Dr. Kaitlin Lansford brought her passion for research to the School of Communication Science & Disorders at Florida State in 2012, specializing in dysarthria classification and perception. Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder that occurs in children and adults subsequent to stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, and muscular dystrophy, and Dr. Lansford …
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SCSD Research Spotlight: Dr. Kaitlin Lansford
Dr. Leonard LaPointe Explores Life of Paul Broca in Latest Book
With a passion for knowledge and a backstage pass to 87 cabinets of the work of Pierre Paul Broca, Florida State University Francis Eppes Professor Dr. Leonard LaPointe set off to Paris to spend the summer of 2011 to research the 19th century neuroscientist for his latest book Paul Broca and the Origins of Language …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD 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 …
CONTINUE READINGFSU collaboration to help librarians serve those with autism spectrum disorder
The Florida State University has received a $573,554 grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a collaborative project between the PALM Center at the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) and the Autism Institute at the College of Medicine. Project PALS (Panhandle Autism Library Services) is a two-year program …
CONTINUE READINGThree CCI faculty members awarded 2013 First Year Assistant Professor Grants
School of Communication & Science Disorders faculty member, Dr. Kaitlin Lansford, and two School of Library & Information Studies faculty members, Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho and Dr. Richard Urban, have each been awarded First Year Assistant Professor (FYAP) Grants for 2013. Here are some of their research project topics and links to abstract summaries: Dr. …
CONTINUE READINGLansford’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 …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD'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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