Education
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Master of Arts in Speech and Language Pathology,
March 1985
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bachelor of Science in Speech and Language Pathology and
Spanish, Summa Cum Laude,
May 1983
Clinical Experience
1998-Present
Betancourt Stuttering, Private Practice
Provide evaluation and treatment of clients with fluency disorders of all ages.
1997-2011
Miami Children’s Hospital, Senior Clinician, Part Time
1986-1997
Miami Children’s Hospital, Full Time
Responsibilities included evaluating and treating the pediatric out patient population, supervising graduate clinical practicum, coordinating the Speech-Language Pathology program in the Psychiatry Unit (conducting Communication Screenings and the Pragmatic Language groups for school age and adolescent inpatients), mentoring of clinicians with patients with a Stuttering Disorder, and promoting stuttering awareness and other speech-language pathology topics in the media.
1985-1986
Hearing and Speech Center of Florida, lnc., ClinicalFellowship Year, Full Time
Responsibilities included evaluating and treating clients of all ages, assisting with communication screenings of preschool programs, participating in United Way public relations and community education events.
Lectures
Tulane University Business Lunch, Presentation on Stuttering, May, 2015
Miami Children’s Hospital, Dan Marino Center, Noon Conference on Fluency Disorders, 2002
American Speech and Language Hearing Association (ASHA), Texas, Short Course, “Serving the Hispanic Populations: Creative Solutions for Therapy,” 1998
Baptist Hospital, Short Course sponsored by MACS, "Treatment for Preschoolers with Stuttering," 1998
Two Day Workshop, Organización Puertorriqueña de Habla -Lenguaje y Audiologia (OPPHLA), "Stuttering Treatment and Evaluación of Preschoolers, School-age, and Adolescent Patients." Puerto Rico, 1997
Hearing and Speech Center of Florida, lnc., Two Part Inservice on Fluency Disorders, 1996
Two Day Workshop, OPPHLA, "Stuttering Evaluation and Treatment of Preschoolers, School-age, and Adolescent Patients." Puerto Rico, 1994
Nova Southeastern University, Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Class, Clinical Practices, 1992
Miami Children’s Hospital, Dan Marino Center, Noon Conference on Fluency Disorders, 2002
American Speech and Language Hearing Association (ASHA), Texas, Short Course, “Serving the Hispanic Populations: Creative Solutions for Therapy,” 1998
Baptist Hospital, Short Course sponsored by MACS, "Treatment for Preschoolers with Stuttering," 1998
Two Day Workshop, Organización Puertorriqueña de Habla-Lenguaje y Audiologia (OPPHLA), "Stuttering Evaluation of Preschoolers, School-age, and Adolescent Patients." Puerto Rico, 1997
Hearing and Speech Center of Florida, lnc., Two Part lnservice on Fluency Disorders, 1996
Two Day Workshop, OPPHLA, "Stuttering Evaluation and Treatment of Preschoolers, School-age, and Adolescent patients." Puerto Rico, 1994
Nova Southeastern University, Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Class, Clinical Practices, 1992
Miami Children’s Hospital, Parenting Classes, Speech and Language Development, 1990
Miami Children’s Hospital , Child Life Care Center, lnservice on Stuttering and Preschoolers, 1990
Miami Children's Hospital, Rehabilitative Services, lnservice on Stuttering, 1990
Professional Memberships
ASHA Special Interest Division 4 (Fluency and Fluency Disorders) Sub-Committee member, on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, 1997)
Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
(Multi-cultural Committee, 1997)
International Fluency Association, Charter Member
(Task Force on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, 2002)
Miami Association of Communication Specialist
(Chair, Continuing Education Committee 2001-2002, Public Relations Committee, 2000-2002, Scholarship Committee, 1996-1999)
Awards
Awards for Continuing Education (ACE): October 1990, May 1995, August 1998, December, 2000, July 2015
Certification
Board Certified Specialist-Fluency, November 2000
Special Projects
Invited to serve on the Fluency Subcommittee of ASHA's Convention Program 2015
Invited to serve on the Practice Analysis Orientation and Fluency and Fluency Disorders Specialty Board Workshop held at ASHA's National Office, October 2014
Participated in the Field Testing and norming of the Test of
Childhood Stuttering, 2009
Participated in the Behavior Assessment Battery Research
Project, University of Central Florida, 2008
Coordinated with the production of Stuttering Foundation of
America's DVD “Tartamudez: Para nifios, Por nifios,” 2004
"El tratamiento de la tartamudez en una nifia de edad
preescolar: el caso de Lara." OPPHLA, Vol. 21 Num. 2,
October 2003
Coordinated with the production of Stuttering Foundation of
America's DVD “La Tartamudez y Su Nifio,” 2001
International Journal of Fluency Disorders, reviewer of
treatment materials, 1992
Translation of the Study Guide into Spanish of Dale,
Paulette and Poms, Lillian, 1986. English Pronunciation for
Spanish Speakers. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-
Hall, 1986