MARIA FLORES
3052 S. Airport Way
Stockton, Ca 95206
Cell: (209)822-6670 E-mail:
WORK EXPERIENCEAugust 2015-PresentLinden Unified School District
After School Program Site Assistant Linden Elementary School Duties and Responsibilities: 18100 E Front St
Under the direction of the After School Coordinator and/or the Site Lead, Linden, CA 95236
perform necessary duties in the daily operations of the afterschool program as (209)649-9712
well as his/her classroom.
Primary duties include:
- Implementation of curriculum
- Supervision of children
- Communication with parents and school personnel
- Maintenance of safe, welcoming and controlled classroom environment
- Does related work as required and /or necessary
June 2015-July 2015 Walton Special Center(ESY site)
SLPA Intern 4131 Crown Avenue
Duties and Responsibilities: Stockton, CA 95207
To treat all students with respect and dignity and to improve their quality of life by enhancing their functional skills so they will be an integral member of their family and their community.
Primary duties include:
- Participated in the early intervention program providing speech services to infants and toddlers with special needs.
- Went on home visits to work with children 0-3 years and their families
- Helped plan therapy and helped provide push-in therapy
- Worked with all three of the preschool mild-severe special day classes
- Worked with children with speech-language disorders, autism, intellectual disability, orthopedic disability, visual impairments, and hearing loss
- Helped provide PECS therapy and worked with switches
June 2015-July 2015 Marshall Elementary School(ESY site)
SLPA Intern 1141 Lever Boulevard
Duties and Responsibilities: Stockton, CA 95206
- Participated in the ESY program providing speech services to elementary school children with special needs
- Perform paperwork within the SLPA scope of practice
- Read client charts and be aware of pertinent information
- Demonstrate knowledge of client’s goals and objectives and application of knowledge in clinical setting
- Select materials and tasks that are appropriate for the goals and objectives
August 2014-May 2015 Maryjane Rees Clinic-CSU Sacramento
Student Assistant-Supply Room Sacramento, Ca
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsible for knowing and upholding the policies and procedures set by the Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology.
Primary duties include:
- Process clinician supply room requests
- Conduct inventory
- Manage supply room material flow
- Manage supply room stock quantities and inform supervisor of supply room needs
- Advise supervisor on general supply room management
July 2009-July 2013 Arroyo’s Café
Waitress/ Hostess 2381 W. March Lane
Duties and Responsibilities: Stockton, CA
- Greet guests and accompany them to their tables
- Serve food and beverages
- Take necessary action to resolve any complaints
- Answer and take phone to go orders
- Check regularly with guests to make sure that they are enjoying their meals
- Present menus and respond any questions regarding menu items/ Inform of any day specials
- Take dishes and glasses away from tables and counter
- Stock service areas with supplies; coffee, food, tableware, and linens
January 2013-March 2013 Brain Hurricane
Tutor 8405 Tam O'shanter Drive Duties and Responsibilities: Stockton, CA
- Helped implement blended learning solutions for math and literacy in after school program personalized for each student.
- Tutored students twice a week in activities focused on math and reading comprehension at ParklaneElemantry School site.
September 2008-January 2009/ August 2009-May 2010 JcPenney
Store associate 4915 Claremont Ave
Duties and Responsibilities: Stockton, CA
- Greet customers, find out their needs and reply questions
- Operate cash register to complete sales transactions
- Rotate and stock inventory/ Managed shelf stocking
- Prepare store for daily opening and closing
- Maintain the store clean/ Set up store displays
September 2007-April 2008/ February 2011-May 2011 Church’s Chicken
Shift Manager/Cashier 110 E Charter Way Duties and Responsibilities: Stockton, CA
- Supervise team members in order to ensure quality of service
- Investigate and resolve complaints on food service and quality
- Maintain store clean
- Daily input of employees hours for paystub report
- Maintain inventory and ensure adequate stocks/ Stock up incoming shipment
- Organize tills for opening shift/ Organize money for morning bank deposit
- Provided customers with information on special or new items
EDUCATION & AWARDS
2004-2008 Franklin High School - Stockton, CA
H.S. Diploma
Fall 2008-Spring 2013 San Joaquin Delta College - Stockton, CA
A.A. degree
Fall 2013-Spring 2015 California State University-Sacramento, CA
Speech Pathology and Audiology,B.S. degree
Summer 2015 California State University-Sacramento, CA
SLPA program
Certified registered School Audiometrist: for the State of California Department of Health Care Services
Dean’s Honor List, (CSUS)4 semesters - Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015.
CONFERENCES & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONSDelta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society
Student Member of CSHA
Member of NSSLHA
Member of Speech Pathology Multicultural Group (SPMG)
March 26-30 2014 CSHA Annual State Convention
Hilton S.F. Union Square - San Francisco, CA
November 7, 2014 Effecive Therapy For People who Stutter-Seminar
CSU Sacramento Presented by: Granite Bay Speech: Nancy Barcal M.A.CCC-SLP
NSA Stuttering presentation
November 13, 2013 Distinguished Lecturer Series: UCDavis MIND Institute
James C. McPartland, Ph.D. Motivated for Change: Rethinking Models of Social
Brain Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Lecture reviewed a series of studies to test and expand upon the predictions of the social motivation hypothesis of ASD. This developmental model offered direct implications for meaningfully characterizing subgroups of individuals with autism, designing targeted treatments, and elucidating the neural underpinnings of effective intervention.
November 5, 2013 Safe Zone Training (LGBTQ community)
CSU Sacramento-@ Multicultural Center
The PRIDE center at Sacramento State University offered SPMG members training on:
-overview of the marginalization faced by LGBTQ individuals
-provide tools for supporting LGTQ individuals, and directing them to appropriate resources -empower individuals to utilize their skills as a safe zone-trained community member whenever necessary
-offer additional opportunities for learning and participation in PRIDE center activities
This workshop aims to create, empower, and help maintain those supportive places and people, so that the campus community is more hospitable and safer for its LGBTQ members.
LANGUAGESFluent speaker in both Spanish and English --- Excellent reading, writing, and communication skills in both languages.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCEFall Semester 2014/Spring Semester 2015 ACSL parent literacy
ACSL parent literacy traininggroup volunteer Sacramento Food Bank& FamilyServices
Duties and Responsibilities: Sacramento, CA
Provided with training in program to provide weekly parent training
in the area of literacy enhancement in both English and Spanish. This is done in a series of four classes designed by graduate and undergraduate students in our program in collaboration with the Parent Education Program at Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services.
March 28, 2014 CSHA Annual State Convention
CSHA Convention Registration booth volunteer San Francisco, CA
Volunteered for convention registration booth, at 2014 CSHA convention in San Francisco. Assisted Christine A. Maul, the chair of the registration booth for the CSHA convention, and assistant professor at California State University, Fresno in providing coverage at the registration Booth for the CSHA conference. Duties included looking up a person's packet and handing out bags to attendees.
March 28, 2014 CSHA Annual State Convention
CSHA CEU booth volunteer San Francisco, CA
Volunteered for CEU booth at the 2014 CSHA convention in San Francisco, California.Assisted Frances Pomaville, the chair of the CEU booth for the CSHA convention, and assistant professor at California State University, Fresno in providing coverage at the CEU Booth for the CSHA conference.
February 2014- May 2014 Playground Partners
Social Skills Assistant Caleb Greenwood School
Duties and Responsibilities: Sacramento, CA
Help children who lack social skills due to mental health, speech-language or
environmental factors enter into and negotiate playground activities and lunchtime.
January 2014-May 2014 Maryjane Rees Clinic
Supply room volunteer CSUS Sacramento
Duties and Responsibilities: Sacramento, CA Processed clinicians supply room requests and conduct inventory while managing supply room material flow.
November 2013 Run to Feed The Hungry
Event registration volunteer Sacramento, CA
Duties and Responsibilities:
Volunteered for Sacramento's Food Bank & Family Services 20th annual Run to Feed the Hungry. Helped register participating runners for the event, t-shirt distribution and answer any questions regarding the event.
October 2013- May 2014 Reading Partners
Tutor Caroline Wenzel Elementary School
Duties and Responsibilities: Sacramento, CA
Tutor a student once a week in activities focused on reading and vocabulary. Tutor and mentor students in the area of literacy, using Reading Partners curriculum. Students who have fallen behind 6 months to 2.5 years in reading are enrolled for tutoring. Once enrolled, students receive one-on-one tutoring twice a week in 45-minute sessions. Volunteered with program once a week at Caroline Wenzel Elementary School in Sacramento, CA.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONSFALL 2013
SPHP 110 - Phonetic Sciences
Description
Physical production and acoustic characteristics of the sounds of American speech. International Phonetic Alphabet as applied to American speech sounds; practice in phonetic transcription of dialects and deviant speech; applications in speech education and speech and hearing therapy. Introduction to physiological acoustics, psychoacoustics, and acoustic phonetics.Perception of speech including voice, resonance, and individual speech segments; instrumentation for acoustic and perceptual analysis of speech.
SPHP 111 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
Description
Anatomical, physiological and neurological bases of speech.Covers development, normal structure and function.
SPHP 112 - Language Science and Development
Description
Overview and comparison of normal and abnormal child language development from infancy through upper elementary school.Establishes a framework for understanding language disorders including autism and pervasive developmental delay.Includes theories of language acquisition, basic principles of language sampling, systems of language, elements of grammar, and preparation for informal and standardized assessment of language disorders.Introduces students to the impact of variables such as attention deficit disorder, poverty, bilingualism on developing language skills.
SPHP 145 - Supervised Field Observations
Description
Directed observations of speech and hearing testing (screening and diagnostic); therapy and case staffing in schools, service clinics and hospitals.
SPRING 2014
SPHP 125 – Language Disorders
Description
Language disorders including the dynamic and reciprocal relationship of the problem among the child, his/her family, and the environment. Language disorders from infancy through adulthood will be covered.
SPHP 126 - Speech Sound Development and Disorders in Children: Aspects of Articulation and Phonology
Description
Study of normal articulation and phonological development in children.Discussion of etiologies and specific characteristics of articulatory-phonological disorders.Introductory description of foundational specific assessment and treatment principles.Analyzes case studies.
SPHP 130 - Audiology and Hearing Testing
Description
Introduction to audiology; anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism; pathologies of the ear; basic acoustics of sound and its relation to hearing and speech; school hearing screening; hearing conversation; audiometric interpretation and its relationship to speech language and learning disorders.
SPHP 199 – Special Problems
Description
Individual projects or directed reading. Open only to students competent to carry on individual work.
FALL 2014
SPHP 123 – Voice and Fluency
Description
Fluency- Characteristics of stuttering, etiologic theories and their implications for treatment.Management of stuttering and other disorders of rhythm.
Voice - Current concepts regarding anatomy and physiology, etiology, assessment and treatment of hyperfunctional and organic disorders.
SPHP 142 - Topics in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Description
Detailed look at characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (including Asperger's Syndrome, PDD-NOS and Autism). Issues related to diagnosis/assessment, early intervention, school-based intervention, functional therapeutic techniques and theories, and current "hot topics" in Autism (Theory of Mind, joint attention, biomedical issues, dietary restrictions, sensory regulation and intervention paradigms) will be a part of this course.
SPHP 147 - Assessment Procedures
Description
Current principles, methods and materials used by the speech-language pathologist to assess communication disorders are presented. Issues related to a model of assessment, informal and formal testing, dynamic assessment, interview techniques, administration, scoring and interpretation of test results, report writing and related issues will be discussed.
SPHP 199 – Special Problems
Description
Individual projects or directed reading. Open only to students competent to carry on individual work. (Neuro Service Alliance)
SPRING 2015
SPHP 127 - Introduction to Medical Speech Pathology
Description
Current concepts regarding anatomy and physiology, etiology, assessment, and treatment of craniofacial disorders, laryngectomy, tracheostomy and dysphagia.
SPHP 133 – Aural Rehabilitation
Description
Aural rehabilitation is "intervention aimed at minimizing and alleviating the communication difficulties associated with hearing loss." This course examines communication assessment andremediation approaches for children and adults with both peripheral and central auditory problems.
SPHP 143 - Communication Disorders in Multicultural Populations
Description
Indentification, evaluation, and treatment of multicultural, multilingual clients with communication disorders. Discussion of normal second language acquisition, bilingual development, and cultural values related to effective service delivery for multicultural clients.
SPHP 148 - Research in Speech -- Language Pathology and Audiology
Description
Survey of research strategies and methods in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.Statistical procedures and single-subject designs. Emphasis on interpreting research reports in the literature and on developing research projects. Writing research proposals and reports.
SPHP 199 – Special Problems
Description
Individual projects or directed reading. Open only to students competent to carry on individual work. (Sac State Literacy Connection)
REFERENCESJessica Flores, Assistant Principal
MA, CCC-SLPWalton Special Center
4131 Crown Avenue
Stockton, CA 95207
(209) 933-7315, ext. 7704
Carolyn MontgomerySLP
CCC-SLPWalton Special Center
4131 Crown Avenue
Stockton, CA 95207
(209) 933-7315, ext 7737
(303) 304-9066 -cell
Sue UlmerDistrict SLP chairperson
CCC-SLPStockton Unified School District
Special Education Department
1800 S Sutter St
Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 933-7120