Colleen Downing

Email: colldown127@gmail.com
Phone: (617) 347-3265
Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Experience
Clinical Practicum I & II
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center
Huntington, WV
Differentiated normal and disordered processes of speech and language in order to
provide speech and language services to children with a variety of communication
disorders
Engaged in critical thinking and logical reasoning by utilizing information literacy
skills, effectively generating and presenting solutions to problems or issues, and
integrating a broad education of multicultural, international, and civic issues into
the field of communication disorders
Advanced Clinical Practicum I
Fall 2015
Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center
Huntington, WV
Aphasia Group Organization: provided education, support, and resources to those
whose lives are touched by aphasia and related neurogenic communication
disorders
Pleasant Valley Medical Center
Point Pleasant, WV
Provided outpatient speech-language pathology services, including treatment,
screenings, in-depth evaluations, and administering plans of remediation for a wide
range of patients with varied etiologies
Conducted daily administration of inpatient services, including bed-side
swallowing, language, and cognitive evaluations as well as Modified Barium
Swallow Studies
Patient population consisted of primarily children in B-3 and school-age children
with special needs
Advanced Clinical Practicum II
Summer, 2016
Health South Rehabilitation Hospital
Huntington, WV
Provided inpatient speech-language pathology services, including screenings, indepth evaluations, treatment, and administration of treatment plans for patients
with cognitive speech-language and swallowing disorders
Conducted both group and individual cognitive rehabilitation treatment
River Park Hospital
Huntington, WV
Conducted daily cognitive speech language and swallowing screenings of newly
admitted geriatric patients presenting with psychiatric and emotional problems
Provided cognitive speech language and voice services

Colleen Downing
Email: colldown127@gmail.com
Phone: (617) 347-3265

Leadership, Work, and Volunteer Experience

Marshall University Interprofessional Education Series
Spring 2015
Participated in an interdisciplinary event at Marshall University College of Health
Professions
Collaborated with a team of students from each professional health care field of
study to work towards a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment plan for a
simulated patient
Christophers Eats & Currants
Spring 2015 - Present
Part-time waitperson while completing graduate education
Involvement provides additional experience regarding time management,
organization, communication, and team work
Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center
Summer 2015
Graduate Assistant
Performed office tasks such as filing, billing, and answering the phone
Huntington Literacy Camp
Summer 2015
Provided struggling readers with literacy instruction, strategies, and skill builders
HEART Tutor Program
Fall 2014 - spring 2015
Provided teaching assistance in a first-grade classroom at Hite Saunders
Elementary School in Huntington, WV

Colleen Downing
Email: colldown127@gmail.com
Phone: (617) 347-3265
Research Experience
Marshall University Concussion Consortium
2015-2016
Includes orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, primary care physicians, pediatricians,
physical therapists, nutritionists, educators, chiropractors, exercise physiologists
and athletic trainers who are working together to educate the Tri-States athletic
and academic communities on return-to-play and return-to-learn standards for
concussions.
Attended two sessions with a department professor due to interest in SLP
involvement in school-based concussions
Independent Research Study
Spring 2014
Springfield College
Springfield, MA
Completed independent research study on the effects of print referencing on
emergent literacy during shared book reading experience in pre-school aged
children
A randomized experimental trial that examined the effects of print referencing
styles on four preschool-aged males
Presented the concluding results to the college community

Colleen Downing
Email: colldown127@gmail.com
Phone: (617) 347-3265

References
Kimberly Jarrell, CCC-SLP
Clinical Supervisor
Speech-Language Pathologist at the Village of Barboursville Elementary School
Phone: (304) 417-3821
E-mail: kmjarrel@k12.wv.us
Shellie Phillips, CCC-SLP
Clinical Supervisor
Speech-Language Pathologist at the Village of Barboursville Elementary School
Phone: (304) 840-1853
E-mail: snphilli@k12.wv.us
Dr. Jodi Cottrell, Au.D., CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVEd
Clinical Supervisor
Program Director of the Luke Lee Listening, Language, and Learning Lab
Phone: (304) 696-3455
E-mail: cottrellj@marshall.edu