This summer, Florida State University’s School of Communication and Science Disorders (SCSD) hosted its inaugural six-week Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP). The program, designed by Dr. Elizabeth Madden and Faculty Clinical Supervisor Ellen Nimmons, focuses on utilizing a new clinical service delivery model to better the communication skills of those with aphasia.
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SCSD Hosts FSUs Inaugural Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program
SCSD Assistant Professor Published in Nature Genetics
Dr. Dillon Pruett, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD), was recently published in Nature Genetics for his “Large-scale genome-wide analysis of stuttering” study. “One of the most significant impacts of our work is the potential to reduce the stigma and shame often associated with stuttering,” Pruett said. Pruett and …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Associate Professors Receive 5-Year $5 Million Grant from the HHS
SCSD Associate Professors Andrea Barton-Hulsey and Michelle Therrien, along with their research team, received a 5-year $5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Professor Receives Grant from FSU’s Institute of Pediatric Rare Diseases
Kelly Farquharson, Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Institute of Pediatric Rare Diseases (IPRD) for her work, “Developing the Scoring for Expressive Evaluation and Diagnosis (SEED) paradigm for pediatric speech disorders.”
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Students Publish Study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research
School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) Associate Professor Mollie Romano, master’s student Fran Baehman, and doctoral candidate Diana Abarca published their study, “A Low-Cost, Social Media–Supported Intervention for Caregivers to Enhance Toddlers’ Language Learning: Mixed Methods Feasibility and Acceptability Study,” in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Publications on June 23, 2025.
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Graduate Students Visit Children’s Hospital in Panama
Six School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) graduate students visited Materno Infantil Jose Domingo De Obaldia, a Panamanian hospital for children with rare diseases, as part of their Project Team Enhanced Outcomes (TEO) experiential learning component.
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Students and Faculty Attend the 2025 AAA + HearTech Expo
Drs. Selena Snowden and Chelsea Alexander accompanied nine undergraduate students from the School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) to the annual American Academy of Audiology (AAA) + HearTech Expo conference from March 26 – 29 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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