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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Richard Morris to Teach Special Programs at London Study Center

During  Summer "C" session,  Richard J. Morris, Ph.D.  will be teaching at the FSU London Study Centre. Dr. Morris  will be teaching a Special Program in Communication Disorders. There will be 7 students from FSU and 2 from the University of Florida participating. Highlights of the program will include visits to the Treetops Specialist School & College in …

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Richard Morris Presents Two Papers at Symposium

Richard J. Morris, Ph. D.  presented two papers at the  40th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice: “Listeners’ Perceptions of Passaggio Transition Gestures by Trained Female Singers” co-authored by David Okerlund of the FSU School of Music and Donald Miller of the University of Groningen. “Blood Lactate Levels Associated with Neurmuscular Electrical Stimulation” co-authored by Mary Gorham-Rowan of Valdosta State …

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LaPointe and Stierwalt publish research on cognitive loading and injurious falls

Leonard La Pointe and Julie Stierwalt of the SCSD faculty have published a research article in the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology along with Charles Maitland (College of Medicine).  For “Talking while walking: Cognitive loading and injurious falls in Parkinson’s disease,” the researchers studied 25 participants with Parkinson’s disease and 13 participants without neurological compromise. …

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