When Christina Hunger earned her Master of Arts in speech-language pathology from NIU in 2017, she knew she wanted to help young children with speech challenges, which she now does as a Pediatric Speech Pathologist for Early Intervention in San Diego. It
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Northern Illinois University’s School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders is offering a free course, Critically Appraised Topics in Social Communication Disorders.* This 2-hour, 40-minute course uses 25 case studies to demonstrate how family values, clinical expertise and research evidence are intertwined.
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Megan Haduch, a second year graduate student in the speech-language pathology program, was inducted into the Alpha Eta Society recently. Alpha Eta is an allied health honor society celebrating academic and clinical excellence. To be eligible, graduate students must have at least
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Does your pet Husky wear cool glasses? CISLL’s Deputy Director Dr. Allison Gladfelter’s’ does. However, her Husky is a stuffed animal which lives in her HUSKIES research lab (HUman Speech KInematics Experimental Studies) at NIU. And the cool glasses are part of an infrared movement tracking system
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Over 250 NIU students recently participated in the seventh annual Interdisciplinary Case Study Event–an event that brings together students from audiology, counseling, dietetics, medical laboratory sciences, nursing, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology to discuss issues related to providing quality health care to
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Communicative Disorders students, Ryan Scheri, Junilane Lusung, and speech-language pathology students, Cambria Robinson, Hannah Hill, competed in the 10th annual College Bowl at the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention recently in Rosemont. They demonstrated their ability to perform under time pressure while answering practice
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Students from NIU’s School of Allied Health and Communications shared their research projects at the Student Initiated Clinical Research and Application section of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention in early February. Communicative Disorders undergraduates Junilane Lusung, Elyse Szymanski, and Rebekah Salazar, alumna
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Graduate students from audiology, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology have found a way to ‘SPARC’ dialog with each other. Students Promoting Active Reflection and Conversations (SPARC) was created to facilitate communication between the Allied Health and Communicative Disorders students whose classes are
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NIU speech-language pathology graduate students Janeen George, Emily Longo, and Kate Roe presented “Speech and Language Therapy: Communication Disorders and Considerations for Referrals” to teachers at St. Mary’s School in DeKalb recently. The three students gained valuable insights while they, under the
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Welcome summer! It took a while to get here, but we are happy to be enjoying the sunshine and reflecting on an eventful spring semester at the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences. We have some exciting new changes underway. This
Read moreThe faculty and staff at the College of Health and Human Sciences continually conduct research and publish their findings in academic journals and industry publications throughout the year. The following is a list of all published works by CHHS faculty and staff
Read moreA unique program is helping families learn, while the students teaching them are learning about families. Working with Changing Children’s Worlds Foundation, and using funds through the NIU Foundation, NIU faculty and students are facilitating an international Parent-Child Relationship Development Program in DeKalb. Families gather
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