LYNN VERONICA BERK



LYNN V. BERK

510 Bounty Rd.

Aurora, Ohio 44202

Phone: 330 995-2862

e-mail: lberk1@kent.edu

|Position |Speech Language Pathology Clinical Instructor |

| |Kent State University |

|Expertise Summary |Over thirty cumulative years of experience as a speech language pathologist. Extensive knowledge of phonological |

| |awareness, receptive and expressive language, auditory and language processing, articulation, accent reduction and |

| |modification, and fluency. |

|Education | |

| |Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio |

| |M.A. Degree Speech Pathology |

| |Speech Pathology Hospital Externships |

| |Euclid General Hospital, Euclid, Ohio |

| |Geauga Community Hospital, Chardon, Ohio |

| |Kent State University, Kent, Ohio |

| |Speech Practicum in Stuttering and Language |

| |Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio |

| |B.A. Degree Social Sciences |

|Professional Experience |

|2009-present Coordinator of ELPC Clinic and Clinical Instructor Kent State University |

|Coordinate the English Language Proficiency Clinic and supervise graduate speech |

|Pathology students working with non-native English speakers on accent modification. |

|Liaison Supervisor for graduate externship students. Visit, observe and support |

|SLP supervisors and externship graduate students in off campus placements. |

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|2008 Liaison Supervisor Kent State University |

|Visited, observed and supported SLP supervisors and externship graduate students. |

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|2001-2009 |Speech Language Pathologist |

| |I provided speech and language services for preschool through grade 8 students. I served a varied caseload providing|

| |intervention for voice, stuttering, phonology, articulation, language, and auditory processing, along with providing |

| |whole group phonemic awareness and phonics instruction for reading. I co-coordinated the response to intervention |

| |team with the school psychologist. I was a member of the MFE team for St. Rita School in cooperation with the Solon |

| |school district. I wrote and implemented individualized educational plans for grades K-8. I also worked as a long |

| |-term substitute for Bedford Schools, Crestwood Schools, and Hudson Schools for preschool through grade twelve |

| |students. |

|2003-2007 |I provided speech therapy services for rehabilitation and long- term care patients with cognitive and swallowing |

| |impairments at Anna Maria in Aurora Ohio. |

|1991-1995 |I worked in Private practice providing therapy for articulation and phonology disorders in Worthington Ohio. |

|1981-1986 |I worked in the Kirtland Local School District where I provided direct speech therapy services, conducted classroom |

| |language programs, and served as a language consultant for Kindergarten through 12th grade students. I established |

| |and coordinated a summer speech improvement program for school age students as well as a summer speech-language |

| |program for language delayed preschool children. |

|1987-2002 | Publications and Product Development |

| |TRAP-Testing and Remediating Auditory Processing |

| |I developed an auditory processing program. The Screening Test of Auditory Processing intended to |

| |be used as a quick and easy to administer screening test for processing skills for preschool- first grade. The |

| |remedial program presents lessons consisting of stories and interactional activities targeting auditory processing |

| |concepts. |

| |R and L Stories Galore |

| |I developed a treatment program focusing on conversational competency for articulation of the /l/ and /r/ sounds. R |

| |and L Stories Galore is intended for readers age nine to adult who need concentrated and intense practice on these |

| |sounds to improve their conversational speech intelligibility. |

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| |Berk, L. (2019) Student Learning Styles and Preferences. eHearsay, 9 (2) |

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|2019 | |

| |Licensure, Certification, and Professional Affiliations |

|1982-present |American Speech Language Hearing Association Clinical Certificate of Competence |

| |Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology Licensure for the State of Ohio |

| |Member of the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association |

| |Member of Speech Pathology Advising Board for Partners for Success and Innovation 2006-2009 |

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| |University Service |

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|2009-2017 |Program representative for Junior/Senior Discovery Days at Kent State |

| |Lead Tours for Open Houses for prospective students |

| |Presenter at Akron University/Kent State University Preceptor Training |

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| |Presentations |

| |OSPEAC October (2018) |

| |Sleuthing for /s/ and /r/, Ideas and Strategies for Production |

|2011-2018 |OSLHA March (2018) |

| |Sleuthing for /s/ and /r/, Ideas and Strategies for Production |

| |OSLHA March (2018) |

| |Supervision: First Semester Students through Externship |

| |Co-presenter: Jennifer Visker |

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| |Professional Service |

| |Member of Continuing Education Committee for OSLHA (2017-2018) |

| |Peer Reviewer for Professional Development Resources Inc. |

| |Caring for a person with Alzheimer’s Disease |

| |Alzheimer’s Disease Progress Report: Intensifying the Research Effort |

| |Alzheimer’s Unraveling the Mystery |

| |Judge for student posters at Ohio Speech Language Hearing Convention |

| |Hostess for presenters at Ohio Speech Language Hearing Convention |

| |Volunteer, Committee of Educational Development (OSLHA) |

| |Reviewer for Health Professions Today, published by F.A. Davis |

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| |Professional Development |

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| |2009-2019 Attendance at annual OSLHA Conference |

| |2018 Autism spectrum Disorder, Screening and Assessment (PDR) |

| |2018 Attendance Milestones Autism Conference Cleveland Ohio |

| |2017 Bridges-Building a Supportive Community |

| |2017 Ethics-Applying Principles in Practice and Managing Dysphagia in |

| |Patients in Palliative Care and Hospice |

| |2017 Alzheimer’s The Caregiver’s Perspective |

| |2017 Counseling Course: Gender Identify Seminar |

| |2016 Counseling Course: Helping Others Change |

| |2015 Hot Topics in Ethics |

| |2015 HIPAA Privacy and Security |

| |2015 Counseling Course: How People Change |

| |2014 Clinical Supervision Symposium |

| |2013 Fluency Journal Self Study Continuing Education |

| |2013 Attended Meta Cognitive Practices: How College Students Learn |

| |2011 Advocacy News, Continuing Education |

| |2011 Caring for a Person with Alzheimer’s Disease |

| |2011 Your Voice Matters CEU through Cleveland Clinic Foundation |

| |2009 Methods of Assessment for Preschool Children who are Deaf or Hard of |

| |Hearing |

| |2009 Promoting Positive and Supportive Relationships with Young Children |

| |using Peer-Mediated Interventions |

| |2009 Topics Language Interventions/ESL |

| |2008 Apraxia in Children |

| |2008 Feeding and Swallowing in the Schools |

| |2008 LINCS-Vocabulary Content Enhance Strategy |

| |2008 Voice Disorders in Children |

| |2008 Critical Topics in Speech and Language Therapy |

| |2008 Workshop, “Will it Work?” Methods |

| |2007 Implementing Response to Intervention |

| |2007 Selective Mutism and the Role of the Speech Pathologist |

| |2007 RTI and the Special Education Team |

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