News: Communication Sciences and Disorders
A Message from Our Dean on Our Commitment to Stand Up for What Is Right
Dear CHPS students, faculty and staff- The heartbreaking events of the past week emphasize the significant and persistent racial injustices that exist in our nation. I share in your feelings...
UCF Develops Course to Enhance the Care of Patients Recovering From COVID-19
The fully online course is available through the graduate clinical speech pathology program and intends to prepare professionals to meet the complex needs of patients.
Communication Sciences and Disorders Alumna Prepares to Teach in Bulgaria
While many students wonder what path they will take after graduation, Emily Bom already knew where her path would lead her – to Bulgaria. Starting in January 2021, the Spring...
Associate Professor Kenyatta Rivers Leaves a Lasting Impact on Students and Profession
Associate Professor Kenyatta Rivers recently passed away. His devoted friends and family members, and UCF students, colleagues and alumni remember his dedication to his profession. Kenyatta Rivers, a retired faculty...
How Wade Cole Got His ‘Sparkle’ Back at Aphasia House
When Wade Cole, a college honors student, called his mother, Stephanie, on that cold morning in January 2015 to tell her that his headache was back, she knew something was...
UCF Graduate Communication Sciences and Disorders Program Ranks Among Top 25% In The Nation
The UCF graduate speech-language pathology program is ranked in the top 25% of programs in the nation, according to the latest U.S. News and World Report ranking. UCF’s graduate speech-language...
Jane Hostetler: UCF Speech Pathologist Helps Parkinson’s Patients Speak Out
Jane Hostetler, an associate instructor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has been working with Parkinson’s patients at UCF’s Communication Disorders Clinic to improve their communication skills since...
New Program Helps Students to Work With Children With Special Needs
The graduate certificate program will start this summer as a partnership between the College of Community Innovation and Education and the College of Health Professions and Sciences.
Simulation Helps Graduate Students Continue to Earn Clinical Hours
For Kennedy Raffa ’19 and Lauren Lamontagne — along with the 93 other speech-language pathology graduate clinicians — the time away from campus means they are missing more than their...
UCF Cleft Palate Expert Is Changing The Way The Condition Is Diagnosed And Treated
Craniofacial defects such as cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects. Lakshmi Kollara Sunil, assistant professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, is...
