About

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Erik X. Raj is a practicing speech-language pathologist and a first time author, who recently completed his first children's book (to be published in 2010).


In addition to his love for children's literature, he also has a passion for independent film. Erik's early comedy based video productions, that targeted the 16-34 age demographic, have been featured on countless national and international media outlets, including MTV, MTV2, mtvU, CollegeHumor.com, NationalLampoon.com, and more.

Over the last 2 years, Erik has focused his creative energy towards children's educational media, ranging from television programming to internet based streaming web content. He is presently in the beginning stages of writing/producing his first children's program. Fueled by a unique and fresh sense of humor and combined with a strong background in childhood development, Erik's show will, without a doubt, be a nonstop rollercoaster ride of preschool and kindergarten fun!

Education

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Erik received his Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and a Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Misericordia University (PA). He received his New Jersey State Speech-Language Specialist Certificate, as well as his Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Professional Certificate for Teaching Speech to Students with Language Impairments. Erik is presently a practicing speech-language pathologist in New Jersey where he is currently completing his Clinical Fellowship to obtain the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Anticipated January 2010).

Experience

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Erik has provided direct patient care to pediatric, adolescent, and adult clients throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania who exhibit a broad spectrum of communication and swallowing disorders. Erik currently works as a speech-language pathologist for the Hamilton Township School District in New Jersey where he administers diagnostics and provides therapy to school-aged students with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders.

Achievements

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  • MTV (Music Television) / mtvU (formerly College Television Network) Development Fellowship Invitation Recipient (2009)
  • "The Use of an Informational DVD to Attract Potential Speech-Language Pathology Students: Is it More Effective than Traditional Methods?" Published in Dissertations Abstracts International (November 2009)
  • Awarded the New Jersey State Speech-Language Specialist Certificate (2009)
  • Awarded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Professional Certificate for Teaching Speech to Students with Language Impairments (2009)
  • Successfully met all of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Misericordia University (2009)
  • 2009 Speech-Language Pathology Outstanding Achievement Award (Misericordia University)
  • 2009 Master's Thesis Honor Award (Misericordia University)
  • Successfully defended thesis titled "The Use of an Informational DVD to Attract Potential Speech-Language Pathology Students: Is it More Effective than Traditional Methods?" (2008)
  • Poster Presenter for 2008 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention (Chicago, IL)
  • Officially produced the DVD component to the book "Your Voice Is Your Business" (Plural Publishing Inc. 2008)
  • Featured and interviewed in the "Notes from the Field" article of the Articulator Speech-Language Pathology Newsletter (2008)
  • 2007 MTV (Music Television) Movie Monday Award Recipient (2007)
  • "Stuttering Information with Eddie the Eagle" was featured on the front page of the Stuttering Foundation of America website (2007)
  • Created the children's based informational video called "Stuttering Information with Eddie the Eagle (2007)"
  • Featured and interviewed on the award winning international Issue Oriented Podcast (2007)
  • Featured and interviewed in the community story spotlight article "Helping people to find Their Voices" in the Wilkes-Barre PA Times Leader Newspaper (2007)
  • Accepted into the Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Program at Misericordia University (2006)
  • Featured and interviewed on MTV (Music Television) during the spotlight story "Fake Public Service Announcements and Spoof Media Advertising" (2006)
  • Successfully met all of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (2006)
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