SCSD research team presents on innovative language assessment technology at the LENA Conference

Three FSU doctoral students specializing in child language development, Maya Callender, Emily Diehm, and Jane Messier, along with their faculty mentor, Dr. Carla Wood Jackson, associate professor in the FSU School of Communication Science & Disorders (SCSD), presented five presentations at the International Conference on LENA research.  The events took place on Apr. 28-30 at the …

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CCI graduates congratulated by the FSU Alumni Association

Congratulations to the latest FSU young alumni recognized for their outstanding accomplishments by the Alumni Association’s Thirty Under 30 Award.  Winners have demonstrated exceptional achievement and significant contributions to his or her profession, community/society or university.  From that 30, up to six honorees may be chosen to also receive the Reubin O’D. Askew Young Alumni Award by members of …

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Delta Zeta chapter pledges $50K endowment for Integrated Pre-School Program

The FSU Alpha Sigma chapter of Delta Zeta sorority has pledged $10,000 per year for the next five years toward the School of Communication Science & Disorder’s planned Integrated Pre-School Program. The news comes following the chapter’s early completion of a five-year, $25,000 endowment for the L.L. Schendel Clinic through their Hamburgers for Hearing program. …

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Lansford’s Speech Science Research Grant to support dysarthria research at SCSD

The $5,000 Speech Science Research Grant that new SCSD Assistant Professor Kaitlin Lansford received last November at the 2012 Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in Atlanta will fund a project to improve diagnostic practices of dysarthria, a class of speech disorders that arises from neurological damage to the speech-motor control system. Lansford, who joined …

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Adams to receive 'Tranformation Through Teaching Award'

School of Communication Associate Professor Jonathan Adams has been selected to receive The Florida State University Spiritual Life Project Transformation Through Teaching Award on Nov. 5 at President Barron’s home. The Spiritual Life Project works to celebrate evidence of meaning, purpose and authenticity within the FSU community. Transformation Through Teaching is a recognition designed to …

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