Instructor - Shawna Pope, M.S., CCC-SLP
Program Affiliation: Communication Disorders and Sciences
Office: 312 Rehn Hall
Phone: 618-453-7726
E-mail: spope@siu.edu
Specializations:
Shawna Pope has filled the role of instructor and clinical supervisor in the Rehabilitation Institute at SIUC since fall of 2005. She has also participated on committees and served as a mentor in the McNair Scholar Program. Prior to that she had a varied work experience. She began her career in Early Intervention (E.I.) in 1998. She provided home-based services for one year and center-based services at The University of Chicago for 18 months. During that time she attended numerous seminars on E.I. including a week session with Dr. Louis Rossetti. She also obtained seven years of experience working in skilled rehabilitation facilities. She obtained certification in Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular stimulation and developed an expertise in dysphasia therapy. During the time she spent in Chicago she also had the opportunity to work PRN in hospitals and covered a 9-month leave of absence in a school district serving children aged 4 to 13. Upon returning to her hometown of Carbondale, she obtained two years of experience working with adolescents in a residential setting for rehabilitation following a traumatic brain injury. Here she developed expertise in providing functional therapy and compensatory strategy training. At SIUC she is currently teaching Basic Clinical Practicum CDS 493 and supervising graduate clinicians both in the SIUC Clinical Center and Carbondale New School.