News: Communication Disorders Clinic
UCF’S Aphasia House in the Spotlight
UCF’s Aphasia House in the spotlight. Being diagnosed with aphasia is a life-changing event. The loss of your ability to communicate can affect every aspect of your life. Speech therapy...
Speak Up! Group Helps Adults with Disabilities Develop Self-Advocacy and Communication Skills
A new therapy group for adults with disabilities is empowering them with skills related to self-advocacy and social communication. Kelly David, speech-language pathologist and clinical educator Speak Up! began earlier...
Aphasia House Welcomes Back Friday-Only Club Members
Friday Only Club is back at UCF’s Aphasia House! The therapeutic support group for persons with aphasia (included during included during comprehensive aphasia treatment program; $10/week after) began meeting in-person...
A Career that Speaks Volumes: Celebrating Rosa-Lugo’s Contributions to UCF CSD
Linda I. Rosa-Lugo is retiring in January 2022 after nearly three decades with the University of Central Florida. While this marks the close of an important chapter in her life,...
Behind the Masks: Stories from Alumni and Students on the COVID Frontline
Every year, thousands of UCF grads walk off a stage with bulbs flashing and brimming with excitement as they begin the next chapter of their lives. Thanks to the global...
CSD Alumna Earns Prestigious Certification, ASHA Award
Daniela Berrios ‘15 ‘17MA was recently selected as a Distinguished Early Career Professional by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, the national organization for the profession. In addition to the award, she recently became...
AAC Lab Receives Gift of Mobile Makerspace to Build Adaptive Toys
Variety – the Children’s Charity of Florida has donated $10,000 to the UCF AAC Research-to-Practice Lab Collaborative – to bring the gift of joy to children with developmental disabilities. The...
Redesigning Student Success: Five Faculty Receive Funding for Interprofessional Education Project
Five academic and clinical faculty members recently received funding through the Digital Learning Course Redesign Initiative to collaborate across disciplines on a project to turn existing graduate courses into new...
CSD Undergraduate Defies Dire Predictions, Continues to Rise
When Ashlei McGhee, an undergraduate student in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was born two and a half months early, she weighed barely 2 pounds and her brain...
Graduate Clinicians in CSD Help Make Happy Campers
Graduate student clinicians in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders Master’s program recently earned supervised clinical hours at a day camp for children who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing and...