Monica Coran Kuns, M.A., CCC-SLP, CBIS

Monica Coran Kuns, M.A., CCC-SLP, CBIS is an adjunct faculty member in clinical supervision. She is a full-time speech language pathologist at Penn Therapy & Fitness. She has 6 years of experience as a speech language pathologist, having worked in various settings such as skilled nursing, acute care/acute rehab, and outpatient rehab. She has spent the majority of her career thus far working in a multi-disciplinary outpatient clinic treating adults with numerous neurological conditions, some of which include stroke, brain injury, Post-Acute Sequela of Covid-19, and Parkinson’s Disease. Monica’s areas of specialization focus on cognitive-communication skills and aphasia rehabilitation. She holds a number of certifications related to adult neurological rehabilitation, including certified brain injury specialist, the McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program, the Guardian Way NMES/sEMG system, and SPEAK OUT!. She has previously published and presented on aphasia treatment, including a novel approach to treatment using word learning to observe functional communication changes and better understand white matter connectivity in the post-stroke population. Monica is a facilitator of the Good Shepherd Penn Partners Aphasia Support Group and a board member of the A phasia Resource Collaboration Hub (ARCH) Network. She has completed multiple guest lectures on the topics of Covid-19 and stroke cognitive-communication intervention to local graduate programs.