Susan Rowe Speech Pathologist . Resume

Resume

I. Personal

Name: Susan E. Rowe

Address: 605 Baltimore Avenue

Towson, Maryland 21204

Telephone: (410) 337-7250

Fax: (410) 337-7706

E-mail: srowe@bcpl.net

II. Education and Certification

1995 Associate Member – International Association of Oral-Facial Myologists

1983 CCC in Speech Pathology

1982 MD. State License #1230

1982 Towson State University, M.S. In Speech Pathology

1971 University of Maryland, B.A. in Mass Communications

III. Skills and Area of Specialization

Oral Motor Disorders

Oral Stage Dysphagia

Oral-Facial Muscle Imbalance

Defective Alveolar Sounds

Seating and Positioning

Aural Rehabilitation

PT, OT, SLP Plan of Correction following State Surveys

Program Development/Implementation

Medicare Fair Hearings

Administrative Law Judge Hearings

Medicare Documentation

Restorative Care Programs

Dementia Programming

IV. Experience other than Higher Education

8-00 to Present Multiple private Elementary and Preschool contracts, Nursing Home SLP contracts, private practice five afternoons a week, graduate student field placement supervisor.

5-99 to 8-00 Private practice in Towson, Maryland and associate professor at Villa Julie College.

2-98 to 5/99 Director of Rehabilitation and Director of Programs and Activities. Duties include successful implementation of PPS 7/1/98. Also, total reconstruction of Programs and Activities Dementia programming, core curriculum and communication competencies. Responsible for a staff of 35 and annual budget of $1,102,000.00.

4-97 to 2-98 Rehab Manager for Part B Services at Stella Marts. Includes focused staffing, program development, implementation of restorative care for OT, PT, SLP. Duties also included development of in-house audiology program and successful outpatient program from local referring physicians.

6-93 to 4-97 Director - Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology Department of Henning & Cole Therapy Associates, Ltd. Progressive Therapy and Focus Therapy. Duties: Service Delivery, inservice education, program development, quality insurance for department of speech and audiology for 5 out-patient offices, 38 nursing homes including 3 sub-acute contracts and 50 public schools.

1992-Present Speech Services, Baltimore, Maryland, Speech/Language Pathologist. Duties: Provide speech screenings to nursery school and day care centers. Follow-up with therapy if recommended.

V. Professional Lectures, Training Workshops, Publications and Television

Workshops and Lectures

1.	New Jersey State Convention - April 2000 - Featured Speaker, Dementia Communication strategies for the SLP, N.H. staff and resident families.
2.	Local Orthodontics community - Fall 1999 - Strategies for memory enhancement as we age.
3.	ASHA Annual Convention - November, 1998. Poster Session Dysphagia and Usage of Pulse Oximetry.
4.	Dementia and Aging - September, 1998. Communication Interventions and Compensations with your Loved One. (Part of program with Naomi Feil)
5.	Memory Enhancement Strategies - Spring, 1998. Guest Speaker Lions Club.
6.	Down Syndrome-Oral Motor Disorders - Parent Support Group, January, 1997.
7.	"Hard to Swallow" - MANFA, October, 1996 Fall meeting to Nursing Home Administrators and Director of Nursing. Comprehensive Lecture, Video and hands on lab.
8.	Dysphagia-Current Trends on Long Term Care - to State of Maryland Surveyors from the department of Licensing and Certification. March, 1996.
9.	Oral Motor Disorders-Back to Basics - Fall 1994 given to parents support group Harford County Board of Education.
10.	Myofunctional Therapy-An Adjunctive Treatment Tool - Fall 1993, Maryland Pediatric Dental Association Fall Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland.
11.	Myofunctional Therapy-An Adjunctive Treatment Tool - Spring 1993, Maryland State Orthodontic Association Spring Meeting including production of video outlining myofunctional disorders and treatment.
12.	Screening for Tongue Thrust in your Dental Practice - Fall 1993, Spring 1993, Hunt Valley, MD. monthly study group of interdisciplinary dental specialists.
13.	Tongue Thrust and your Dental Practice for dental hygienists and assistants -1992,1993.
14.	Oral Stage of Swallow - Spring, 1994 Kemans Hospital SLP/Dysphagia Interest group.
15.	Normal and Abnormal Speech and Language Development - University of Maryland Dental School, Summer Lecture Series 1993, 1994, 1995.

Newspaper Articles

Communication with Dementia (Cover Story). Advanced Magazine for Speech Pathologists and Audiologists. October, 2000. By Mark Palacio, Asst. Editor. This story was in direct response to speech at Spring 2000 New Jersey State Speech and Hearing Convention.

Finding a Way Around Hearing Loss. The Evening Sun, August 8, 1991. This article was distributed to print and electronic media nationwide on the "A-Wire" of Associated Press.

Television Presentations

Health Watch WJZ-TV 5:00 o'clock News. Teamwork: The Orthodontist and the Speech Pathologist. Is your orthodontic treatment a stable result?

VI. Volunteer Work

2000 to present St. John's Lutheran Church Churches Council, wellness ministry, companion program, and kitchen committee.

1998 - 1999 Chairperson of Public Relations and Marketing of Awards and Scholarships to Seniors. This is the third year in this position with annual receipts to $28,000.00.

1994-1998 PTA Executive Board, Dulaney High School

1989 -1994 Spring Fair Chairperson, Carroll Manor Elementary School

1986 Women of Church Chairperson, Sarah Circle

1987 Executive Board, Carroll Manor Elementary School

VII. Statement

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I certify that this Curriculum Vitae is a current and accurate statement of my professional record.

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