KAY McNEAL

EDUCATION

1986                      M.S.                       Purdue University                            Speech Language Pathology

1984                      B.S.                        Purdue University                            Audiology & Speech Sciences

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1/09 - Present   Clinical Program Director & Lecturer, Department of Communication Sciences,

                        Case Western Reserve University

1/09- Present      Independent Contractor, Speech Language Pathologist, Cleveland Hearing

                          and Speech Center

8/97 – 12/08      Joint Position with the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center and

                         Department of Communication Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

                         Senior Speech-Language Pathologist, Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center

                         Coordinator of Clinical Education, Case Western Reserve University

11/91 – 12/93    Clinical Coordinator of Speech Language Pathology, Department of Speech and

                         Hearing, Cleveland State University, Cleveland OH

11/90 – 11/91    Pediatric Services Coordinator, Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center,

                        Cleveland, OH

 3/87 – 11/90     Speech Language Pathologist, Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center,

                         Cleveland, OH

3/87 – 11/91      Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Department of Communication Sciences,

                         Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH

6/86 – 3/87        Clinical Fellow, Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, Cleveland OH

ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Supervised undergraduate/graduate diagnostic and therapy practicum experiences
• Established contracts with extern placements
• Coordinated speech language diagnostic and therapy scheduling for external placements
• Co-wrote university clinical practicum manual
• Developed formats for student supervision in community speech and hearing clinic
• Developed formats for speech language diagnostic, progress and discharge reports, treatment plans and case management
• Acted as university liaison for off-site graduate student practicum and student teaching.
• Co-wrote and graded graduate students written and oral comprehensive examinations
• Graduate student academic advisor
• Participated on departmental committees
• Coordinated speech-language pathology supervisors’ meetings and special projects
• Participated on clinic audit team and records review committee
• Participated on a strategic planning committee
• Chaired continuing education workshop
• Conducted performance evaluations for clinical and secretarial staff
• Served as ASHA Continuing Education Administrator for University
• Clinical representative to departmental committee for CAA reaccredidation
• Served on masters theses committees
• Senior Capstone project advisor

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Diagnosis in Speech Language Pathology (G)
• Introduction to Communication Disorders (UG)
• Clinical Methods in Communication Disorders (UG)
• Clinical Practicum in Speech Language Pathology (G)
• Advanced Clinical Practicum in Speech Language Pathology (G)
• Professional Practices (G)
• Health Careers Opportunities in Speech Language Pathology (UG)
• Counseling in Speech Language Pathology (G)
• Fluency Disorders (Adult Therapy section) (G)
• Augmentative & Alternative Communication (G)

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center; assessed and treated children and adults with speech and language disorders.  Programs included adolescent fluency groups, adult fluency groups, language learning disabilities groups, LSVT, telehealth service delivery; participated on Early Intervention Assessment Team with Interlink-Help Me Grow
• Julie Billiart School; developed and administered speech-language services, including classroom collaboration service delivery, in this private elementary school for children with learning disabilities
• Bellefaire School; developed and implemented speech-language services, including classroom collaboration service delivery, in this secondary school for children with special emotional and behavioral needs.  Conducted professional in-service program; participated in multi-disciplinary rounds
• Hanna Pavilion (University Hospitals of Cleveland); assessed and treated patients in psychiatric unit aged five through eighteen; participated in multi-disciplinary rounds; conducted professional in-service programs
• Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital (University Hospitals of Cleveland); assessed and treated patients aged two through twelve on the medical/behavioral unit
• Lakeside Hospital (University Hospitals of Cleveland); assessed and treated adult neurogenic patients
• Margaret Wagner House; assessed and treated adult neurogenic patients in this skilled nursing facility

PUBLICATIONS

McNeal, K.  Use of a Learner Outcome Format in Clinical Extern Placements:  Developing a System to Increase Supervision Efficiency.  Speech Pathology Online, December 2003.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

November 2009:  Telehealth: Improving Children’s Access to Services in Urban Environments. Poster session/Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans,, LA

(with Whitford).

November 2009:  The Effects of Counseling Training on Supervision Style. Poster session/Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA (with Nisenboum)

November 2008;  Telehealth:  Improving Children’s Access to Services in Urban Environments.  Poster session/Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL (with Whitford).

November 2007; The Effects of Counseling Training on Supervision Style.  Poster session/Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

March 2007; Counseling Toward Effective Clinical Supervision.  Mini-seminar/Annual Convention of the Ohio Speech Language and Hearing Association.  Columbus, OH (with Nisenboum).

November 2006; Interactive Virtual Reality Simulation Technology for Communication Disorders.  Seminar/Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.  Miami, FL (with S. Williams).

November 2004; Developing a System to Increase Supervision Efficiency.  Poster Session/Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

August 2003; Research and Treatment of Stuttering Across Cultures:  Future Directions.  International Fluency Association Fourth World Congress, Montreal, Canada (with Betancourt, Hall, Leahy, Roberts, Robinson, Tsao, and Watson).

November 1994; Comparing Language in a Normal and a Congenitally Acallosal Twin.  Poster Session/Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA (with Heyer, Gross, Crynick)

October 1993; Adult Communication/Interpersonal Strategies: Developing Effective Programming.  Annual State Conference of the Learning Disabilities Association of Ohio

November 1989; Haloperidol Effects on Expressive Language in a Personality Disordered Child.  Poster Session/Annual Convention of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association, St. Louis MO

GRANTS

July 2008; McNeal, K., Ballish, F., Whitford, B.  “Communication Kiosks”; Continuation of a telehealth program to provide speech language and hearing services for underserved urban Cleveland families at community health centers.  Grant awarded: $47,314 by St. Luke’s Foundation.

May 2007; McNeal, K., Ballish F., Whitford, B., Burnett, M.  “Communication Kiosks”; A pilot telehealth program to provide speech language and hearing services for underserved urban Cleveland families at community health centers.  Grant awarded:   $33,136 by St. Luke’s Foundation.

January 2007; McNeal, K., Ballish, F., Whitford, B.  “Communication Kiosks”; A pilot telehealth program to provide speech language and hearing services for underserved urban Cleveland families at community health centers.  Grant awarded: $10,000 by Hershey Foundation.

Spring 2006; McNeal, K. & Williams, S.  E-Health Summer Training Initiative. Not Funded.

SELECTED CONTINUING EDUCATION

April 2010;  Annual Meeting of the Council on Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders.  Austin, TX.

November 2009; Annual Convention of the American Speech Language Hearing Association. New Orleans, LA

November 2008; Annual Convention of the American Speech Language Hearing Association.  Chicago, IL.

November 2007; Annual Convention of the American Speech Language Hearing Association.  Boston, MA.

April 2006; Annual Meeting of the Council on Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Destin, FL.

November 2006; Annual Convention of the American Speech Language Hearing Association.  Miami, FL.

November 2005; Annual Convention of the American Speech Language Hearing Association,

San Diego, CA.

April 2005; Annual Meeting of the Council on Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Scottsdale, AZ.

December 2004; Working with Children who Stutter, Cleveland, OH.

November 2004; Annual Convention of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

April 2004; Annual Meeting of the Council on Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

August 2003; Teaching Counseling to Speech and Hearing Students—Refresher Course, Boston, MA.

May 2001; Supervisory Issues: Legal and Ethical Aspects, Pittsburgh, PA.

February 2001; Lee Silverman Voice Treatment Training and Certification, Cleveland OH.

August 2000;  Teaching Counseling to Speech & Hearing Students: An Intensive Workshop, Boston, MA.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Interuniversity Council of Speech-Language Pathology Supervisors

ASHA SID 4 Fluency and Fluency Disorders

ASHA SID 10 Issues in Higher Education

SID 4 Task Force on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations

Advisory Board, SpeechPathology.com (2006-07)

Peer Reviewer, SpeechPathology.com

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology

ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE) June 2002

Ohio State Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology License

LSVT certified