To utilize my talent at the best for serving the individuals with speech, language and hearing disorders.
EDUCATION
- Master’s program in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology(MASLP), Manipal University.
- Bachelor’s program in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology(BASLP), Kerala University NISH.
Current Position:
Working as a Speech Therapist in Kids Heart Medical Centre
CLINICAL EXPERTISE:
- Assessment and intervention for swallowing and voice disorders.
- Experienced in dealing with patients with various neuro-degenerative diseases, stroke, patients who have underwent surgical procedures such as tracheostomy, laryngectomy and phono-surgery.
- Diagnosis and intervention of different speech and language disorders like:
- Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD)
- Cerebral palsy (CP)
- Attention deficit disorders (ADD)
- Specific language impairment (SLI)
- Hearing loss
- Misarticulation
- Cleft lip and palate
- Fluency disorders
Student and School Support
- Carrying out speech and language assessments and intervention for various speech, language communication and swallowing disorders.
- Carrying out daily and bimonthly documentation of the patients in the caseload.
- Assessment and intervention for voice disorders.
- Taking part in weekly team discussion with occupational therapists, physio-therapists and psychologists.
- Experienced in dealing with patients who need PECS, communication through pictures and AAC using high-tech devices.
- Carrying out individualized education program(IEP) to the assigned case-load at the centre through a trans-disciplinary approach of intervention to various speech, language, hearing and swallowing disorders.
- Deal with children from the primary to the senior level having various disorders such as autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, global developmental delays, chromosomal abnormalities etc.
- Do feeding and swallowing assessment and intervention for students having various feeding and swallowing disorders.
- Practice routine-based intervention and techniques of ABA.
- Practice all types of alternative and augmentative communication, assistive technology and aided language stimulation extensively.
- Provide directions to the educators in carrying out the language goals pertaining to the literacy skills.
- Carry-out fortnightly planning of intervention and daily response recording of the goals administered.
- Conduct skill clustering at the beginning of the year with new IEP and review of IEP at the end of the year.
- Conduct separate sessions for speech skills(respiration, phonation, articulation, resonance, voice), auditory skills and swallowing skills.
PROFESSIONAL SKILL
- Fellowship in voice and swallowing disorders(KIMS hospital, India)
- Hanen-trained in the program “It takes two to talk”
- Trained in the “Lidcombe program” for stutterin
Languages:
- English
- Hindi
- Malayalam
- Tamil
- Kannada
- Arabic: Underwent a preliminary course