News: Communication Disorders Clinic
Graduation Spotlight: Mary Grace Gunnels, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Meet Mary Grace Gunnels. She’s a second-generation Knight and speech language pathologist (SLP). As she prepares to walk the commencement stage, she gives all credit to her mom, Krista Gunnels...
Donation from Variety – the Children’s Charity of Florida Helps Researchers Explore New Literacy Building Tools
The Communication Sciences and Disorders Clinic has been offering reading programs to the Orlando community for the last four years and recently introduced a new, high tech way of learning...
Ninth Judicial Circuit’s ‘Turning Pages’ program developing youth literacy
The 12-week intensive program is in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in partnership with UCF’s Communication Disorders Clinic and AMIKids. Carrie Loughran, a clinical instructor who created a program called iREAD, teaches UCF graduate clinicians and...
3 million NIH grant awarded for improving child communication outcomes
A fruitful collaboration between Cathy Binger, a professor at UNM’s Speech & Hearing Sciences, and Jennifer Kent-Walsh, founder and professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF)’s Assistive Technology Center,...
Leveraging the Power of Language Through Assistive Technology
Decades-long research from a team led by Pegasus Professor Jennifer Kent-Walsh has already assisted thousands of children struggling to communicate. A historic grant will now allow them to reach immeasurably...
CHPS Excels in 2024 U.S. News and World Report Graduate Rankings
Three graduate programs in the College of Health Professions and Sciences rank in the top 25% of the nation according to the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2024....
Project FOCUS Offers New Clinical Experience for Communication Sciences and Disorders Students
The 10-session program helps clients, both UCF and non-UCF students, gather the skills and information they need to be able to achieve their academic and personal goals. A new collaboration...
UCF Researcher Receives NIH Grant to Develop New Speech Therapies for Stroke Survivors
Assistant Professor Lauren Bislick is exploring alternative, cost-effective practice opportunities to help people with post-stroke AOS continue speech rehabilitation beyond clinical settings.
UCF Aphasia House Director Named Distinguished Scholar
UCF Aphasia House Director and Assistant Professor Lauren Bislick has been named as a recipient of the 2023 Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Distinguished Scholar Award for her research and service...
UCF Inclusive Education Services Welcomes New Cohort with Summer Camp
Designed for adults with intellectual disabilities, the program’s three-day Summer Knights camp is designed to introduce its incoming class to campus life. The newfound sense of independence, learning and opportunities...
