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Neuroscience Group

Caitlin W. Ryan, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist
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Caitlin Ryan
Specialty
Speech
Location(s)
Appleton & Neenah

Clinical Expertise and Special Interests

Caitlin’s approach to care is personal, meaningful, and relevant. She wants patients to gain as much function and independence as they are able. She provides individualized, functional treatment plans and targets goals that keep her patients motivated to achieve. She meets the patient where they are and works with them to achieve the best possible outcome. Overall, she treats a variety of communicative, cognitive, and swallowing disorders. She specializes in treating patients with neurological diseases, particularly traumatic brain injury, concussion, stroke and Parkinson’s Disease.
The areas of speech, language, eating, drinking, and memory all have a significant impact on someone’s life. The role of therapy in helping patients improve function and quality of life is a big motivating factor for Caitlin.

Educational Foundation

Masters of Science: Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Arts: Communication Sciences and Disorders, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN

Certifications

Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) Certified for Parkinson’s Disease
A Licensed to SPEAK OUT! Provider
AmpCare certified for Dysphagia
McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program (MDTP) Certified
MoCA certified

Affiliations

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Caitlin Ryan's backg round and training?
Caitlin Ryan is a speech-language pathologist at Neuroscience Group, seeing patients at the Appleton and Neenah locations. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, and her Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the standard national certification for licensed SLPs. She also holds five additional specialty certifications: Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) for Parkinson's Disease, SPEAK OUT! licensure for Parkinson's voice treatment, AmpCare certification for dysphagia, McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program (MDTP) certification, and MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) certification. This combination of neurological SLP specializations makes her exceptionally well-suited to the patient population served by NG's neurology and concussion programs.
What certifications or licenses does Caitlin Ryan hold?
Caitlin holds the CCC-SLP (Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology) from ASHA, which requires graduate-level education, a clinical fellowship year, and passing a national examination. She also holds five specialty certifications: LSVT (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment) certification for treating voice and speech disorders in Parkinson's disease; a SPEAK OUT! provider license, a second evidence-based Parkinson's voice treatment program; AmpCare certification for dysphagia (swallowing disorders); MDTP (McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program) certification, a structured exercise-based approach to treating swallowing dysfunction; and MoCA certification for administering the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a widely used cognitive screening tool. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is licensed as a speech-language pathologist in Wisconsin.
What does Caitlin Ryan do at Neuroscience Group?
Caitlin is a speech-language pathologist at Neuroscience Group's Appleton and Neenah locations, providing evaluation and treatment for communicative, cognitive, and swallowing disorders in patients with neurological conditions. She specializes in treating patients with traumatic brain injury, concussion, stroke, and Parkinson's disease — conditions that form a significant portion of NG's neurology and concussion caseloads. Her dual dysphagia certifications (AmpCare and MDTP) position her to treat swallowing dysfunction for patients across multiple neurological diagnoses, and her two Parkinson's voice treatment certifications (LSVT and SPEAK OUT!) make her a specific resource for patients in NG's Parkinson's care network. Her MoCA certification also enables her to administer standardized cognitive screening as part of the evaluation process for patients with memory, TBI, or cognitive concerns.
What conditions does Caitlin Ryan treat or help rehabilitate?
Caitlin treats communicative, cognitive, and swallowing disorders associated with neurological conditions, with a clinical specialty focus on traumatic brain injury, concussion, stroke, and Parkinson's disease. Her speech and language work addresses issues such as aphasia, dysarthria, voice disorders, and cognitive-communication impairments following neurological events. Her dysphagia work — supported by two distinct certifications — addresses swallowing dysfunction from multiple approaches, treating both the muscular and neurological contributors to swallowing impairment. Her Parkinson's-specific certifications allow her to deliver two evidence-based treatment programs targeting the voice and swallowing changes that frequently accompany Parkinson's progression. Her MoCA certification extends her scope to include cognitive screening for memory concerns and post-injury cognitive evaluation.
What is Caitlin's approach to patient care?
Caitlin's approach to care is personal, meaningful, and relevant — her own description of how she practices. She wants patients to gain as much function and independence as possible, and she builds individualized treatment plans with goals specific enough to keep each patient genuinely motivated throughout the process. She meets patients where they are rather than applying a standard protocol, and she works collaboratively with them to pursue the best possible outcome within their specific circumstances. Her favorite part of the work is developing real relationships with patients — getting to know them well enough to understand what matters to them and building care plans that reflect that understanding. The areas she works in — speech, language, eating, drinking, and memory — affect daily life in profound ways, and that significance is a constant motivating factor in how she shows up for her patients.
Caitlin Ryan

“My favorite part of my job is developing relationships with my patients and really getting to know them in order to develop individualized treatment plans and the best quality care.”

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