  • Data entry and analysis using SPSS and Excel

Research

Keep it Simple: Accelerating the Verb Learning Process

Master’s Thesis under the direction of Rochelle Newman, PhD

The Effect of Pretend Play on Creativity in Preschoolers

Original research subsequently presented by Weinberg, S., Watson, M., & Berler, J.
Poster presentation: Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting-
Atlanta, GA (April 2005)

Honors

University of Maryland

Brandeis University