Julie Feuerstein is an Assistant Professor School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida. She obtained her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology at Boston University in Boston, MA and her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She completed post-doctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, with an appointment to Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Center for Autism and Related Disorders. Feuerstein is certified a speech-language pathologist who has practiced in a variety of settings, including early intervention, private practice, and both outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation. Her teaching and research interests center around evaluating the effectiveness of early communication interventions for minimally verbal children with neurodevelopmental disorders and examining mechanisms for moving empirically supported interventions into clinical practice.

As Director of the Early Communication and Play (ECAP) Research Lab, Feuerstein works with faculty in the Department of Physical Therapy to provide interprofessional education and training opportunities for students to implement effective, evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions for young children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their families in authentic, real-world settings.

Feuerstein’s research has been funded by the American Speech-Language Hearing Foundation, the Bailes Family Foundation, Irma & Orville Parker Charitable Trust, and the Margaret & R. Parks Williams Charitable Foundation. She has published in a number of peer-reviewed journals; presented her research at local, national, and international conferences; and has held CEU seminars on prelinguistic communication intervention for young children with complex communication needs and their families.

She is a member of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).