Paige McCollum is a Master's student in Speech Language Pathology at Texas State University expected to graduate in May 2020. She has clinical experience working with both pediatric and adult patients with a variety of communication disorders at various clinical sites. Her experience includes screening, evaluating, diagnosing, treating, and documenting for patients. She has additional training in areas such as augmentative communication, dysphagia, and working with diverse populations.
Paige McCollum is a Master's student in Speech Language Pathology at Texas State University expected to graduate in May 2020. She has clinical experience working with both pediatric and adult patients with a variety of communication disorders at various clinical sites. Her experience includes screening, evaluating, diagnosing, treating, and documenting for patients. She has additional training in areas such as augmentative communication, dysphagia, and working with diverse populations.
Paige McCollum is a Master's student in Speech Language Pathology at Texas State University expected to graduate in May 2020. She has clinical experience working with both pediatric and adult patients with a variety of communication disorders at various clinical sites. Her experience includes screening, evaluating, diagnosing, treating, and documenting for patients. She has additional training in areas such as augmentative communication, dysphagia, and working with diverse populations.
EDUCATION Texas State University, Department of Communication Disorders Round Rock, TX Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology Expected graduation date: May 2020 Texas State University, Department of Communication Disorders San Marcos, TX Bachelor of Science (Magna Cum Laude) Graduation date: May 2018 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE San Marcos Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center San Marcos, TX Graduate Clinician January 2020-Present • Screened, identified, evaluated, and interpreted results of assessments such as the MoCA, SLUMs, BIMs, RIPA-G 2, BCRS and GDS. • Established detailed individualized plan of care by collaborating with a vast scope of professionals. • Educated patients and caregivers on the importance of restorative and compensatory strategies to promote safety and communicative competence during patients’ activities of daily living. • Rehabilitated and created compensatory strategies for adult patients of all severities across all ASHA categories. • Developed daily documentation, evaluation reports, and billed for services on Optima. Capital Area Speech Austin, TX Graduate Clinician August 2019-December 2019 • Evaluated, interpreted, and created recommendations given the results collected during comprehensive evaluations using tests such as CELF-4, Rosetti, CAAP-2, and DAYC-2. • Consulted and collaborated with Occupational Therapist to maximize the childs’ potential. • Conducted effective therapy to patients with an extensive range of severities by incorporating positive reinforcement during structured activities and play-based therapy. • Treated and provided preventative measures towards disorders and deficits including expressive and receptive language, articulation, phonological awareness, Augmentative Alternative Communication, feeding, fluency and social skills. • Utilized TheraBill independently to complete documentation and bill for services provided. Texas State Speech-Language Hearing Clinic Round Rock, TX Graduate Clinician August 2018-August 2019 • Screened, identified, assessed, and diagnosed in the areas of expressive and receptive language, hearing, Augmentative Alternative Communication, and voice. • Provided thorough, structured, and individualized treatment in the areas of literacy, voice, feeding, dyslexia, aphasia, and expressive and receptive language. • Learned from and responded to multiple supervisors and their differing styles at one time. • Completed documentation using RainTree. AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS Diversity Day Student Organizer 2017, 2018 CDIS Class of 2018 Representative (student and faculty voted) 2018 Adult, child, and infant BCLS, CPR & AED Certified 2018 Graduate Student SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd Training 2019 Versatility in practice training 2019 VOLUNTEER/ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE Nicaragua Resource Network July 2013-Present Delta Zeta Sorority August 2014-Present Austin Speech Labs June 2015- August 2017 NSSLHA September 2016-Present Texas Speech Language Hearing Association February 2017-Present ASHA August 2018-Present SERTOMA September 2016-May 2014 REFERENCES Available upon request