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I received a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Pathology with a minor in education and psychology from Augustana College, and a Master of Science from Eastern Illinois University, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology. My training for Clinical Fellowship was at the St. Louis State School and Hospital for Mentally Handicapped Adults, under the direction of Dr. Madge Skelly, a published authority on American Indian Gestural Code as a mode of communication for the nonverbal, nonlinguistic person. With grant money received from the Missouri Crippled Children Foundation, early intervention for speech and language development was provided for children from St. Charles and Jefferson Counties in Missouri. I served as Department Chairperson at St. Louis County Hospital where I focused on head trauma rehabilitation. My work with the patient encompassed the time they came into the ICU, to when they became outpatients, and working with them in their modified home environment. I have experience as a speech pathologist in the public school setting, having served the communities of Will County and Adams County Illinois. I have continued my education at Western Illinois University, Dept. of Speech Pathology, and have researched avenues in which to combine my experience with music, my love of preschool age children, and my training as a communication specialist. In 2001, my search led me to become a licensed Kindermusik educator. |