BIO
Sara Green Mele,M.S., CCC-SLP Clinical Faculty, joined the 海角社区 COMD faculty in 2008. She has extensive knowledge and clinical experience in evaluation and treatment of the adult populations presenting with brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, head and neck cancer, and other neurological diseases that she gained at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Sara is an experienced clinical educator in the field of cognition and well-versed in Concussion, return to work programs and counseling. Also, Sara initiated the Voice Banking clinic at 海角社区 for patients with ALS. Voice Banking which is a process that allows a person to record a set list of phrases with their own voice, while they still have the ability to do so. This recording is then converted to create a personal synthetic voice
Sara is considered an industry expert for continuing medical education and courtroom applications and served as an expert witness in the national case of Terry Schiavo. Sara has presented and continues to actively conduct numerous educational in-services in the areas of brain injury, cognition, dysphagia, ethical issues and community re-entry.
Certificiation and Licensure and Professional Memberships
- American Speech-Language- Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology 1997 鈥� Present
- Member of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 1997 鈥� Present
- Member of Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology 2007 鈥� Present
- FEES Certification
Academic Degrees
M.S., Communication Disorders, University of Texas at Dallas, 1995
M.S., Rehabilitative Administration and Counseling, University of North Texas, 1991
B.S., Speech Pathology and Education, Baylor University, 1989
Presentations
- 鈥淐ognitive Issues Throughout the Stages of Brain Injury鈥�
- 鈥淢anagement of Trachs and Dysphagia in the CVA Population鈥�, National Stroke Course
at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- 鈥淨uinlan to Schiavo: Critical TBI Ethics Issues鈥�, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- 鈥淐ommunity Re-Entry with Traumatic Brain Injury鈥� , Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, National TBI Course
- 鈥淚nterdisciplinary Rehabilitation Of Traumatic Brain Injury, Rehabilitation Institute
of Chicago
- 鈥淗igher Level Cognitive Modalities Involved in Community Re-Entry鈥�, Natinal Head Injury
Course at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- 鈥淚nterdisciplinary Co-Treatment of the Minimally Conscious Patients鈥� The Rehabilitation
Institute of Chicago
- 鈥淧ost-Traumatic Amnesia and Prognostic Indicators of Outcome of Closed Head Injury鈥�, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- 鈥淔unctional Assessment and Therapeutic Intervention in Attention and Memory Dysfunction following Traumatic Brain Injury鈥�, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago