This document is a resume for Dana Hughes, who received a Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. As a graduate student, she completed clinical practicums working with both pediatric and adult clients in various settings, providing speech and language therapy. Her experience includes assessing communication skills, developing treatment plans, administering evaluations, and collaborating with clients, families, and supervisors. She is skilled in using evidence-based practice and has experience with standardized testing and non-standardized assessment.

1. DANA HUGHES
623 Warwick Lane
Cranberry Township, PA 16066
(724) 766-0236
dlh66@pitt.edu
EDUCATION:
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Masters of Arts, Speech-Language Pathology, 2015 Bachelor of Arts, Communication Disorders
Aug 2013-April 2015 Aug 2009-May 2013
SCHOOL PRACTICUM
Conroy Education Center Pittsburgh Public Schools, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate Student Clinician (Jan - April 2015
• Provided speech and language services based on Evidence-Based Practice in both pull out and
inclusive model to 40 students who require specially designed instruction in a Life Skills, Autistic
Support, or Multiple Disabilities Support Classroom.
• Individualized treatment based on various modes of communication including spoken language, sign
language and augmentative/alternative communication devices.
• Programmed speech generating devices with academic and therapy content.
• Collected and analyzed language samples.
• Managed behaviors during treatment sessions and adapted treatment accordingly.
• Used Boardmaker program to create pictures to be used in picture exchange communication system.
• Completed daily session notes and developed activities based on IEP goals.
• Assisted supervisor in writing Individualized Education Plans and progress reports.
PEDIATRIC CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
Allegheny Intermediate Unit DART, Hampton, PA
Graduate Student Clinician (Jan - April 2014)
• Administered therapy for pediatric speech, language, and pragmatic disorders.
• Administered the Goldman Fristoe Test of Articulation 2.
• Developed treatment activities focusing on child’s treatment goals.
• Recorded session data accurately and wrote daily progress notes.
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, South, Bethel Park, PA
Graduate Student Clinician (Aug - Dec 2013)
• Conducted interviews with parents of clients to obtain relevant case information.
• Administered full evaluations of client’s ages 18 months to nine years and 7 months.
• Administered CELF-P2, CELF-4, SSI, OASES, PLS-5, Arizona-2, and WRAML-2.
• Completed babbling analyses, MLU/Brown’s Stages analysis, and narrative analysis.
• Analyzed children’s deficits and developed treatment recommendations and prognosis.
• Wrote speech, language, and fluency diagnostic reports in accordance with site standards.
ADULT CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
UPMC Monroeville & UPMC Montefiore Rehabilitation Unit
Graduate Student Clinician (Aug - Dec 2014)
• Provided daily cognitive communicative assessment and treatment to adult’s aged 38-97 in the
inpatient rehabilitation unit of two hospitals.
• Facilitated "lunch bunch" mealtime social group and encouraged patients to use safe swallow

2. strategies.
• Administered the following standardized tests: RIPA-2; CLQT; SSCAN; WAB and BNT.
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• Recommended patient’s be signed off for speech/swallow treatment
Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate Student Clinician (May - July 2014)
• Administered and interpreted MBS and bedside swallow evaluations with patients, ages 64-86.
• Performed chart reviews and documented daily SOAP notes.
• Assessed communication and cognitive-linguistic skills of inpatients
• Conducted outpatient therapy with adults with neurogenic language impairments.
• Conducted research for treatment plan for a 30 year-old Program for Intensive Residential Aphasia
Treatment and Education (PIRATE) patient with severe global aphasia.
• Conducted phonomotor, ACT/CART and Semantic Feature Analysis tasks with PIRATE patient.
SERVICE:
Autism Speaks U 2011-2013; ICAN Talk Clinic AAC Summer Camp, July 9, 2014 - July 12, 2014 volunteer
mentor; Lose the Training Wheels camp for disabled children June 11-15, 2012; Exceptional Adventures
volunteer summer 2012
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE & LEADERSHIP:
• NSSLHA member 2011-2013; National member 2014 and 2015
• Trained in “Adventures In Voice Resonant Voice Therapy for Kids” by creator Dr. Katherine Verdolini,
PhD, SLP-CCC
• Division I student-assistant softball coach 2009-2013
SKILLS:
• Conducting case review and developing assessment plan and recommendations.
• Conducting informal assessment with patient.
• Performing oral mechanism exam and summarizing results.
• Administering, scoring, and interpreting non-standardized and standardized measures of
communication/swallowing.
• Incorporating evidence-based practice into treatment considerations.
• Collaborating with clients/family in treatment planning and developing appropriate behavioral
treatment objectives.
• Collecting data to measure performance and recording session data accurately.
• Completing daily progress notes and writing complete summary of communication skills.
• Discussing results with client/family and supervisor.
• CPR certified.