SHANDA L
SHANDA L. HUNTER-TROTTIER
B.A., M.S., CCC-SLP, Reg. CASLPO #1621
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
1991 CERTIFICATE OF CLINICAL COMPETENCE (ASHA)
Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellowship Year
Apr 1989 MASTER OF SCIENCE - Speech-Language Pathology
Summa Cum Laude (GPA 4.0)
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
THESIS: Vertical Laryngeal Position & Musculoskeletal Tension
1984-1988 BACHELOR OF ARTS (Honors Degree)
Speech-Language Pathology
Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota (1986-1988) -
Summa Cum Laude (GPA 4.0)
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario (1984-1986)
CAREER HISTORY
Nov 1995-present SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST & OWNER/DIRECTOR
(1991-1995, part-time) S. L. HUNTER-TROTTIER Speech-Language Pathology Professional Corporation
1. Provide assessment, treatment, and consultative services to preschool and school-aged children and adults with varying disorders of communication (language, phonology, apraxia, aphasia, dysarthria, voice, resonance, fluency, reading/writing, cognitive communication) and swallowing. A predominant clinical focus has been with the acquired brain injury population. A multidisciplinary team approach to development and rehabilitation is encouraged. Emphasis on preparation for or facilitation in the school setting; return to academic and work settings.
2. Conduct Catastrophic Determination and Independent Medical Evaluations for individuals with acquired brain injury.
3. Business management including human resources and operations.
4. Have consulted to various agencies/facilities around rehabilitation aspects (e.g. Milton District Hospital, to establish a Dysphagia Program including establishment of policies, procedures, guidelines, staff training and inservices).
5. Clinical mentor for initial practice registrants for professional College (CASLPO) registration.
Nov 1995- SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
Jun 1996 (part-time) Halton Roman Catholic School Board
6. Provided diagnostic, treatment, and consultative speech-language pathology services to school-aged children (JK-grade 6) under the model of inclusion.
Aug 1989- SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
Nov 1995 Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital
7. Provided diagnostic, treatment, and consultative services to adults with disorders of communication and swallowing on inpatient and outpatient basis, within a multidisciplinary team. Clinical emphasis in the areas of swallowing, neurogenic communication (acquired brain injury, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases), and voice disorders.
8. Staff and volunteer inservicing on dysphagia (swallowing disorders).
9. Served on a variety of hospital committees.
10. 1989-1993 included service to the preschool population in the areas of language, phonology, motor speech, fluency, voice and resonance. Direct treatment and parent training approaches were utilized.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Concussion/MTBI Summit – October 2011
• Acoustic & Aerodynamic Instrumentation Workshop: Clinical Applications for Speech & Voice, Dr. Shaheen Awan and Dr. Joseph Stemple, Montvale, NJ - October 2011
Advanced Perspectives on Communication, ABI and Evidenced-Based Practice – Dr. Leanne
Togher: The 2011 Dr. Mark Ylvisaker Lecture – May 25, 2011
Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule Workshop - June 2, 2010
Mild TBI: Challenges & Controversies in Diagnosis – February 5, 2010
Provincial ABI Conference – October 2009
Post Graduate Course–Cognitive Communication Disorders – Level II,
Sheila MacDonald, Oct 2009
The Toronto Voice Course: Laryngeal Disorders, Stroboscopy, Thyroplasty, Percutaneous
Injection Techniques & Percutaneous Tracheotomy Update – 24 & 25 April 2009
Mild TBI: Challenges & Controversies in Diagnosis – February 2009
Catastrophic Or Non Catastrophic; Applying the AMA Guides to Real Cases - May 26th, 2008
Post Graduate Course on Cognitive Communication Disorders
Sheila MacDonald – March 29, 30, 2007
Report Writing in the MVA Sector: Ensuring your Reports Stand up to Scrutiny
OSLA Brain Injury Conference – 2007
SLP IE Assessors Workshop - December 7, 2007
Principles of Physiologic Voice Therapy – Dr. Joseph Stemple, Ph.D. – September 2005
How to Supervise People – Fred Pryor Seminars – December 2005
Managing Behavioural & Aversive Feeding Disorders in the Pediatric Population - May 2004
Outside the Box Consulting - 2 day intensive Strategic Planning course - August 25, 26, 2003
Teaching Verbal Behavior to Children with Autism & Related Disabilities
Dr. Vincent J. Carbone, BCBA, Oakville, ON - October 28 - 30, 2002
Strategies for Fostering Recovery in Individuals with Mild Brain Injury
Dr. Catharine A. Mateer, San Diego, CA – December 2001
Developmental Apraxia of Speech: Being Clinically Effective - Karen Evans – May 2001
Children and Youth with Acquired Brain Injury
8th Annual Conference on Neurobehavioral Rehab in ABI – May 2001
Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities
James W. Partington, Ph.D – April 2001
Youth with TBI: Cognitive-Communication & Behavioral Issues for Integration to School
& Community - Dr. Roberta DePompei, Ph.D., February 2001
Practical Strategies for the Rehabilitation of Executive Function Impairments
Mark Ylvisaker, PHD, (2-day course) June 2000
Current Issues and Controversies in Adult Dysphagia Management
Dr. Michael Groher, (12-hour course) February 2000
Language & Cognitive Disability Following Mild-Moderate Head Injury
American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, 1997
Functional Treatment in Mild-Moderate Acquired Brain Injury - ASHA Convention, 1997
11. Voice-Diagnosis & Treatment for Children & Adults: Non-Instrumental - ASHA Conv., 1997
12. Gestalt of Autism: Theory to Practice - ASHA Convention, 1997
13. Language Strategies for Children with Autism - ASHA Convention, 1997
14. AAC Use With Severe Phonology/Apraxic Children - ASHA Convention, 1997
15. Treatment Approaches for Young Children with PDD: A Critical Review - ASHA Conv., 1997
16. Differential Diagnosis of Phonology & Apraxia - ASHA Convention, 1997
17. Therapy for the Orally Challenged - Theory & Assessment of Oral Motor Disorders
A 10 hour instructional course, Beth Czesak-Duffy, Albany NY, May 1997
18. Enhancing Communication and Language for Children with Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders - Amy Wetherby, Ph.D, Windsor, June 1995
19. Recent advances in Normal and Abnormal Swallowing: Implications for Assessment
and Treatment - Jeri A. Logemann, Ph.D, Toronto, May 1995
20. Competency: Gerontology Grand Rounds - McMaster Hospital, Hamilton, March 1995
21. PROMPT Workshop - Prompts for Restructuring Oral Musculature Phonetic Targets; -
D. Hayden, 1994
22. Fiberoptic Endoscopic Eval. of Swallowing - Susan E. Langmore, Ph.D, April 1992
23. New Directions in the Assessment and Treatment of Severe Aphasia
Nancy Helm-Estabrooks and Marjorie Nicholas, ASHA 1991
24. Collaborative Approach to Dysphagia - ASHA, 1991
25. Dysphagia Management - Irene Campbell-Taylor, Ph.D, June 1991
26. Clinical Ethics Symposium - St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, April 1991
27. Dysphagia Intervention - Jeri Van Veghel, Chedoke Hospital, Hamilton, April 1991
28. Raising Your Professional Profile - Sponsored by OSLA, March 1991
29. Clinical Applications of Farrallon Software - Professor Christine Rickards, February, 1991
30. Clinical Management of Neurogenic Disorders of Communication
Jay Rosenbek, Ph.D., & Leonard LaPointe, Ph.D, June 1990
31. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification - March 1990
32. Dysphagia; Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies
Jerri A. Logemann, Ph.D., June 1989
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, OFFICES, COMMITTEES
Present
33. President, OSLA Board of Directors; 2008-2010 Vice President; Board Member since 2006
34. OSLA Auto Insurance Committee
35. College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)-Member
36. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)-Member
37. Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA)-Member
38. Provincial MTBI Strategy Working Group
39. ACMRP – Alliance of Canadian Medical Rehabilitation Professionals
40. Ontario Brain Injury Association
41. Hamilton Medical-Legal Society
42. Brain Injury Association of Peel – Halton
43. Canadian Association for People – Centered Health (CAPCH)-Member
44. Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders (OAFCCD)-
Member
1992-1995
45. Chairperson - Dysphagia Education Committee, JBMH
46. Ad Hoc Committee on Dysphagia, JBMH
47. Council of Supervision in SLP/Audiology (CSSPA)
48. National Stuttering Project (NSP)
49. Clinical Services Committee, JBMH
50. Inter-professional Planned Care Committee, JBMH
51. Nutritional Care Committee, JBMH
52. Halton Speech-Language Pathology Review Committee
53. 1989-1993 Patient Education Committee, JBMH
54. 1989-1994 Rehabilitation Committee, JBMH
55. 1989-1991 Secretary, OSLA, Halton Region
56. 1988-1989 Vice President, NSSLHA Executive Council - National Level.
57. 1987-1989 Regional Councilor, NSSLHA Executive Council - National Level
58. 1987-1989 Chairperson, NSSLHA Committee on Multicultural Concerns - National Level
59. 1987-1989 NSSLHA International Affairs Committee - National Level
60. 1988-1989 Student Editor, NSSLHA Newsletter - National Level
61. 1986-1989 Secretary, International Training in Communications
62. 1986-1989 Member, NSSLHA - Regional Level
63. 1988-1989 Saskatchewan Association of Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists(SASLPA)
HONORS
64. Honorary Appointment-Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders, University of Western Ontario, 1992-1995
65. Graduate school’s Citation of Excellence Award, 1989
66. All-American Scholar Collegiate Award, 1989
67. NSSLHA Honor Member, 1988
68. Summa Cum Laude - Master of Science
69. Summa Cum Laude - Bachelor of Arts
70. President’s Honor Roll (September 1986-May 1989)
71. Vice President on Executive Council of NSSLHA - National Level, 1988-89
72. National Regional Councilor for a 5 state region
RELATED ACTIVITIES
• Workshop Presenter, Adolescent/Young Adult ABI – Assessment & Follow Up- The Challenges and Rewards, Sudbury, ON – September 2011
Guest Lecturer University of Toronto Graduate School – Cognitive-Communication Assessment,
November 2009, 2010, 2011
Presenter, Discharge & Beyond 2009, Spinal Cord & Neurotrauma Conference, Sept 2009
Guest Speaker, Lawlor Therapy Support Services: 'The Role of the
Speech-Language Pathologist in Acquired Brain Injury' – July 2003
73. Guest Speaker, The Wellness Center; ‘Parkinson’s Disease’ - 1994
74. Guest Speaker, Board of Governor’s, JBMH, ‘Neurogenic Disorders of Communication’- Feb 1992
75. Guest Speaker, High School Career Day, Peel Board of Education - March 1992
76. Guest Speaker, Burlington Men’s Rotary Club, Burlington, ON, ‘Stroke and Communication Breakdown’, September 1992
REFERENCES
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