News: Communication Sciences and Disorders
More Than Words
UCF’s Communication Disorders Clinic provides essential training for its graduate students and critical services to the local community. Nearly two years after Steve Abendschein suffered a stroke, his wife, Tara,...
Communications Sciences and Disorders Alumni Awarded Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award
Randy Panzarino, a School of Communication Sciences and Disorders alumni, was recently selected as the 2021-22 recipient of the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award in the Social Science, Humanities, Education, Business,...
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...
‘Learn by doing’: new Global Medical Training chapter comes to UCF
A non-profit and newly approved registered student organization at UCF, Global Medical Training, plans to travel to the Dominican Republic on June 9 to give basic medical treatment to patients living in...
Research Roundup: Recent Publications By CHPS Faculty Fall 2021
Our faculty pursue big ideas and share what they learn by publishing their research to advance scientific discovery. As part of an institution designated as “very high” research activity by...
Research Spotlight: Nancy McIntyre Finds New Pathways to Enhance Language and Literacy in Children and Adolescents with Autism
Nancy McIntyre, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders Nancy McIntyre, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, leads the new Reading and Oral...
Students Serve as Community Health Ambassadors in a New Course Aimed to Improve Health Outcomes in the Community
A new service-learning, interdisciplinary health improvement course provides students in all CHPS majors with hands-on experience working to address public health problems within the local Central Florida community. The new course, IHS 4950 – Interdisciplinary Projects...
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,...
Researcher Spotlight: Jacqueline Towson Advances Early Literacy for Children Through Evidence-Based Practice Research
For nearly 15 years before coming to UCF, Jacqueline Towson served in the Georgia and Texas public school systems as a speech-language pathologist and an early childhood special education teacher; and later, as an administrator of those programs. As rewarding...
CSD Faculty, Students and Alumni Present at Annual ASHA Convention in Washington, D.C.
Faculty, students and alumni from the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders will participate in this year’s ASHA Convention, both in-person and virtually, from Nov. 18-20 in Washington, D.C. Experts from around the country will share research,...
