Wendy J. Pulliam, MS, CCC-SLP P.O. Box 961 Victoria, VA 23974 (434) 696-2716 Date Employed: May 16, 2007 Part-Time (up to 30 hours a week) ASHA# 12092511 American Speech and Language Association Expires – 12/31/11 SHAV member Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia Expires-12/31/11 EDUCATION: Master of Science Western Kentucky University Graduated August 2005 Communication Disorders and Sciences Bachelor of Health Sciences University of Kentucky Graduated August 1995 Communication Disorders Professional Experience: 05/07 – present DLVE Coordinator/Clinical Educator/Instructor Longwood University Farmville, VA Coordinate student’s schedules, classes, and clinical hours for online program. Assist in budget and advising students with administrative coordinator. Supervise graduate students within the traditional graduate program in the clinic setting along with supervising clinical teaching teams. Provide instruction for CSDS-201 (Intro. to Communication Disorders) and CSDS489 (Intro. to Clinical Practicum). 11/07 – 12/07 Speech Language Pathologist Rehabilitation Associates Virginia Beach, VA Assessment, counsel, evaluate, examine, treatment, interpret data, caregiver training, and treatment for language disorders in children younger than the age of 3. 8/01 – 05/07 Speech Language Pathologist Lunenburg County Public Schools K-V Rd, Kenbridge, VA 23944 Assessment, counsel, evaluate, examine, treatment, interpret data, in-service for teachers and provide individual patient treatment for articulation, language, swallowing, hearing impairments, and voice or fluency disorders. Presentations: Renaissance Conference (2 presentations) Arlington, VA Skype and uses within the clinic setting (Oct 2010) presented with Gayle Daly Presentation was based on the use of Skype in the clinical setting at Longwood University. It was reported that Longwood has implemented using Skype for training of clinical faculty, clinical teaching teams and meeting with students and supervisors. It assists the faculty in reducing travel cost and talking live to members of the team. DLVE program (Oct 2010) presented with Lissa Power-deFur Reported on the creation of the DLVE-SLP program and how it works. The presentation focused on the process of developing the program to how it works currently. Dr. Power-deFur reported on the upstart of the thinking behind developing a program in this format and what steps were taken to ensure that it was a success. Then I provided information on how the process has evolved since accepting our first cohort in summer 2007. Autism Presentation for the Methodist Foundation Methodist Center, Blackstone VA In-service presentation on how to incorporate children with autism in the Sunday school classroom. The presentation focused on children between the ages of 0-18 years of age. Provided information on what types of strategies the teacher could incorporate to make the child and caregiver feel at ease when leaving them in the class. How to incorporate other children in the techniques and social learning. Included examples of schedules, task organizers, etc. Reviewer for ASHA Schools Conference (Spring 2009) In-Service Presentation on Children with Autism-Ages 2 and up Winchester Public Schools In-service discussing the language development and progression of autism in children spanning from toddler to pre-teen. Provided information on different types of autism and their progression and discussed therapy techniques to help improve language skills. Also discussed pragmatic techniques, including scheduling and augmentative communication to increase expressive and receptive language skills. Round Table Discussion Difficulties of a School Language Pathologist NBASLA (National Black Association of Speech Language Pathologist) Round Table discussion on the difficulties that SLP’s are presented with within the school system. Including IEP’s, retention, dismissal, caseload management, etc. As the leader of the discussion, I was responsible for presenting ideas and problems that might be addressed and ask for suggestions on how other therapist handle the issues within their area or state. SLP’s were represented from several different states including California, Illinois, Virginia, Maryland, etc. Speech and Language Development for new Kindergarten students Lunenburg County Public Schools Provided handouts that displayed typical development of a 5 or 6 year old and what constitutes a delay. Also discussed the difference between speech impairment and language impairment. Discussed what each child was going to be screened for at the beginning of the year by the SLP, and what steps follow the initial screening process. In-Service Presentation on Augmentative Communication and New Devices Lunenburg County Public Schools This was an in-service for Special Education and Regular Ed Instructors to inform them of new technology and instruments that had been developed and would be beneficial to the regular and special education population. As part of the Assistive Technology team, we would meet with teachers on a regular basis to update information and provide them with instruments that would help them perform tasks within the class. Continuing Education: 6/10/2011 ACE AWARD 3/15/2011 SHAV 06/16/2010 Word-Finding Assessment in Children and Adolescents (.2 CEU) 04/14/2010 Essentials in Vocabulary Instruction (.2 CEU) 03/26/2010 SHAV 03/03/2010 The Source for RTI-Response to Intervention (.4 CEU) 02/23/2010 Understanding and Assessing Dysarthia (.2 CEU) 02/23/2010 The SLP’s Role in RTI: Using a Workload Approach (.2 CEU) 02/23/2010 03/30/2009 02/26/2009 10/31/2008 10/31/2008 10/31/2008 09/19/2008 04/19/2008 03/20/2008 02/25/2008 12/31/2007 12/31/2007 12/31/2007 12/31/2007 09/21/2007 04/30/2007 04/30/2007 04/17/2007 Evidence-Based Practice (.2 CEU) ACE AWARD SHAV The Source of Processing Disorders (.8 CEU) Counseling Theories and skills of SLP’s(.2 CEU) Practical Approaches to treating Dysarthria (.2 CEU) SEUCE Annual Conference (1.1 CEU) NBASLH 2008 Convention (.8 CEU) Special Education Roles: Federal, State & Local (.2 CEU) Addressing Comm. Skills in Children with Asperger’s (.2 CEU) Changing Behavior to Change the Child’s Voice (.2 CEU) Stuttering Disorders in School-Aged Children (.4 CEU) The Source for Dysphagia (.8 CEU) Intervention Strategies for ELL and LLD (.2 CEU) SEUCE Annual Conference 2007 (.9 CEU) Reading Comprehension Strategies (.3 CEU) Attention Disorders (.2 CEU) Emergent Literacy Intervention: Evidence-Based Practice