Arpel Jones
SLP
Verified
Speech Language Pathologist
Birmingham , Alabama
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About
SLP with 15 years experience across the life span. I've have experience working in Skilled Nursing facilities, Complex Care facility, ENT offices, preschool through middle school I currently work in Early Intervention and own a Private Practice that provides consultations to parents/caregivers, speech/language services to pediatrics and contract services to Charter schools and public school districts.
I've held professional management titles of Assistant Rehab Director and Director of Rehab during my SNF role.
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Expertise and Specializations
Team Collaboration, Team Leadership, Customer Service, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Dsyphagia, Childhood Language, Early Childhood Development
Skills
Work Experience
· Provided clinical services including observations, evaluations, and
treatment for Pre-K through eighth grade students with various
disorders including language, phonological, articulation, fluency,
pragmatic deficits, autism spectrum disorders, and attention-
hyperactive deficit disorders
· Collaborated with Special Education Resource teachers, other school
professionals and families to develop and implement individualized
Educational Plans (IEPs
· Scheduled and conducted case managed students IEP meetings
Provide consultations to family/ caregivers.
Provide speech/language evaluations and treatment services to pediatrics.
· Provide parent/caregiver education services following the Routines Based
Home Visit (RBHV) Model for eligible children birth to three.
· Provide treatment to pediatrics (birth to three) with speech, language
and/or cognitive delays/disorders.
· Perform Videostroboscopies, and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of
Swallowing (FEES) exams as requested by the doctor.
· Perform speech/language evaluations as requested by Disability
Determination Services
· Coordinates the operations of the Rehabilitation Department to meet the
patient’s needs as well as the company’s fiscal requirements and
maintains compliance with federal and state regulations.
· Collaborates with MDS in selecting ICD-10 codes for PDPM.
· Manages denial process from ADR, Redetermination, Reconsideration
to ALJ level to ensure accuracy for reimbursement for services
delivered.
· Hires and terminates department employees according to company
policies.
· Orients, trains, supervises, evaluates, and provides feedback to the
rehabilitation department including treating therapist and rehab techs.
· Acts as an active member of the interdisciplinary team (PT, OT,
Respiratory, Nursing, Social Services, Admissions, and Business Office)
· Assist with the hiring and termination of department employees
according to company policies.
· Complete orientation process for new staff and students enrolled in PT,
PTA, OT, OTA and SLP programs
Assist with supervision, evaluation, and counseling of rehabilitation
department employees
· Student School Placement Coordinator
· Clinical Fellow Mentor
· Evaluate, diagnose, and provide treatment for adult through geriatrics
with dysphagia, speech, language, cognitive, hearing impairments
and/or disorders
· Secures necessary durable medical equipment and adaptive equipment
for residents as pertinent to the delivery of therapy services to facilitate
independence
· Participate in weekly rehab meeting
· Utilized SMART/ Casamba documentation system
· Provided clinical services including observations, evaluations, and
treatment for Pre-K through eighth grade students with various
disorders including language, phonological, articulation, fluency,
pragmatic deficits, autism spectrum disorders, and attention-
hyperactive deficit disorders
· Collaborated with Special Education Resource teachers, other school
professionals and families to develop and implement individualized
Educational Plans (IEPs)
· Scheduled and conducted case managed students IEP meetings.
· Evaluated, diagnosed and provided treatment for adults through
geriatrics with dysphagia, speech, language, cognitive, hearing
impairments and/or disorders
· Provided scheduling for PRN Speech Therapist
· Participated in weekly rehab and family care plan meetings
· Conducted in-services and staff education as needed
· Graduate Student Supervisor
· Evaluated, diagnosed and provided treatment for adults through
geriatrics with dysphagia, speech, language, cognitive, hearing
impairments and/or disorders
· Participated in weekly rehab and family care plan meetings
· Conducted in-services and staff education as needed
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