Ellie Arp

• Provided guidance and support to new mothers during their infants’ first feedings, implementing evidence-based strategies to promote safe and effective oral feeding while addressing neonatal swallowing and lactation challenges
• Offered support on latch and sucking patterns, collaborating with lactation consultants to promote successful breastfeeding
• Utilized therapy techniques such as non-nutritive sucking, oral stimulation, and pacing to support feeding progression
• Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team, including dietitians, pharmacists, neonatologists, nurses, lactation consultants, physical therapists, and occupational therapists, to optimize neonatal feeding, swallowing safety, and overall developmental care
• Supported staff members in their daily tasks, reducing workload burden and allowing for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.

• Evaluate, provide treatment and analyze modified barium swallow studies for feeding and swallowing difficulties in a 36-bed Level III NICU, ensuring optimal growth and development for neonatal patients.
• Participated in multidisciplinary ICU, complex care medical clinic and neurodevelopmental rounds contributing expertise to ensure optimal, evidence-based care for critically ill neonates.
• Provided education and support to parents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), fostering informed decision-making and promoting positive parent-infant bonding during their child’s hospitalization.
• Implemented positioning, handling, and sensory interventions to promote neurodevelopment while working with NG tubes, ventilators, high-flow oxygen, and other specialized neonatal devices.
• Participated in multidisciplinary ICU, complex care medical clinic and neurodevelopmental rounds contributing expertise to ensure optimal, evidence-based care for critically ill neonates.

• Administered bedside swallow evaluations, diet modifications, modified barium swallow study, and targeted swallowing therapy to ensure patient safety and minimize aspiration risks
• Evaluated and administered various assessments using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS), Cognistat, Newcastle Dysarthria Assessment (N-DAT)
• Observed with hands on experience during Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and evaluation/ treatment of NICU pediatric patients addressing feeding and swallowing
• Worked in acute care for a total of 64 hours

• Developed treatment plans for memory, problem solving, attention and executive functioning skills, aphasia, Parkinson's disease, receptive and expressive language, dysarthria, articulation, and AAC devices
• Administered Western Aphasia Battery (WAB), Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (CLQT) and Cognistat
• Conducted and analyzed various modified barium swallow studies to develop personalized treatment plans to strengthen muscles of swallowing
• Provided care to head and neck cancer patients addressing swallowing post chemo/radiation treatment
• Actively participated in neuro meetings biweekly with interdisciplinary teams (PT, OT) to integrate evidence based practice and optimize patient care
• Completed a total of 76 hours adult outpatient setting

Clinical Observation and simulations for 103 hours

• Observed standards of clinical practice
• Evaluated and treated individuals patients online simulation setting

• Analyzed data and track progress of eleven student case load using SOAP notes and lesson plans totaling 125 hours and 25 minutes
• Planned therapy sessions and activities for students with expressive and receptive language disorder, speech sound disorders, autism, and AAC device

• Provided therapy to adults with aphasia, gender affirming care, voice patients, and apraxia of speech for total of 50 hours and 36 minutes
• Tracked patient progress through care plans, progress reports, SOAP notes and lesson plans
• Administered standardized tests assessments including Western Aphasia Battery (WAB)

• Assessed children ages 5 and under totaling of 14 hours and 45 minutes
• Collaborated with physical therapist, occupational therapist, and psychologist while facilitating parent interviews