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.