CCI students present at Undergrad Research Symposium

Three students in the College of Communication & Information presented their research at the 12th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Strozier Library. Nic Arete and Lauren A. Dickinson from the School of Communication and Claire Dolly from the School of Communication Science & Disorders were among …

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Apel, Scott to be guests on 'Perspectives' on Thursday

Dr. Kenn Apel, director of the School of Communication Science & Disorders, and Dr. Lisa Scott, the school’s director of clinical education, are scheduled to be guests on the WFSU-FM program “Perspectives” on Thursday, March 29, at 11 a.m. They will talk about the School and its L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic and their …

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SCSD's Woods and COE's Hanline awarded $1.2 million grant to train early educators of special-needs kids

For the increasing number of “high-risk” families in Florida facing the complex challenges of infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays, additional help is on the way. Two Florida State University professors have received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to train more educators in specialized early intervention and support. …

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Shannon Hall-Mills, ASHA Roles and Responsibilities

Shannon Hall-Mills, a Visiting Assistant Professor in SCSD, moderated an expert panel regarding the ASHA Roles and Responsibilities of SLPs in Schools at the Schools Conference of the Florida Association for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA) at Nova Southeastern University’s campus in Orlando, October 29th. Dr. Hall-Mills spoke on several essential factors in implementing the …

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Emily Marturana Special Education Programs (OSEP)

Emily Marturana, an SCSD doctoral student, has been interning at the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)  in Washington DC this fall participating in the development of training materials for the Part C reauthorization rules. Jennifer Brown, also a doctoral student, conducted the key note address for approximately 250 early intervention and special education coordinators …

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Apel and Horton-Ikard to Present Paper at International Conference

Drs. RaMonda Horton-Ikard and Kenn Apel, as well as doctoral student Danielle Brimo, will be presenting papers at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. This international conference, which is being held this year from July 13-16 in St. Pete Beach, FL, is attended by researchers from a variety …

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Apel Elected President-Elect of CAPSCD

Kenn Apel, Director of the School of Communication Science and Disorders, was recently elected as President-Elect of the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Science and Disorders (CAPCSD). The CAPCSD represents over 260 member programs in communication science and disorders across the US and internationally. Its mission is to promote quality, accessibility and innovation in …

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