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Georgia Rosenberg

Piara Waters,WA

Summary

Dynamic Speech Pathologist six years of experience and solid reputation for hollistic care, passion and attention to detail. Always enthusiastic to take on new challenges and support clients and their families speech and communication goals through creative and effective treatment planning. Highly personable and productive clinical professional.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Stuttering

Curtin Campus
05.2016
  • Conducted a Down Syndrome Fluency Group as well as treatment with two individual paediatric patients (3 and 6 years old)
  • Employed smooth speech strategies such as reduced rate, response contingent stimulation, fluency facilitation, smooth speech, desensitisation and cognitive restricting, during informal play.

Senior Speech Pathologist

Autism Association Of Western Australia
10.2022 - Current
  • Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.
  • Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
  • Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
  • Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
  • Monitored and analyzed business performance to identify areas of improvement and make necessary adjustments.
  • Communicated clearly with employees, suppliers and stakeholders to keep everyone on same page and working toward established business goals.

Speech Pathologist

Autism Association Of Western Australia
06.2020 - Current
  • Created and implemented treatment plans intended to address speech and language issues in collaboration with other clinical professionals.
  • Educated patients and family members about various topics such as communication techniques or strategies to cope with and avoid personal misunderstandings.
  • Built solid understanding of individual patients issues through analysis of speech and hearing evaluations.
  • Monitored patients' progress and adjusted treatments accordingly.

Mixed Caseload

Down South Therapy Services
12.2017 - Current
  • Delivery of service to infants through to elderly, conducted through individual treatment sessions, transdisciplinary treatment sessions, group sessions, as well as providing support and resources to teachers, families and the like
  • Independent planning of complex caseload with range of practice including speech, expressive/receptive language, stuttering, literacy and pre-literacy skills, articulation, voice, motor speech disorders, apraxia of speech, narrative, community engagement, selective mutism, high and low tech AAC, assistive technology sourcing and provision, social/play skills and dysphagia
  • Management of services for clients of all private health funds, WANDIS, NDIA, PMH funding (PITS), Medicare initiatives, Insurance Commission of WA funding, FaHCSIA services under the Helping Children with Autism initiative, Better Start Early Intervention Service for children with Cerebral Palsy, Fragile X Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Hearing Impairment and Vision Impairment and NDIS My Way
  • Experience with diagnosed and undiagnosed difficulties, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Acquired Brain Injury, Intellectual Disability, motor skill difficulties, Down Syndrome, Microcephaly, Global Developmental Delay, Sensory Processing Disorders, Hearing and Vision impairments, Apraxia, Huntington’s disease, Cerebral Palsy and Dyslexia
  • Implementation of formal assessment including but not limited to Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF) Preschool 2, 4 and 5, Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology, Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing 2nd, Kindy & PP Screens, Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation 3 GFTA-3, Toddler Phonology Test, Test Of Auditory Processing Skills 3rd Edition TAPS-3, Nuffield Dyspraxia Program, Neale Analysis of Reading Ability 3rd Ed
  • Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests 3rd Ed
  • Therapy approaches including Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme, Letters and Sounds Program, adaptation of McGuire Stuttering Program, therapy for introducing and implementing Augmentative and Alternative Communication, early intervention approaches, the psycholinguistic framework and more
  • Liaison with external agencies including Independent Living Centre, Liberator, Rocky Bay as well as numerous schools and allied health services.

Recruiter and Office Administrator

Monadelphous Group
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • I operate within a large, diverse team which involves collaborating and communicating across departments, as well as working towards and problem solving for a common goal
  • This results in the delivery of high-quality candidates for mining and engineering positions.

Paediatric Communication

NEMLDC
07.2017 - 09.2017
  • Therapy approaches including the colourful semantics approach for grammar, syntax and semantics, articulation therapy following a range of target selection criteria (e.g
  • Markedness), auditory input therapy, blank level questioning for inferential and literal comprehension and further Phonological Awareness, literacy and morphology instruction
  • Provision of professional learning as well as collaborative goal setting and planning with teachers and education assistants
  • Planning and delivery of parent workshops
  • High level of evidence-based practice and database maintenance to track progress across the treatment period.

Adult Inpatient

Fiona Stanley Hospital Acute Brain Injury Rehabilitation
04.2017 - 06.2017
  • Range of practice included speech, language, voice, multimodal communication and dysphagia
  • Implementation of formal and informal assessments such as oromotor examinations, swallow trials, Videofluoroscopy, Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing, Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment 2 Edition, Mount Wilga High Level Language Screening Test, Boston Naming Test, Psycholinguistic Assessments of Language Processing in Aphasia and the Western Aphasia Battery
  • Intervention approaches included Resonant Voice Therapy, Vocal Function Exercises, diet and fluid modifications, a range of rehabilitory and compensatory swallow strategies, AAC implementation and support, Constraint Inducted Language Therapy, semantic feature analysis, and counselling
  • Provided advice and care to patients with Tracheostomy
  • Frequent and timely documentation of patient interaction to BOSSnet
  • The hospital setting promoted evidence-based and collaborative practice and significantly developed my independence as a clinician.

School Mentoring

Rivergums Primary School
02.2017 - 04.2017
  • Mentored four First Clinical Year students which gave me the opportunity to pass on my passion, and the knowledge I have gained so far, to other students
  • Resource sharing, professional development, goal setting, planning and case discussions conducted each week with mentees
  • Contrasts phonology approach and various receptive language and phonological awareness treatment approaches for complex individual client with both speech and language impairments
  • Professional learning in auditory discrimination and William & Schellenberger’s Pyramid of Learning.

Adult Outpatient

Curtin Campus
10.2016 - 11.2016
  • Assessment, treatment and management of two individual clients experiencing cerebellar ataxia, dysarthria and aphasia
  • Leading and participating in the Communicate WA Language Group
  • Created my own informal speech and language assessment and implemented such with three individual clients
  • Treatment approaches I utilized included Sound Production Therapy, clear speech strategies, Melodic Intonation Therapy as well as providing thorough education of oral hygiene, breath support and concentration strategies.

Paediatric Communication

Makybe Rise Primary School
02.2016 - 04.2016
  • Group therapy with Year One students, and an individual client
  • Conducted assessment (using CELF-P2, DEAP SPAT-R and informal alphabet assessments)
  • Treatment of interdental lisp and literacy delay using traditional articulation therapy, phonological awareness therapy as per developmental acquisition, alphabet hierarchy and jolly phonics
  • Worked collaboratively with teachers and education assistants
  • Sound behaviour management skills promoted successful therapy in a group context.

Office Administrator

Rob Rosenberg Constructions
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Corresponded with clients using sound written and oral communication skills in person, on the phone and over email
  • I also utilised company-specific programs and Microsoft Excel to a high standard, assisting with maintaining and tracking data and progress.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Speech Pathology

Curtin University
Perth, WA
12.2017

Carey Baptist College
Harrisdale, WA
12.2013

Skills

  • First Aid/CPR
  • Organization and Time Management
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Decision-Making
  • Exceptional Oral Communication Skills
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders

Timeline

Senior Speech Pathologist

Autism Association Of Western Australia
10.2022 - Current

Speech Pathologist

Autism Association Of Western Australia
06.2020 - Current

Mixed Caseload

Down South Therapy Services
12.2017 - Current

Paediatric Communication

NEMLDC
07.2017 - 09.2017

Adult Inpatient

Fiona Stanley Hospital Acute Brain Injury Rehabilitation
04.2017 - 06.2017

School Mentoring

Rivergums Primary School
02.2017 - 04.2017

Adult Outpatient

Curtin Campus
10.2016 - 11.2016

Stuttering

Curtin Campus
05.2016

Paediatric Communication

Makybe Rise Primary School
02.2016 - 04.2016

Recruiter and Office Administrator

Monadelphous Group
01.2015 - 01.2018

Office Administrator

Rob Rosenberg Constructions
01.2014 - 01.2015

Bachelor of Science - Speech Pathology

Curtin University

Carey Baptist College

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