Dr. Mollie Romano from CCI’s School of Communication Science and Disorders and the Communication and Early Childhood Research and Practice Center (CEC-RAP) is partnering with Drs. Patricia Snyder, Brian Reichow and Crystal Bishop at the University of Florida’s Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies on a three-year-long endeavor to support early interventionists …
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News from the CCI School Communication Science & Disorders
SCSD Faculty Receives Subcontract from Florida Department of Health
Dr. Shannon Hall-Mills Published
Dr. Shannon Hall-Mills, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, recently published an article in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Her article, “A Comparison of the Prevalence Rates of Language Impairment Before and After Response-to-Intervention Implementation” presents secondary data analysis of language impairment (LI) prevalence rates of children in public schools before and …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Associate Professor Published In Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Associate Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, Kaitlin Lansford, and her team were recently published in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Her group’s article, “Regularity Matters: Unpredictable Speech Degradation Inhibits Adaptation to Dysarthric Speech,” focuses on Dysarthria, a mobile speech disorder arising from neurological damage or disease that often …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Associate Professor Published in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Associate Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, Kelly Farquharson, and her team were recently published in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. This publication is the result of a multi-site research group lovingly referred to as “BILL,” or Brain Injury, Language, and Literacy. The team is composed of two Traumatic Brain Injury …
CONTINUE READINGKevin Spencer Brings Magic to SCSD
At the end of October, the FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) had a special visitor. Kevin Spencer, a performing artist and educator, hosted a workshop for graduate students, faculty, and clinical staff of the L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic during his week-long visit to FSU. An advocate for using the power …
CONTINUE READINGStudents for Storytime: SCSD Gives Back to Local Tallahassee Community
Students from the School of Communication Science and Disorders have been making an impact in the lives of children at HOPE Community Center for the past four years.
CONTINUE READINGDr. Therrien Receives ASH Grant
Dr. Michelle Therrien is a professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders. She recently received a grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation for her project, Training Preschool Teachers to Support Peer Interaction for Children with Complex Communication Needs. The outline of the project states: “Friendships and peer interactions play an important role in …
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