Carag Harrisonburg, EDUCATION dison Un Cerra Mune Ocoee} UNC-Chapel Hill Fay PERSONAL PROFILE | am a Speech Language Pathologist working in the the Voice and Swallow patient setting as well as acute care. My previous career as a performer in Musical Theater and Opera laid the foundations to study the intricacies of the and the laryngeal complex. Receiving my Master James Madison University allowed me to further my inter vocal mechanism while inspiring new fascinations with dysphagia, language ognition, and motor speech disorders. | am enthusiastic to continue to utilize these skills in an adult setting. | am kind, creative, and adept a patient rapport and gearing treatm nt to reflect the goals of the patient. WORK EXPERIENCE Externship in Outpatient/Inpatient Voice and Swallowing * Evaluated and treated voice and swallowing disorders, administere and interpreted Modified Barium Swallows and Clinical Swallow Exa and took case histories to diagnose and plan treatment for speech joice, and swallow disorders * Developed and implemented voice exercise pro} VT, SOVT, VEE, Twang, LSV and improve function ( * Deve and implemented swallowing exer ptimize swallow safety and reduces s/s of aspiration (EMST, Mendelsoh Masoko, etc * Performed acoustic assessments (ADSV, CSID, PRAAT. LSVT. etc * Evaluated, screened, and treated swallowing, speech, and cognition disorders in the acute care setting * Composed full evaluation and therapy notes (EPIC) Externship at UVA Voice and Swallowing * evalua é and treated voice and swallowing disord. histories, performed oral mechanism and Clinical Swallow exams, and ook patient case interpreted FEES exams to diagnose and plan treatment for voice and allow disorder: * Developed implemented exercise programs 0 reduction ‘oved function, ILO, gender affirmation(R' Twang, and Estill principles, et * Developed and implemented swallowing exercise programs and recommendations to optimize swallow safety, reduce cough, and reduce spira sohn, Masoko, Sniff-Hiss, etc posed full evaluation and th s/s ofa Externship at Bluestone Elementary Wrote reports and maintained proper documentation of initial * Coordinated paperwork, ase management activities, and wrote lesson pla * Evaluated hearing, speech, and language test results, diagnose and olan treatment for speech, language, and fluency disor * Participate progress, such as indiv meetings regarding patients’ jonal planning (IEP) meetingsETIOLOGIES AND cn Rey Crea eee eey Ree Ne ae) Tees ae nee ey Head and Neck Cancer eet aralysis Cee Dysarthria CoE Cee Eee ete ey RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE Professional Performer . Equity Association mem * Performed in Music inar aditional Styles (Les *P f ontemporal (Guerilla Opera, Longwood Opera CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS * Lee Silverman Treatment Certified . pnique L a * Passy Mu oe tification for SLP Tele-Pract CONFERENCES AND IPE EVEN * USHA Voice Conferen + NATS * JMU Ar Day Seminal 5 {MU Annual FE One-Day Sex REFERENCES Erin Kamarunas, Ph.D, CCC J and RMH-Sentara Voice and wing Cli Professor of nd Swallowing and Clinical . uee@jmu.edu © phone: (54 884 a Lott, CCC-SLF UVA Voice and Swallowing Center * email: JL pealth.or * phone: (4 0 fn Dh. 0, LP f Adult Language Disord