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