Elizabeth Birmingham

About Elizabeth Birmingham

Over twenty years of experience working as a Speech Language Pathologist with both the pediatric and geriatric populations in a variety of settings. Expertise with cognition, swallowing and voice disorders. Experience as the lead therapy team member and providing support and guidance to the entire therapy team. To assist individuals to meet their maximum potential and have fun while doing it. To offer support, training, and information to patients, caregivers, and family members. Support fellow therapy team members to assist the patient with safety training and improving patient\'s ability to sequence and recall `activities of daily living.

Experience

1. Speech Language Pathologist

   Kindred At Home

   Aug 2007 — Present

   AS A SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; Providing evaluations and therapy for residents requiring skilled SLP services in a rehabilitation setting.Therapeutic interventions for voice, dysphagia, aphasia, apraxia, augmentative communication, cognitive dysfunctions, and communication and swallowing disorders counseling for patients and family. Provided staff training and attended patient discharge meetings. Assisted with marketing outpatient services and supervised student clinicians. Ordered tests and protocols for the Speech Pathology group and worked with the Dietician to develop a safe new menu for patients with swallowing disorders.

Education

• California State University, Northridge

  MA, Communication Disorders

• University of Oregon

  Bachelor of Science, Speech Pathology and Audiology