News: Communication Disorders Clinic
CSD Student Uses Her Own Experiences Going Deaf to Better Serve Deaf Community
Allison Diaz, a student in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has gone from being hearing impaired to deaf while completing her studies at UCF to become a speech-language pathologist. “I’ve been involved with speech-language pathology...
CSD Program Helps Young Mothers Instill Early Language Skills in Their Children
For the past four years, graduate clinicians in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders have been hosting playgroups that are not only fun for the babies, but also help...
UCF Listening Center Finds Innovative Ways to Offer Services During COVID-19
With schools offering virtual learning and limiting visitors in classrooms due to the pandemic, the UCF Listening Center had to reinvent how to deliver listening and spoken language services to preschoolers in a deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) class at Lake Como Elementary located in the Orange County School District....
CSD Alumna Helps Stoneman Douglas Students Heal and Thrive
Rachel Archambault ’13 ’16 is a speech-language pathologist at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. And while her goal was always to help improve the speech and communication abilities...
Communicating Momentum: Communication Disorders Clinic Serves Patients During Pandemic
The Communication Disorders Clinic, located in Research Park on the campus of the University of Central Florida, is operating differently than it did pre-pandemic, but its commitment to helping those with speech or language difficulties has...
UCF Addresses Critical Shortage of Speech-Language Pathologists in Public Schools
For more than 25 years, the Central Florida Speech-Language Consortium, a partnership between UCF and ten Central Florida school districts, has been working to improve access to speech-language pathology services for local children,...
Clinic Updates for COVID-19
In compliance with UCF’s response to COVID-19 concerns, our clinics have made the following changes: UCF Communication Disorders Clinic Our clinic is open for patients at limited capacity and by...
New Faculty Members Join CHPS
We are so happy to welcome our new faculty to the College of Health Professions and Sciences for 2020-21! Nine faculty have joined their colleagues in the School of Communication...
New CSD Pilot Telehealth Clinical Instruction Initiative Keeps Students on Track for Graduation
A new clinical instruction initiative in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders is ensuring that students in the master’s program get the patient-contact hours they need for graduation. The...
Linda I. Rosa-Lugo Elected to National ASHA Post
Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, Associate Dean of Faculty Excellence and Graduate and Global Affairs, was recently elected Vice President for Speech-Language Pathology Practice for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her three-year term...
