Associate Professor Jamie Mayer has been recognized as an engaged learning exemplar for her outstanding commitment to engaged learning, teaching and scholarship. Read about her in NIUToday.
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Gladfelter recognized for outstanding commitment to engaged learning
Assistant Professor Allison Gladfelter has been nominated her colleagues in the School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders to be recognized as an engaged learning exemplar for her commitment to engaged learning, teaching and scholarship. Read all about her engaged learning philosophy and techniques
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SLP student featured in Huskie Spotlight
Speech-language Pathology graduate student Megan Haduch, of Park Ridge, Illinois, says, “Graduate school is everything I could have wished for.” Read what else she has to say about NIU and her degree program.
Read moreSLP program offers Core Vocabulary Exchange System course
Speech-language pathology professionals and students are invited to attend a course in CVES, The Core Vocabulary Exchange System. For complete details, please see below.
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People with disabilities sought for job readiness study
The NIU Rehabilitation and Disabilities Services and Rehabilitation Counseling program faculty are looking for participants for their research on the impact of a job readiness training intervention to support the job search process. Study participants will receive $50. “When searching for work,
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Communicative disorders programs seeking feedback
The NIU Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology graduate programs are being evaluated for reaccreditation by the Council for Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in February. Public feedback is a part of that process. All are invited
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SLP grad student’s aphasia choir gaining attention
NIU Speech-Language Pathology graduate student Elizabeth Lanza is researching how music can act as a bridge to recover language for those with aphasia. Her Bridges Choir for people with aphasia holds their first rehearsal next week in DeKalb. The MidWeek profiled on Lanza
Read moreSPL alumn in management role for Easter Seals
Valerie Heneghan (’13) is the speech department manager at Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley. Heneghan, a speech-language pathologist with a master’s Speech-Language Pathology from NIU, provides evidence-based assessment and intervention for children and their families. She works with them one-on-one to diagnose issues
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SLP professor publishes autism research
Research conducted with NIU Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Professor of Allison Gladfelter in collaboration with Lisa Goffman is now available in the journal Developmental Science. Gladfelter A, Goffman L. Semantic richness and word learning in children with autism spectrum disorder. Dev Sci. 2017:00:e12543. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12543 Gladfelter
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Ph.D student to present paper at national ASHA convention
Cindy Lund-Hrdi, a graduate student in the NIU Ph.D in Health Sciences program was recently awarded a student Research Travel Award (SRTA) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to attend the ASHA Convention in Los Angeles this November. She was selected to receive
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NIU clinic offering aphasia treatment group
June is National Aphasia Month. Aphasia is a communication disorder affecting over 2 million Americans. According to the National Aphasia Association, aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. It
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COMD student recognized for volunteerism
COMD post-baccalaureate student Trevor Miller, who begins our graduate program in speech-language pathology summer term, has been recognized by Unity Hospice of Western Illinois as an outstanding hospice volunteer. Miller and his accomplishment was recently featured in a DeKalb Midweek news story.
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