Emma Farrish
Bradford,ON
Summary
Eager and dedicated Speech-Language Pathologist with a passion for improving the lives of individuals with communication and swallowing disorders. Strong academic foundation and clinical experience, seeking a full-time position to apply skills, learn, and grow within a supportive team environment. Committed to delivering compassionate care and eager to contribute positively to the field.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Speech-Language Pathologist
Shibogama First Nations Council
09.2023 - Current
- Conducting culturally sensitive assessments to assess communication disorders in Indigenous children aged 2-17 years old.
- Developing and implementing individualized treatment plans tailored to each Indigenous child's needs, based on thorough assessment results.
- Collaborating closely with healthcare professionals and First Nation community workers to ensure culturally appropriate care, facilitate referrals, mobilize community resources, and customize therapeutic interventions with sensitivity to individual values, beliefs, and communication styles.
- Established strong relationships with patients and families, fostering trust and collaboration towards shared treatment goals.
Clinical Internship
Royal Victoria Hospital
05.2023 - 07.2023
- Managed daily caseloads of 5-6 patients requiring communication, cognitive communication, speech, voice and/or dysphagia assessment and management, including conducting formal and informal assessment measures, collaborating with clients and families to generate appropriate and meaningful goals of care, while planning and creating appropriate therapy activities to target goals
- Wrote daily assessment reports and session notes within MediTech’s electronic health record software following CASLPO guidelines, accurately documenting all events and interactions during sessions
- Led a presentation on aphasia and post-stroke communication disorders to clients, families and fellow allied health professionals
- Presented current research findings on best-practice for post-extubation dysphagia management to colleagues during a professional practice meeting.
Clinical Internship
March of Dimes Canada
01.2023 - 03.2023
- Facilitated weekly conversation groups with 10+ clients in each, providing supports for post-stroke patients with aphasia, cognitive communication and motor speech disorders
- Independently conducted complex informal communication assessments, including obtaining and documenting consent, implementing various cueing strategies to determine best methods to support clients in conversation, completing a Quality of Life scale, building rapport with clients and their caregivers, and completing a written report regarding the client’s communication profile, needs and abilities
- Created and led an interactive training workshop to teach volunteers how to implement low-tech communication strategies and resources into conversation groups to support people with aphasia and cognitive communication disorders.
Clinical Internship
Family Speech Clinic
02.2022 - 07.2022
- Conducted informal and formal communication assessments using the GFTA-3 and CELF-5 on school-aged children with various communication and speech sound disorders
- Led weekly social skills groups with children aged four to eight with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), implementing neurodiverse strategies into sessions to target multiple goals for each client
- Led daily therapy sessions for 8 children with developmental language disorders and delays during a 3-week intensive speech-camp by creating lesson plans, selecting appropriate activities for client age, abilities, and interests in order to improve communication and speech goals
- Wrote daily progress notes for all clients during speech-camp, ensuring all data collected was documented in a timely manner and accurate, while following CASLPO regulatory guidelines
- Effectively communicated with parents regarding their child’s progress, while providing them with at-home resources to support therapeutic success.
TEFL Teacher
Maximo Nivel
07.2019 - 09.2019
- Taught daily 1-hour English classes over the course of 9 weeks to 13 ESL students aged fourteen to mid-thirties
- Implemented lessons plans emphasizing proper pronunciation, grammar patterns, reading comprehension, creative-writing and conversation
- Revised course content to facilitate and moderate classroom discussions and student-centered learning
- Created tests and oral exam guidelines with corresponding rubrics to monitor and evaluate students’ progress
- Encouraged and aided students who felt they were struggling with material by going through coursework one-on-one after class.
English Tutor
Self-employed
- 01.2018
- Assisted a total of 11 local high-school students in summer-school with writing and proofreading essays
- Provided students with brainstorming strategies to enhance critical thinking in argumentative essay writing
- Kept records of academic performance and applied this information to address certain areas of improvement for each student.
Education
Master of Health Science: Speech-Language Pathology -
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON08.2023
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology Major -
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, ON04.2020
Skills
- Microsoft Office (all platforms)
- MediTech Expanse
- Analytics - SPSS (intermediate)
- Patient Education
- Communication Strategies
- Documentation and Reporting
Volunteer Experience
- Missions Trip, 07/2015, Antigua, Guatemala; Volunteered at local schools to help with organizing classrooms, taught children English through group activities, organized local fundraisers to raise money for building schools and school supplies for students, built water-filtration systems in various communities to provide clean water.
- Missions Trip, 08/2011, Managua, Nicaragua; Taught children English with a focus on vocabulary and grammar through the use of group discussion activities, music, and games, aided in building a new church for the locals and a school for the youth over the course of 3 weeks.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Professional Working
Timeline
Speech-Language Pathologist
Shibogama First Nations Council
09.2023 - Current
Clinical Internship
Royal Victoria Hospital
05.2023 - 07.2023
Clinical Internship
March of Dimes Canada
01.2023 - 03.2023
Clinical Internship
Family Speech Clinic
02.2022 - 07.2022
TEFL Teacher
Maximo Nivel
07.2019 - 09.2019
English Tutor
Self-employed
- 01.2018
Master of Health Science: Speech-Language Pathology -
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology Major -
Toronto Metropolitan University
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