CURRICULUM VITAE

 

PATRICE O. CAROTHERS, M.S., CCC-SLP

Lecturer, Communication Sciences

3601 South Green Road, Suite 200

Beachwood, Ohio 44122

216-921-4200

 

ACADEMIC RANK                            Lecturer                           Date Employed:    1993

 

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

1979 – present               Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology

 

1979 – present               License in Speech Pathology, State of Ohio Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology

 

• New York State Permanent Certification as a Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped

 

EDUCATION

1978   M.S.                   Speech Pathology                                  Ithaca College        Ithaca, New York

 

1974   B.S.                    Speech Pathology and Audiology      Ithaca College       Ithaca, New York

 

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP

INVENTION               Apparatus and Method for self-examination of the inner throat such as the

March, 1995                  vocal cords.  U.S. Patent #5,398,672.  Co-inventor:  Dr. Robert Katz.

Patent Issued

 

CLINICAL SERVICE

1986 – present               Speech-Language Pathologist, Private Practice,

 

2000 – present               Fluency Specialist, member of the inaugural cadre, American Speech, Language and Hearing Association

 

1990 – 2000                  Speech-Language Pathologist of the University Suburban Voice Laboratory with Drs. Witt, Abelson and Lenox

 

1983 – 1988                  Coordinator, Speech Production Disorders, Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center. 

 

1986 – 1988                  Speech-Language Pathologist on the Craniofacial Anomalies Team, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals.

 

1978 – 1982                  Staff Speech-Language Pathologist, Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center.

 

 

 

CLINICAL SUPERVISION

1980 – 1988                  Clinical Instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences, Case Western Reserve University.  Clinical Fellowship Year/Professional Experience Year Sponsor.

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

 

June, 2007                     Presenter, Discussion Group Leader, Stuttering Therapy:  Practical Ideas for the School Clinician, Stuttering Foundation of America Schools Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

June, 2004                     Presenter, Discussion Group Leader, Stuttering Therapy:  Practical Ideas for the School Clinician, Stuttering Foundation of America Schools Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

October, 2002               Presenter, Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders, Ohio School Speech Pathology Educational Audiology Coalition Annual Convention, Cleveland, Ohio

 

October, 2001               Presenter, Stuttering:  Practical Approaches to Intervention, Ohio School Speech Pathology Educational Audiology Coalition Annual Convention, Cleveland, Ohio

 

October, 1996               Presenter, The Voice Fluency Connection, a continuing education workshop, Ontario Speech and Hearing Association’s 1996 Convention, Toronto, Canada

 

1986 – 2002                  Presenter, numerous lectures on Care of the Speaking Voice presented at various hospitals, universities, voice conservatories and speech-language pathology meetings

 

1984 – present               Recipient of Multiple Awards for Continuing Education, American Speech Language Hearing Association

 

• Co-Presenter Speech Problems in Children with Cleft Lip and Palate, a continuing education workshop at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.

 

TEACHING

1993 – present               Fluency Disorders, Department of Communication Sciences, Case Western Reserve University.