Ellen N. Friedman, ma/cccslp
Speech/language pathologist
(330) 592-5253
ElRachel345@aol.com
Private practice:
I work in my office and on location as needed for contract work in: out patient facilities, schools, hospitals, radiology, home health, and schools. Please see Teaching resume to view teaching resume
I work with children and adults, in all areas of speech, language, voice, fluency, and swallowing dysfunctions. I also provide In -service training and consultancy.
Contract Positions I either hold or have held:
Heartland Home Health, HRC Manor Care, Speech/Language Pathologist
Hope Academy: Speech/Langauage Pathologist for students ages k-8.
Kent state University: graduate student supervision and student liaison for student teaching and student externs in the school of Speech Pathology and Audiology, graduate course instruction
University of Akron: graduate Student externship supervision in the School of Speech Pathology and Audiology
Kaiser Permanente: Senior Speech/Language Pathologist; development of department and clinical work to general Kaiser membership with medically related speech, language, voice, swallowing, and fluency problems.
Fox Network: media coach, working with speech, voice, dialects and presentation to news reporters
Acting Out School of Performance: Instructor of voice, speech, and dialects to actors
Senior Select: Clinical home health speech Pathologist for adult neurogenic population.
Progressive Home Care: Clinical home health speech pathologist for adult neurogenic population
Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital: Clinical speech Pathologist to acute care patients, modified barium swallow studies, out-patient treatment
Stark County Schools: clinical speech pathology services to Early Intervention Preschool
Windsor Psychiatric Hospital: clinical speech pathology services to teen population who are acutely hospitalized
The Cleveland Playhouse: voice, speech and dialects to actors in their actor training program
Weathervane Playhouse: voice, speech, and dialects to actors
The players guild of Canton: speech and dialects to actors,
President of the regional association of medical speech pathologists
American personnel: clinical speech pathology services to nursing care facilities, PRN
Hattie Larlham: Home health speech Pathology services
Warrensville Developmental Center: speech pathologist
Cleveland Developmental Center: speech Pathologist
Jewish family services: Director, Independent living program
PVA and koinonia homes: Speech Pathologist to MR/DD population
United Cerebral Palsy: Speech Pathologist
Publications:
Acting as an alternative form of psychotherapy, to be published in book authored by Dale Delong, Counselor, on Alternative therapies for teens with mental illness
Gastroesophageal Disease: serious Illness Potential Widely misunderstood, The ASHA Leader, main feature article November/06
Hearing Health: Life Center Plus, November/06
Voice for Acting, publication for Power lung Company
Education:
Former President of the Regional Association of Medical Speech/Language Pathologists
Cleveland State University, MA Summa cum laude
Continuing Education in accordance with ASHA and Ohio board of speech pathology requirements
Certified to perform modified barium swallow studies and cervical auscultation exams
Advanced Training in Performing Arts medicine at the medical university of South Carolina/three years of spring intensive courses, which included speech pathologists, otolaryngologists, and opera instructors
