CURRICULUM VITAE Kathy J. Wheat, Ph. D., CCC-SLP WORK ADDRESSES Oklahoma City Community College 7777 South May Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159 kathy.j.wheat@occc.edu University of Central Oklahoma 100 N. University Drive Edmond, Oklahoma, 73034 kwheat1@uco.edu HOME ADDRESS 435 N.W. Chimney Creek Drive Lawton, Oklahoma 73505 580-467-1768 kwheat28@gmail.com EDUCATION Ph.D. M.S. B.S. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, August, 2011, Educational Administration, Curriculum, and Supervision, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May1995, Communication Science and Disorders, Speech-Language Pathology University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma, May, 1991 Communication Science and Disorders, Speech-Language Pathology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011 (May) Director/Professor, Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) Program present 1998-present Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) full-time and 2011 PRN for Lawton Public Schools, Lawton, Oklahoma. Member of the Assessment and Autism Teams. 2003-present Educational Consultant to Oklahoma school districts regarding the implementation of alternative service delivery models for speech-language pathology services. 1
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1996-1998 Duncan Regional Hospital-Speech-Language Pathologist Provided speech-language therapy services to varied populations including pediatrics, CVA patients, performed swallow studies (MOBAS) and treatment, and treated patients post traumatic brain injury. 1995-1996 Stephens County Cooperative-Speech-Language Pathologist Provided speech-language therapy services to students in three school districts Including a facility for students with multi-handicaps. Also designed and implemented alternative, augmentative, communication strategies and therapies. 1991-1993 Stephens County Cooperative-Speech-Language Pathologist Provided speech-language therapy services to students for three school districts including a facility for students with multi-handicaps. Also designed and implemented alternative, augmentative, communication strategies and therapies. 1995-1996 Sundance Rehabilitation Company Speech-Language Pathologist Served skilled nursing facility treating geriatric patients including therapies for dementia, dysphagia, cognitive deficits, and CVAs. 1995-1996 Quality Home Health Care-Speech-Language Pathologist Treated patients with diagnoses of CVA, dysphagia, and dementia. 1976-1987 Scott Family Dentistry-Certified Dental Assistant HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2008-Present Adjunct Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, Mass Communications Department, Fundamentals of Speech Online Class. 2008 Adjunct Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, Mass Communications Department, Communication for Teachers Class. 2007 Guest Lecturer, Language Development, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. 2004 Guest Lecturer, Diagnostics in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma. OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHING EXPERIENCES 2011 Designed and taught Speech-Language Therapist Retraining-Retooling Class, Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC), June. 2011 Designed and taught Speech-Language Therapist Retraining-Retooling Class, Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC), January. 2010 Designed and taught Speech-Language Therapist Retraining-Retooling 2
College Credit Class, Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC), August. 2010 Designed and taught Speech-Language Therapist Retraining-Retooling Review Class for the OSAT. Presented in March and April. CONSULTING EXPERIENCE AND PRESENTATIONS Wheat, K. & Ryan, M. (2011). The Utilization and Implementation of SLPAs in Oklahoma Schools, Moore, Oklahoma. Wheat, Kathy. (2009). Contemporary Issues for the School-Based SLP in Oklahoma. Stillwater Public Schools, Oklahoma. Wheat, Kathy. (2006). Increasing the Efficiency and Quality of School-Based Speech-Language Pathology Services. Yukon Public Schools, Oklahoma. Wheat, Kathy. (2005). Assessment/Service Providers Alternative Service Delivery Model. Ponca City Schools, Oklahoma. LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION American Speech-Language Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC), National Licensure. Oklahoma Board of Examiners of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Certification, State Licensure. Elementary Principal, Oklahoma Certification. Mild-Moderate Disabilities, Oklahoma Certification. Early Childhood, Oklahoma Certification. ONLINE TEACHING TRAINING EXPERIENCES AND CERTIFICATIONS 2011 Oklahoma Distance Learning Association (ODLA), Online Teaching Certification. 2010 Center for Professional and Distance Education (CPDE), University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), TEACH Workshop for Online Teaching and Learning. GRANTS 2010 Oklahoma State Department of Education Grant: Pilot Program for speechlanguage pathology assistants, $150,000. 2010 Community-Based Job Training Grant: SGA/DFA PY 09-07 Department of Labor (Principal Investigator, Submitted, April) 2009 Recovery Act Health Care Sector and Other High Growth Areas SGA-DFA- PY-09-01 Department of Labor (Participating Investigator With Specified Effort), Submitted, October, $939,057.00. Not funded. 2009 Wheat, K. & Hastings, J. Expanding a Bilingual Assessment & Materials Library. (Principal Investigator) $2200.00, Funded. 2005 Wheat, K. & Hastings, J. Bilingual Assessment & Materials Library. Lawton 3
Public Schools Foundation Grant. (Principal Investigator) $1500.00, Funded. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE 2011 Served on task force with the state association that secured national certification monies for school-based speech-language pathologists, psychologists and audiologists from the Oklahoma State Department of Education ($5000.00 per individual per year). 2010 Designed curriculum for Oklahoma Community College (OCCC) speechlanguage pathology assistants program. 2008 Formed Speech-Language Pathology Assistants Task Force for Oklahoma, (June). 2008 Organized and planned Lawton Public Schools Teacher Job Fair, (January April). 2000-2006 Salary Supplement Grassroots Committee Member for the Oklahoma Speech- Language Hearing Association. This committee, via legislative processes, secured passage (2011) of Senate Bill 1207 which provided a salary supplement ($5.000.00) annually to nationally certified speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and nationally licensed school psychologists in schools in Oklahoma. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE 2005 & 2006 Entry-year supervisor for American Speech-Language Hearing Association Clinical Fellowship Supervisor for two Clinical Fellowship Year Speech- Language Pathologists PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2012-2013 Chair, American Speech-Language Hearing Association School Finance Committee 2011-2014 Appointed to the American Speech-Language Hearing Association School Finance Committee 2007-2008 Councilor-At-Large, Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association. 2004 to Present Member of the Oklahoma Speech Language Services Stakeholder Advisory Task Group. 2003 to Present Schools Action Committee Chairperson, Oklahoma Speech- Language Hearing Association. 2003 to Present State Education Advocacy Leader (S.E.A.L.). 2003 Governmental Regulations Media Chairperson, Oklahoma Speech- Language-Hearing Association. 4
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development American Educational Research Association Council for Exceptional Children American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association (OSHA) Phi Kappa Phi HONORS AND AWARDS 2013 NISOD Excellence Award Winner 2010 Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contribution in the Schools, American Speech- Language Hearing Association Nominated April. 2005 Gwen Cacy Award, Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association. 2003 Speech-Language Therapist of the Year, Lawton, Oklahoma, Ambucs. 1995 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. 1992 Speech-Language Therapist of the year, Duncan, Oklahoma, Ambucs. 1991 Hypatia Honor Society, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. 1991 Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. 1989 Zeta Phi Eta, University of Sciences and Arts of Oklahoma. PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS Gardner, G., & Wheat, K. (2013). Allied health: Exploring collaborations in practice. Panel, The Future of Workplace Development Symposium: Building education and industry partnerships. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Department of Education Boot Camp for Special Ed Teachers: Panel Wheat, K. (2013). Supervising support personnel: What they didn't teach you in school. International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, Presentation, Austin, Texas. Wheat, K. (2013). Supervising SLPAs. Roundtable Facilitator. American Speech- Language Hearing Association Schools Conference, Long Beach, California. Wheat, K. (2013). Utilizing speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) in Oklahoma. Presentation. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Schools Conference, Long Beach, California. Wheat, K. (2013). Supervising support personnel: What they didn't teach you in school. Presentation. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Schools Conference, Long Beach, California. 5
Wheat, K. (2013). Supervising Speech-Language Pathology Assistants: Oklahoma SLPs' perspectives on supervision training. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Wheat, K. (2013). Supervising speech-language pathology assistants: Skillsets for success! American Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Wheat, K., Clancy, J., Conrad, B., Hall-Mills, S., Harris, S., Spangler, C., & Deppe, J. (2013). Drafting a blueprint for successful funding. Presentation. American Speech- Language Hearing Association, Chicago, Illinois. Wheat, K. (2013). Schools issues forum. Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presented in October. Wheat, K. (2012). Schools issues forum. Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presented in October. Wheat, K., & Ryan, M. (2012). Speech- language pathology assistants: Perspectives of speech- language pathologists, ASHA Schools Conference, Poster, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wheat, K., & Ryan, M. (2012). Presentation: Supervising SLPAs: Skills and strategies for SLPs. ASHA presentation, Atlanta, Georgia. Wheat, K., & Ryan, M. (2012). Perspectives of speech- language pathologists, Poster, ASHA Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. Fleming, C., Conrad, B., Harris, S., Ireland, M., Smiley, D., Wheat, K., & Deppe, J. (2012). Wh questions of school funding Oh, the places you ll go, Poster, ASHA Schools, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fleming, C., Conrad, B., Harris, S., Ireland, M., Smiley, D., Wheat, K., & Deppe, J. (2012). Wh questions of school funding Oh, the places you ll go, Poster, ASHA Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. Wheat, K. and Ryan, M. (2011). Proposing and Designing Oklahoma s SLPA Program: Collaborating and Negotiating Change. Poster session. American Speech Language Hearing Association Schools Conference, National Harbor, Maryland. Presented in July. Wheat, K. (2011). Directions in Disability Studies II. Chaired session and facilitated discussion among presenters. Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. May. 6
Wheat, K. (2011). A case study of teachers responses to students challenging behaviors: Concerns for educational equity and social justice. Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presented in May. Wheat, K. and Ryan, M. (2011). Spring into Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Supervision. Oklahoma State Department of Education Early Childhood and Speech-Language Pathology Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Presented in March. Wheat, K. and Ryan, M. (2011). Speech-Language Therapy Assistants Forward for the Profession. Oklahoma State Department of Education Early Childhood and Speech-Language Pathology Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Presented in March. Wheat, K. (2011). Managing Your SLP Caseload for Sanity and Success. Oklahoma State Department of Education Early Childhood and Speech-Language Pathology Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Presented in March. Wheat, K. (2010). A case study of teachers responses to students challenging behaviors. Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presented in May. Roden, K. & Wheat, K. (2010). Exploring experiences utilizing method triangulation in a study concerning collaboration among teachers and speech-language pathologists. Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presented in May. Wheat, K. (2010). The cultural ecology of collaboration among teachers and speech-language pathologists American Educational Research Association Conference, April 2010, Denver, Colorado. Submitted and Accepted, July 2009. Wheat, K. & Ryan, M. (2010). Utilizing speech-language pathology assistants (SLPAs) in schools. Oklahoma State Department of Education, Special Education Services, Speech- Language Pathology and Early Childhood Conference. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Presented in March. Wheat, K. & Ryan, M. (2009). Negotiation training for SLPs: Understanding conflict management styles. Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presented in October. Ryan, M. & Wheat, K. (2009). Utilizing speech language pathology assistants: New frontiers for speech-language pathologists. Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presented in October. Wheat, K. (2009). Schools issues forum. Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presented in October. 7
Wheat, K. (2009). Through the lens of social justice theory: Teachers responses to students challenging behaviors. Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presented in May. Roden, K. & Wheat, K. (2009). Embracing the complexity of trustworthiness: Triangulating methods and theories in qualitative research. Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presented in May. Roden, K. & Wheat, K. (2009). Exploring collegial relationships among speech-language pathologists and teachers American Educational Research Association. San Diego, California. Presented in April. PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS Wheat, K. (2008). Responses to challenging behaviors in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students: A qualitative study of teacher s perspectives. 39 th Annual Meeting of Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association. University of Central Oklahoma. Presented in October. Wheat, K. (2008). School issues forum. Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Presented in September. Wheat, K. (2008). Positive relational behaviors and practice on the part of teachers: A qualitative difference. International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM), University of Alberta, Canada. Submitted in May. Wheat, K. (2008). Exploring communication, collegiality, and collaboration between speechlanguage pathologists and teachers American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Chicago. Submitted in April. Wheat, K. (2008). Responses to behaviors in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students: A qualitative study of teachers perspectives. Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presented in March. Wheat, K. (2007). School based issues: Changes to current policy and procedures for special education in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presented in October. Wheat, K. (2006). School based issues: Response to intervention and evidenced-based intervention practices. Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association, Norman, Oklahoma. Presented in October. Wheat, K. (2005). The role of SEALs in states. American Speech-Language Hearing Association National Conference, San Diego, CA. Presented in November. 8
Wheat, K. (2005). School based issues: Software for school-based SLPs. Oklahoma Speech- Language Hearing Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presented in October. Wheat, K. (2004). Assessor/Service provider model: Efficiency in public school caseloads. Oklahoma Directors of Special Services Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Presented in November. Wheat, K. (2004). School based issues: Public school practices for SLPs. Oklahoma Speech- Language Hearing Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presented in October. PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS Wheat, K. (2003). Caseload/workload reduction and salary incentives: Progress through partnerships. American Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois. Presented in November. Wheat, K. (2003). A guide to advocating for increased salaries and additional benefits in your school district. Web-based video project completed in partnership with the State Education Action Team from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Rockville, MD. Completed in October. Wheat, K. (2003). Assessor/Service provider model: Efficiency in public school caseloads. The Oklahoma Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Presented in February. RESEARCH POSTERS AND PUBLICATIONS Wheat, Kathy. (2010) Accepted and reviewed research poster submissions for the American Speech-Language Hearing Association National Schools Conference, July 2010. Submissions were reviewed in April. Wheat, Kathy. (2008). Accepted and reviewed research poster submissions for the American Educational Research Association 2009 Annual Meeting. Submissions were reviewed in October. Wheat, Kathy. (2008). A qualitative study of teachers perspectives of students challenging behaviors. American Speech-Language Hearing Association Schools Conference, Orlando Florida. Presented in July. Wheat, Kathy. (2007). Responses to behaviors in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students: A qualitative study of teachers perspectives. Graduate Student Research and Performance Day, University of Oklahoma. Presented in March. 9
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 2013 Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language Hearing Association 2012 Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language Hearing Association 2010 Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language Hearing Association 2006 Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language Hearing Association. 2003 Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language Hearing Association. 2002 Award for Continuing Education (ACE), American Speech-Language Hearing Association. 10