Todd Houston - Co-Presenter
University of Akron
Credentials: PhD, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
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Dr. K. Todd Houston is an Associate Professor in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at The University of Akron. His primary areas of research include spoken language acquisition in children with hearing loss, strategies for enhancing parent engagement in the intervention process, Auditory-Verbal Therapy, and telepractice. He directs the Telepractice and eLearning Laboratory (TeLL), an initiative to evaluate clinical practices in the area of distance service delivery in Speech-Language Pathology. In fall 2012, he and his project co-director, Dr. Lori Pakulski, were awarded a personnel preparation grant from the US Department of Education to train future speech-language pathologists in strategies that support listening and spoken language in young children with hearing loss. This project, totaling more than $1,000,000 over five years, will train 40 graduate students through joint coursework, service learning, practica, and field-based experiences provided by both the University of Akron and the University of Toledo.
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Susan Lenihan - POC,Co-Presenter
Fontbonne University
Credentials: Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Deaf Education
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Susan Lenihan is a professor and director of the deaf education program at Fontbonne University in St. Louis, MO. The program prepares teachers, speech-language pathologists and early interventionists for careers in deaf education. Her professional interests include early intervention, cochlear implants, the role of the family in communication development, the impact of poverty on child development and literacy. |
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Jackson Roush - Co-Presenter
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Credentials: PhD, CCCA
Other Affiliations: AAA, ASHA, AGB, AAS
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Dr. Roush is Professor and Director of the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. He also serves as Director of the North Carolina LEND program and is co-chair of the NC EHDI Advisory Board. |
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Marilyn Sass-Lehrer - Co-Presenter
Gallaudet University
Credentials: Ph.D.
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Marilyn Sass-Lehrer is Professor Emerita at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, USA. She received a master’s degree in Deaf Education from New York University and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Early Childhood Education and Curriculum and Instruction. She is the co-director of the Gallaudet University Graduate Interdisciplinary Certificate Program: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Their Families. She is editor of Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of- Hearing Infants, Toddlers and their Families: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2016), co-author of Parents and their Deaf Children: The Early Years (2003), and co-editor of The Young Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child: A Family-Centered Approach to Early Education (2003). Dr. Sass-Lehrer has been actively involved in national and international efforts to support professional development and learning for early intervention providers and promote quality early education and family involvement. |
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Arlene Stredler-Brown - Co-Presenter
University of Colorado
Credentials: Ph.D.; CCC-SLP
Other Affiliations: University of British Columbia; Salus University
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Arlene Stredler-Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP provides consultation and technical assistance to programs working with infants, toddlers, and young children who are deaf or hard of hearing in the United States and internationally. She has graduate degrees in Speech/Language Pathology, Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, and a doctoral degree in Special Education. Current research focuses on telepractice; she is the co-investigator for a Phase II Clinical Trial funded by the National Institutes of Health to study services delivered to young children who are deaf via telepractice. Since retiring from her position as Director of the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP), Dr. Stredler-Brown continues to work with initiatives promoting evidence-based early intervention practices, the measurement of effective intervention and education options, and the use of individualized assessments and treatments. She publishes regularly on these topics. Dr. Stredler-Brown works as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia. |
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Kathryn Wilson - Co-Presenter
Oberkotter Foundation Education Endeavor
Credentials: M.A., CCC-SLP, LSLS, Cert. AVT
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Kathryn Wilson, is the Director of Embedded Practice of the Oberkotter Foundation educational endeavor. Kathryn served as the Director of FIRST YEARS and as Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, since 2008 - 2014. In that role, she was responsible for overseeing the online certificate program, including managing the significant mentoring component for participants earning their certificates. As Director of Embedded Practice, Kathryn champions the mentoring and coaching opportunities, primarily through the use of distance technology for the Oberkotter Learning Community. |
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