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Birthplace: Alexandria, LA
P.O. Box 43170
Phone: (337)
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Lafayette, LA 70504-3170
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E-Mail: JSDamico@louisiana.edu
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EDUCATION
Northwestern State University
(LA)
B.A. 1974
General Studies
University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center
M.S. 1976
Communication
Disorders
University of New Mexico
Ph.D. 1985 Linguistics
DISSERTATION
The effectiveness of direct
observation as a language assessment technique. Advisor:
Professor John W. Oller, Jr. (Department
of Linguistics; University of New Mexico;
Albuquerque, New Mexico).
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Doris B. Hawthorne Eminent Scholar
in Communicative Disorders
Department of Communicative Disorders
and Department of Curriculum and Instruction
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
1991-Present
Visiting Professor
Department of Communication Disorders
Northern Arizona University
Summers 1991, 1996 - Present
Consultant
International Learning Styles
Program
Buffalo State College
2000-Present
Visiting Professor
Department of Linguistics/Department
of Communicative Disorders
University of New Mexico
Summers 1989, 1990, 1994, &
1995
Instructor
PICA/PICAC Programs
1978-Present
Associate Professor
Department of Speech/Interdisciplinary
Linguistics Program
Louisiana State University
1990-1991
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech/Interdisciplinary
Linguistics Program
Louisiana State University
1985-1990
Consultant (Clinical Linguist)
1980-1985
Director
Speech and Language Services
New Mexico Speech and Learning
Clinic
Albuquerque, NM
1980-1981
Speech-Language Pathologist
Albuquerque Public Schools
1976-1980
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
Linguistic Society of America
International Pragmatics Association
International Phonetics and Clinical
Linguistics Association
Linguistic Association of the
Southwest
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
HONORS AND AWARDS
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Foundation New Investigator's Award
1987
Academi Internationale DOMI
ASHA Journal Editor’s Award -
Language
Speech and Hearing Services in 1997
Schools for “The establishment of a dominant Interpretive framework
in language intervention”
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Ruth Beckey Irwin Best Clinical
Practices Award,
1999
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
PROFESSIONAL DUTIES
Linguistic Society
of America
-- Invited Faculty for the 1995 Linguistic Institute sponsored by
the Linguistic
Society of America and Gallaudet University. (Two Six week graduate
seminars)
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
-- Consulting Reviewer, American Journal of Speech-Language
Pathology
1991 - 2001
-- Reviewer, Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
1986 - 1991
-- Editorial Consultant, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing
Research
1995 - 2001
-- Occasional Reviewer, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
1991 - 1995
-- Occasional Reviewer, Asha
1989 - 1993
-- Reviewer, Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
1986 - 2001
-- Ex Officio Member, Publications Board
1992 - 1996
-- Member, Council of Editors
1992 - 1996
-- Member, Committee on Language-learning Disabilities
1988 - 1991
-- Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Collaborative Service Delivery
1990 - 1992
-- Member, Medicare advisory group, Reimbursement Division
1987 - 1992
-- Member, Speech Disorders III (Neuropathologies) ASHA
Program Committee,
1989
-- Member, Language Disorders I (Assessment & evaluation)
ASHA Program Committee
1989
-- Member, Language Disorders II (Multicultural concerns)
ASHA Program Committee
1991
-- Member, Language Disorders II (Remediation and intervention)
ASHA Program Committee
1992
Clinical Aphasiology Conference
-- Reviewer, Proceedings of the Clinical Aphasiology Conference
1997 - 2000
-- Local Arrangements Committee, Santa Fe, NM
1990
-- Local Arrangements Committee, San Destan, FL
1991
-- Program Committee Newport, RI
1996
The National Student Speech
Language Hearing Association
-- Editor, NSSLHA Journal
1992 - 1996
-- NSSLHA Professional Editorial Consultant
1992 - 1997
-- Contemporary Issues in Communicative Sciences and
Disorders, Editorial Consultant
1997 - 2000
-- NSSLHA Professional Consultant-at-Large
1989 - 1992
-- Advisor on Multicultural Concerns
1989 - 1992
The Council For Exceptional
Children
-- Associate Editor, Journal of Childhood Communication
Disorders
1988 - 1992
-- Occasional Field Reviewer for the ERIC/OSEP Special
Projects
1989 - 1993
-- Assessment Strand Coordinator, Multicultural Symposia,
Minneapolis
1992
Editorial Board, Best Practices
in School Speech-Language Pathology 1991 - 1992
Reviewer, Aphasiology
1991 - 2001
The Speech Pathology Association
of Australia
-- Editorial Consultant, Advances in Speech Language
Pathology 1998 - 2001
Reviewer, Language Testing
1998 - 1999
Reviewer, Deviant Behavior:
An Interdisciplinary Journal
1994 - 1998
Advisory Council, Handicapped
Minority Research Institute on
Language Proficiency, University of Texas at Austin.
1986 - 1990
Advisory Board, National
Center of Bilingual Special Education,
Columbus, Ohio.
1989 - 1991
Advisory Council, Research
Consultant, Points of Light Foundation,
Washington, DC
1991 - 1999
Consultant Advisor, Infusion
II, Institute for Advanced Study of
the Communication Processes, University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida
1990 - 1994
Committee member, Louisiana
Comprehensive System of Personnel
Development Committee, Louisiana Department of Education
1988 - 1999
COURSES TAUGHT
The University of
Louisiana at Lafayette
CODI 526 Childhood Language Disorders
CODI 508 Aphasia in Adults
CODI 590 Seminar on Language and Literacy
CODI 590 Seminar on Classroom Discourse
CODI 590 Seminar on Sociolinguistics
CODI 590 Seminar on Empowerment
CODI 590 Seminar on Multicultural Populations
CODI 590 Seminar on Vygotskyean Theory
CODI 590 Seminar on Qualitative Description
CODI 590 Childhood Language Disorders
CODI 590 Seminar on Traumatic Brain Injury
CODI 590 Seminar in Educational Linguistics
CODI 590 Seminar in Clinical Aphasiology
CODI 590 Language and Learning in the Classroom
CODI 497 Language Disorders in Children
CODI 490 Descriptive Language Assessment
CODI 384 Language Pathology in Children
CODI 301 Analysis of Social Action
Louisiana State University
COMD 7750 Assessment in Clinical Linguistics
COMD 7780 Sociolinguistics & Language Pathology
COMD 7780 Nonbiased Language Assessment
COMD 4184 Normal Language Acquisition
COMD 4188 Language Disorders in Children
COMD 7980 Neuroanatomy
COMD 7385 Neuromotor Speech Disorders
COMD 7880 Seminar in Clinical Aphasiology
COMD 7992 Aphasia in Adults
COMD 7480 Measurement and Diagnosis
COMD 7780 Intervention in Language Pathology
University of New
Mexico
Ling 101 Introduction to Linguistics
Ling 490 Topics in Clinical Linguistics
Ling 490 Topics in Neurolinguistics
Ling 490 Clinical Applications of Linguistics and Semiotics
Ling 554 Implications of Semiotic Theory
CD 430 Normal Development of Language
CD 463 Clinical Linguistics
CD 463 Traumatic Brain Injury
Northern Arizona University
SPH 531 Childhood Language Disorders
SPH 541 Early Childhood Intervention
SPH 553 Multicultural Issues
DISSERTATIONS AND THESES DIRECTED
Chaired
Armstrong, M.B. "An Ethnographic Investigation of the Integration of
Disabled and Non disabled Two-Year Old Children." PhD
Dissertation, Louisiana State University, August, 1991.
Simmons, N.N. "An Ethnographic Investigation of Compensatory Strategies
in Aphasia". PhD Dissertation, Louisiana State University, May, 1993.
Fontenot, B. "Conversational Repair in Traumatically Brain Injured
Patients: A Comparison Study". MA Thesis, Louisiana State University,
May, 1991.
Housewright, B. "A Descriptive Study of Conversational Style-shifting in
a
Traumatically Brain Injured Adult". MA Thesis, Louisiana State
University, May, 1991.
Schutz, L. "Use of Communicative Reading as an Intervention Strategy for
Aphasia". MA Thesis, Louisiana State University, May, 1988.
Committee Member
Christman, S. "The Role of Sonority in Jargonaphasia". PhD
Dissertation,
Louisiana State University, December, 1990.
Rappold, P. "An Investigation of the Contribution of Auditory-Grouping
to
the Comodulation Masking Release Effects." PhD Dissertation,
Louisiana State University, August, 1991.
Taira, T. "Episodic Organization and Call: A Pragmatic Approach".
PhD Dissertation, The University of New Mexico, December, 1992.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Articles
Damico,
J.S., and Oller, J.W. (1980). Pragmatic versus Morphological/
syntactic criteria for language referrals. Language, Speech, and
Hearing Services in Schools, 11, 85-94.
Damico, J.S.
(1982). Polyglot aphasia: More evidence on a theme. The
Journal
of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest, 4, 422-437.
Damico, J.S.,
Oller, J.W., and Storey, M.E. (1983). The diagnosis of language
disorders in bilingual children: Pragmatic and surface-oriented criteria.
Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders,
48, 285-294.
Yule, G., Damico,
J.S., & Hoffman, P. (1987). Learners in transition: Evidence
from the interaction of accuracy and self-monitoring. Language Learning,
37,
511-521.
Yule, G., Hoffman,
P., & Damico, J.S. (1987). Paying attention to pronunciation:
The role of self-monitoring in perception. TESOL Quarterly, 21,
765-768.
Damico, J.S.
(1987). Addressing language concerns in the schools: The SLP as
consultant.
Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 11,
17-40.
Damico, J.S.
(1988). The lack of efficacy in language therapy: A case study.
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 19, 51-67.
Damico, J.S.
(1990). Prescriptionism as a motivating mechanism: An
ethnographic study in the public schools. Journal of Childhood
Communication Disorders, 13, 85-92.
Norris, J.A.
& Damico, J.S. (1990). The whole language movement in theory
and practice: Implications for language intervention. Language,
Speech,
and Hearing Services in Schools, 21, 211-220.
Damico, J.S.
& Nye, C. (1990). Collaborative Issues in multicultural
populations.
Best Practices in School Speech-Language Pathology.
1, 127-139.
Damico, J.S.
(1990). Descriptive/Nonstandardized assessment in the schools.
Best Practices in School Speech-Language Pathology. 1,
140.
Damico, J.S.
& Armstrong, M.B. (1990-1991). Empowerment in the clinical
context: The SLP as advocate. The NSSLHA Journal, 18,
34-44.
Damico, J.S.
(1992). Systematic Observation of Communicative Interaction:
A valid and practical descriptive assessment technique. Best Practices
in School Speech-Language Pathology, 2, 133-144.
Damico, J.S.
(1992). Getting a fix on description. Best Practices in
School
Speech-Language Pathology, 2. vii-viii
Damico, J.S.,
W.A. Secord, and E.H. Wiig (1992). Descriptive language
assessment at school: Characteristics and design. Best Practices in
School Speech-Language Pathology, 2, 1-9.
Damico, J.S.
(1992). Performance assessment of language minority students.
Proceedings of the National Research Symposium on Limited English
Proficient Students' Issues: Focus on Evaluation and Measurement.
(pp.137-172). Washington, DC: OBEMLA.
Damico, J.S.
(1993). Establishing expertise in communicative disorders:
Implications for the speech-language pathologist. In D. Kovarsky,
M. Maxwell, & J. Damico (Eds.) Language Interaction in Clinical
and Educational Settings. ASHA Monographs, 30, 92-98.
Damico, J.S.
(1993). Language assessment in the adolescent student:
Addressing critical concerns. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services
in Schools, 24, 29-35.
Damico, J.S.
& Damico, S.K. (1993). Language and social skills from a
diversity perspective: Considerations for the speech-language
pathologist. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools,
24, 236-243.
Reid, B.M.,
Secord, W.A., & Damico, J.S. (1993). Strategies for the integration
of collaborative theory into practice. The NSSLHA Journal, 20,
32-42.
Damico, S.K.
& Damico, J.S. (1995). The impact of diversity on academic
skills: Considerations for the speech-language pathologist. The
NSSLHA
Journal, 22, 72-80.
Damico, J.S.
& Augustine, L.E. (1995). Social considerations in the labeling
of students as attention deficit hyperactivity disordered. Seminars
in
Speech and Language. 16, 259-274.
Augustine, L.E.
& Damico, J.S. (1995). Attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder: The scope of the problem. Seminars in Speech and Language.
16, 243-258.
Damico, J.S.,
Augustine, L.E., & Hayes, P.A. (1996). ADHD and the speech
-language pathologist: Formulating a functional service delivery model.
Seminars in Speech and Language. 17, 2-10.
Simmons-Mackie,
N.N. & Damico, J.S. (1996). The contribution of discourse
markers to communicative competence in aphasia. American Journal
of
Speech-Language Pathology, 5,37-43.
Simmons-Mackie,
N.N. & Damico, J.S. (1996). Accounting for handicaps
in aphasia: Communicative assessment from an authentic perspective.
Disability and Rehabilitation: An international, multidisciplinary
journal, 18, 540-549.
Damico, J.S.
& Damico, S.K. (1997). The establishment of a dominant
interpretive framework in language intervention. Language, Speech,
and Hearing Services in Schools, 28, 288-296.
Kovarsky, D.
& Damico, J.S. (1997). Language and context: Some issues
of practice.
Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools,
28, 308-313.
Simmons-Mackie,
N.N. & Damico, J.S. (1997). Reformulating the definition
of compensatory strategies in aphasia. Aphasiology, 11, 761-781.
Oelschlaeger,
M. & Damico, J.S. (1998). Joint productions as a conversational
strategy in aphasia. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 12,
459-480.
Oelschlaeger,
M. & Damico, J.S. (1998) Spontaneous verbal repetition:
A social strategy in aphasic conversation. Aphasiology, 12,
971-988.
Damico, J.S.,
Damico, S.K., & Armstrong, M.B. (1999). Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity disorder and communication disorders: Issues and clinical
practice. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America,
8, 37-60.
Damico, J.S.,
Simmons-Mackie, N.N., Oelschlaeger, M., Elman, R., &
Armstrong, E. (1999). Qualitative methods in aphasia research:
Basic issues. Aphasiology. 13, 651-666.
Damico, J.S.,
Oelschlaeger, M., & Simmons-Mackie, N.N. (1999).
Qualitative methods in aphasia research: Conversation analysis.
Aphasiology. 13, 667-680.
Simmons-Mackie,
N.N. & Damico, J.S. (1999). Qualitative methods in
aphasia research: Ethnography. Aphasiology. 13,
681-689.
Damico, J.S.,
Oller, J.W., & Tetnowski, J. (1999). An investigation of the
inter-observer reliability of a direct observational language assessment
tool. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 1, 77-94.
Simmons-Mackie,
N.N., Damico, J.S., & Damico, H.L. (1999). A qualitative
study of feedback in aphasia treatment. American Journal of Speech-
Language Pathology, 8, 218-230.
Oelschlaeger,
M.L. & Damico, J.S. (2000). Partnership in conversation:
A study of word search strategies. Journal of Communicative
Disorders, 33, 205-225.
Tetnowski, J.A.
& Damico, J.S. (2001). A demonstration of the advantages
of qualitative methodologies in stuttering research. Journal of
Fluency
Disorders, 26, 1-26.
Tetnowski, J.A.,
Damico, J.S., & Damico, H.L. (in press). Qualitative
methods in stuttering: Describing postponement and avoidance behaviors.
Journal of Fluency Disorders, 26.
Simmons-Mackie,
N.N. & Damico, J.S. (In press). Intervention outcomes:
Clinical applications of qualitative methods. Topics in Language
Disorders.
Books, Monographs, Chapters, and Manuals
Damico, J.S.
(1985). Clinical Discourse Analysis: A functional approach
to language assessment. In C.S. Simon (ed.) Communication Skills and
Classroom Success: Assessment of language-learning disabled students.
(pp. 165-204) San Diego: College-Hill Press.
Also in C.S. Simon (Ed.) (1992) Communication Skills and Classroom
Success: Assessment and therapy methodologies for language and
learning disabled students. Eau Claire, WI: Thinking Publications.
Damico, J.S.
and Oller, J.W. (1985). Spotting Language Problems: A manual
for the use of pragmatic criteria in language screening.
San Diego:
Los Amigos.
Hamayan, E.V.
& Damico, J.S. (Eds.) (1991) Limiting bias in the assessment
of bilingual exceptional students. Austin: PRO-ED.
Hamayan, E.V.
& Damico, J.S. (1991). Developing and using a second
language. In E.V. Hamayan & J.S. Damico (Eds.) Limiting bias
in the
assessment of bilingual students. (pp. 39-76) Austin: PRO-ED.
Oller, J.W.,
Jr., & Damico, J.S. (1991). Theoretical considerations for the
assessment of LEP students. In E.V. Hamayan & J.S. Damico (Eds.)
Limiting bias in the assessment of bilingual students. (pp. 77-110)
Austin: PRO-ED.
Damico, J.S.
(1991). Descriptive assessment of communicative ability in
limited English proficient students. In E.V. Hamayan & J.S. Damico
(Eds.) Limiting bias in the assessment of bilingual students.
(pp. 157-218) Austin: PRO-ED.
Damico, J.S.,
& Hamayan, E.V. (1991). Implementing appropriate assessment
in the real world. In E.V. Hamayan & J.S. Damico (Eds.) Limiting
bias
in the assessment of bilingual students. (pp. 303-318) Austin: PRO-ED.
Damico, J.S.
(1992). Whole language for special needs students. Chicago,
IL: Riverside Publishing Co.
Damico, J.S.
and Hamayan, E.V. (1992). Multicultural language intervention:
Addressing culturally and linguistically diverse issues. Chicago,
IL:
Riverside Publishing CO.
Damico, J.S.
and Simon, C.S. (1993). Assessing language abilities in school-age
children. In A. Gerber (Ed.), Language-related learning disabilities:
Their nature and treatment. (pp. 279-299). Baltimore:
Paul H. Brookes
Publishing Co.
Damico, J.S.
(1993). Synergy in applied Linguistics: Theoretical and
pedagogical implications. In F. Eckman (Ed.), Confluence: Linguistics,
L2 Acquisition, and Speech Pathology. (pp. 195-212). Amsterdam:
John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Damico, J.S.
and Damico, S.K. (1993). Mapping a course over different roads:
Language teaching with special populations. In J.W. Oller, Jr. (Ed.)
Methods that work: A smorgasbord of language teaching ideas, 2nd Ed.
New York : Newbury House.
Kovarsky, D.,
Maxwell, M., & Damico, J. (Eds.) (1993). Professional discourse
in clinical and educational contexts. Vol. 30, ASHA Monograph Series,
Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Secord, W.,
Wiig, E., Damico, J., & Goodwin, G. (1994). Classroom
Communication Assessment: Evaluating Performance in Context. Chicago,
IL: Riverside Publishing Co.
Damico, J.S.,
Simmons, N.N., & Schweitzer, L.A. (1995). Addressing the
Third Law of Gardening: Methodological Alternatives in Aphasiology.
In M. Lemme (Ed.) Clinical Aphasiology Conference Proceedings,
23. (pp. 83-93). San Diego, CA: Singular Press.
Simmons, N.N.
& Damico, J.S. (1995). Communicative Competence in Aphasia:
Evidence from Compensatory Strategies. In M. Lemme (Ed.) Clinical
Aphasiology Conference Proceedings, 23. (pp. 95-105) San
Diego, CA:
Singular Press.
Smith, M. and
Damico, J.S. (Eds.) (1996). Childhood language disorders.
New York: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Damico, J.S.,
Smith, M., & Augustine, L.L. (1996). Multicultural populations
and childhood language disorders. In M. Smith and J.S. Damico (Eds.)
Childhood language disorders. (pp. 272-299). New York: Thieme
Medical Publishers, Inc.
Damico, J.S.
& Simmons-Mackie, N.N. (1998). Function, flexibility, and
face in conversation. In L. Pyenson (Ed.), Word and Icon, Saying
and Seeing. (Pp. 40-49). Lafayette, LA: The Center for Louisiana
Studies:
Simmons-Mackie,
N.N. & Damico, J.S. (1999). Social role negotiation in
aphasia therapy: Competence, incompetence, and conflict. In
J. Duchan,
D. Kovarsky, & M. Maxwell (Eds.) Studies in normal and pathological
discourse. New York: Erlbaum Press.
Oelschlaeger,
M. & Damico, J.S. (In press). Word searches in aphasia: A
study of the collaborative responses of communicative partners. In
C.
Goodwin (Ed.), The social life of aphasia. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
Reviews and Other Selected Publications
Damico, J.S.
(1982). The hard and soft of neurolinguistics: A tutorial.
New Mexico TESOL's Selected Proceedings.
Damico, J.S.
(1983). Discourse Analysis. The CSB Technical Information
Series.
Asha,
25, 85.
Damico, J.S.
(1988). Language Sampling and Analysis (A Review). In
D.J. Keyser & R.C. Sweetland (Eds.) Test Critiques, Vol. VII.
(pp.290-300). Kansas City, MI: Test Corporation of America.
Cirrin, F, Bashir,
A., Brinton, B., Damico, J., Edwards, D., Grimes, A.,
Kamhi, A., Prelock, P., Rodriguez, J., Shulman, B., Tibbits, D.,
& Westby, C. (1989). Issues in determining eligibility for language
intervention. Asha, 31, March, 113-118.
Brinton, B.,
Damico, J.S., Flint-Shaw, L., LeMoine, N., Marttila, J., Prelock,
P., & Rowan, L., Shulman, B., Tibbits, D. (1991). A model
for
collaborative service delivery for students with language-learning
disorders in the public schools. Asha, 33 (Suppl. 5), 44-50.
Damico, J.S.
(1992). Using a whole language framework for language
intervention.
The Clinical Connection, 7, 1-4.
Additional Publishing Activities
Material Development
(both audio and video) for EDUCOM Associates, Inc.
"Whole Language for Special Needs Children" (10 hour audio) 1991.
"Multicultural Language Intervention" (10 hour audio) 1992.
"Classroom Communicative Assessment" (10 hour audio) 1994.
Consulting Editor,
Descriptive Language Assessment, Vol. 2. Best Practices
in School Speech-Language Pathology.
Guest Editor,
Special Issue on Ethnography in Communication Sciences
and Disorders, Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders (with
M. Maxwell and D. Kovarsky), Winter 1990
Column Editor,
NSSLHA
News & Notes column on "Multicultural Concerns".
1990 to 1992
Guest Editor,
Two Special Issues on Attention Deficit Disorders, Seminars
in Speech and Language.
SELECTED REFEREED PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
Describing present levels of performance:
From sketch to final portrait. A short
course presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association, Washington, DC., November, 2000 (with W. Secord)
Multi-level clinical transcriptions:
Toolkits for holistic assessment. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association, Washington, DC., November, 2000 (with N. Muller, J. Tetnowski,
M. Ball, & J. Guendouzi)
Descriptive analysis of autistic behavior:
Two practical protocols. Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association,
Washington, DC., November, 2000 (with J. Oller & L. Stiegler.
A brief demonstration of qualitative
methodologies in stuttering research. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association, Washington, DC., November, 2000 (with J. Tetnowski)
Conversational strategies in dysfluency.
Paper presented at the 7th Annual
Roundtable on Qualitative Research. Providence, RI., October, 2000 (with
J. Tetnowski).
Qualitative methods in stuttering: Describing
postponement and avoidance
behaviors. Paper presented at the 3rd World Congress on Fluency Disorders.
Nyborg, Denmark, August 2000. (with J. Tetnowski & H. Damico).
An investigation of therapeutic control
in aphasia therapy. Paper presented at the
Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Kona, HI., May 2000 (with N. Simmons-
Mackie, M. Oelschlaeger & J. Tetnowski).
Qualitative methods in stuttering research:
Conversation analysis. A miniseminar
presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Convention, San Francisco, CA, November, 1999 (with J. Tetnowski &
P. McAllister).
Alternative clinical frameworks: Description
and discussion of outcomes and
efficacy. A miniseminar presented at the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, November, 1999
(with J. Duchan, D. Kovarsky, A. Mastergeorge, N. Mackie, & J. Higginbotham).
Realization of perceived conversational
strategies by an aphasic person’s partner.
A paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Convention, San Francisco, CA, November, 1999 (with M. Oelschlaeger).
Interpreting Problematic Behaviors:
Forced Adaptations as Conceptual and
Diagnostic Criteria. A paper presented at the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association Convention, San Antonio, TX, November, 1998
(with J. Oller & N. Roussel)
Designing Functional Individual Education
Plans that Mirror Classroom
Performance. A miniseminar presented at the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association Convention, San Antonio, TX, November, 1998
(with W. Secord)
Qualitative Methods in Aphasia Research.
A research paper presented at
the Twenty-eighth Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Asheville,
NC, June, 1998 (with M. Oelschlaeger & N. Simmons-Mackie).
Turn completions: A social strategy
in aphasic conversation. A paper presented
at the Twenty-eighth Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Asheville,
NC, June, 1998 (with M. Oelschlaeger).
Toward improved Diagnosis of Autistic
Disorders: Indices as the Key. A short
course at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention,
Boston, November, 1997 (with J. Oller)
School Consultation: Context, Process,
and Content. A short course at the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston,
November, 1997 (with W. Secord)
Uncomfortable Moments in Clinical Discourse.
A paper at the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, November,
1997 (with N. Simmons-Mackie)
Applying Speech Accommodation Theory
to dialectal Conflict in the Classroom.
A research presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Boston, November, 1997 (with J. Oller)
Asserting Communicative Proficiency
in Aphasia: Evidence from Conflict Talk.
A paper presented at the University of London Conference on Conversational
Analysis of Ability and Disability. London, U.K., June, 1997. (With
N.
Simmons-Mackie)
Speech-Language Pathology from a Sociocultural
Perspective: Accounting for
Difficulties, Differences and Disabilities. An invited plenary at
the
Twenty-Eighth Annual Mount Sinai Medical Center Conference on
Communicative Disorders. New York City, March, 1997.,
Conversational Synchrony: Speech from
a two-person perspective. An invited
session presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Seattle, November, 1996. (with E. Buder,
C.
McFarland, E. Kelly, N, Simmons-Mackie, R. Warner).
Influence of contextual variables on
conversational collaboration in aphasia.
A paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Seattle, November, 1996. (with M. Oelschlaeger).
The many faces of feedback in aphasia
therapy. A paper presented at the
Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention,
Seattle, November, 1996. (with N. Simmons-Mackie & H. Damico).
Authentic Classroom Assessment: Concepts,
Models, & Procedures. Plenary
session presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s
Conference on Public School Service Delivery, Scottsdale, AZ, July, 1996.
Designing IEPs that Mirror School Performance.
A workshop presented at the the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Conference on Public
School Service Delivery, Scottsdale, AZ, July, 1996. (With Wayne Secord)
The re-establishment of communicative
success after aphasia: Collusional
evidence in spousal interactions" A paper presented to the Clinical
Aphasiology Conference. Newport News, RI. June, 1996.
(with M. Oelschlaeger)
Maintaining impairment in aphasia therapy:
The co-construction of deficit via
talk-in-interaction. A paper presented at the International Pragmatics
Association Conference. Mexico City, July, 1996. (with N. Simmons-Mackie)
Spouse Communication in Aphasia:
Evidence for the social construction of
meaning. A paper presented at the International Pragmatics Association
Conference. Mexico City, July, 1996. (with M. Oelschlaeger)
Authentic Classroom Assessment:
Real procedures for practicing clinicians.
A short course presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Orlando, FL., December, 1995. (with Wayne Secord)
Communicative Profiling of Aphasia:
Applications of conversational analysis.
A presentation at the American Speech Language-Hearing Association
Convention, Orlando, FL., December, 1995. (with N. Simmons-Mackie
& H. Nelson)
Explorations into the multiple discourses
of intervention. A miniseminar
presented at the American Speech Language-Hearing Association
Convention, Orlando, FL., December, 1995. (with J. Duchan, D. Kovarsky,
& J. Higginbotham)
Interactional Dynamics in Aphasia Therapy.
A paper presented at the Clinical
Aphasiology Conference, Sunriver, OR., June, 1995 (with N. Simmons-
Mackie & H. Nelson).
The establishment of dominance in language
intervention. A paper presented
at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention,
New Orleans, November, 1994.
Observational communicative assessment
of adults with traumatic brain injury.
A paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Convention, New Orleans, November, 1994. (with N. Simmons-Mackie
& H. Nelson).
Ethnography and the language sciences.
A miniseminar presented at the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New
Orleans, November, 1994. (with J. Duchan, D. Kovarsky, & M. Maxwell).
Conversational Profiling of Adults with
Aphasia: A clinical application of
conversational analysis. A paper presented at the International Association
of Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Convention, New Orleans, November,
1994 (with N. Simmons-Mackie & H. Nelson).
An explanatory approach to communicative
assessment in bilingual populations.
A paper presented at the Council for Exceptional Children's Multicultural
Symposia, San Diego, November, 1994
The dominant interpretative framework
in language intervention. A paper
presented at the Second International Round Table on Ethnography and
Communication Disorders, Hickory Corners, MI, May, 1994.
The advantages of ethnographic approaches
to language sciences and disorders.
A miniseminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Anaheim, November, 1993. (with J. Duchan, D.
Kovarsky, M. Maxwell).
Toward a socially driven model of aphasic
communication. A paper presented
at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention,
Anaheim, November, 1993 (with N. Simmons-Mackie)
Reformulating the definition of compensatory
strategies in aphasia. A paper
presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Convention, Anaheim, November, 1993 (with N. Simmons-Mackie)
Addressing the Third Law of Gardening:
Methodological Alternatives in
Aphasiology. A paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology
Conference, Sedona, AZ, June, 1993 (with N. Simmons & L. Schweitzer).
Communicative Competence in Aphasia:
Evidence from Compensatory Strategies.
A paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Sedona, AZ,
June, 1993 (with N. Simmons).
Tracking the course of labeling:
Ethnographic interviews on Attention Deficit
Disorder. A paper presented at the First International Round Table
on
Ethnography and Communication Disorders, Champaign-Urbana, IL, May, 1993.
Issues in Special Education in the Nineties.
A workshop presented at the
International Teacher's of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 1993. (with N. Cloud, S. Fradd,
S.
Garcia, E. Hamayan, & A. Ortiz)
Language Development and Ethnographic
Investigations. A miniseminar presented
at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San
Antonio, November, 1992. (with D. Kovarsky, M. Maxwell, M.Crago)
ADDing a label: An ethnographic
investigation of Attention Deficit Disorder.
A paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, San Antonio, November, 1992. (with L. Augustine)
Conversational Style-Shifting and Traumatic
Brain Injury: A Descriptive Study.
A paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, San Antonio, November, 1992. (with B. Housewright).
Integrating Assessment, Teaching, and
Learning. Presented at the International
Teacher's of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) conference,
Vancouver, Canada, March, 1992. (with F. Genesee &
E. Hamayan)
Transactional language skills in mild
head injured adults. A Paper presented at
the Southwest Head Injury Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January,
1992 (with Lisa A. Schweitzer).
Language used at school and away:
Implications for language assessment. A
miniseminar presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Atlanta, November, 1991 (with D. Kovarsky, M.
Crago, & M. Maxwell).
Collaborative IEP planning. A
short course presented at the Annual American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, November,
1991 (with W. Secord & E. Wiig).
Getting the message: Investigating transactional
ability after mild head injury.
A paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Atlanta, November, 1991 (with L. Schweitzer).
Investigating the social interactions
between disabled and nondisabled young
children. A paper presented at the Annual American
Speech-Language-
Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, November, 1991
(with M.B. Armstrong).
Disempowerment in the conference room:
An ethnographic investigation.
A paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology, Charleston, SC, March, 1991.
The role of second language acquisition
in assessment and intervention. A Short
Course presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Seattle, November, 1990. (with E.V. Hamayan).
What is ethnography? Implications
for language assessment. A miniseminar
presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Convention, Seattle, November, 1990. (with D. Kovarsky, M. Crago, &
M. Maxwell).
Reestablishing communication through
optimal augmentation: An ethnographic
study. A paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Seattle, November, 1990. (with S. Damico).
Ethnographic investigation of the integration
of non-disabled and disabled peers.
A paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Seattle, November, 1990 (with M.B. Armstrong).
The ineffectiveness of direct test translation:
An English/Navajo perspective.
A presentation at the CEC Symposium on Culturally Diverse Exceptional
Children. Albuquerque, October,1990.
Issues in Language Assessment.
A miniseminar presented at the Annual American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, St. Louis, November,
1989.
Providing services to the traumatically
brain injured: A survey. A paper presented
at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention,
St. Louis, November, 1989. (with N. Simmons).
Regulatory trends in language assessment
across the nation: A survey. A paper
presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Convention, St. Louis, November, 1989. (with S. Damico & C. Waldron).
Ethnographic inquiries into speech-language
pathology. A miniseminar presented
at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association, St. Louis, November, 1989 (With D. Kovarsky, M. Maxwell,
J. Panagos, P. Prelock, K. Katz, L. Cheng, & M. Crago).
Comparison of acquired and congenital
nonspeaking adults communication
interactions. A paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, November, 1988
(w/ D. Bristow).
The contribution of ethnography to speech-language
pathology. A miniseminar
presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association, Boston, November, 1988 (With D. Kovarsky,
M.
Maxwell, H. Keyser, J. Panagos, & P. Prelock).
Oral language sampling in schools:
Addressing concerns and overcoming
problems. A paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, November, 1988
(With S. Damico & C. Waldron).
Language difference vs. language disorder:
A pragmatic approach. A paper
presented at the Symposia on Culturally Diverse Exceptional Children.
Council for Exceptional Children, Denver, October, 1988 (with J. Ferrer).
Prescriptionism in theory and practice:
Applied linguistics in the schools?
A paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Linguistic Association
of the Southwest. Albuquerque, NM, October, 1988.
Self-monitoring and the perception of
English sound contrasts. A paper presented
at the 22nd Annual TESOL Convention, Chicago, IL, March, 1988
(with G. Yule).
Bilingual children: Thirteen years
since Lau and Where are we? A miniseminar
presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association, New Orleans, November, 1987 (with G. Harris
and A. Iglesias).
What gets better when learners' listening-test
scores don't? A paper presented
at the 21st Annual TESOL Convention, Miami, FL, April, 1987
(with G. Yule).
Clinical uses of language sampling in
schools: A survey. A paper presented at the
Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association,
Detroit, November, 1986.
Observation and prediction of academic
difficulty: Evidence for naturalistic
assessment. A paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Detroit, MI, November, 1986.
Research in ESL: Implications
for speech-language pathology. A miniseminar
presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association, Washington, D.C., November, 1985.
An investigation of construct validity
in selected language tests. A paper presented
at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association, Washington, D.C., November, 1985.
Systematic Observation of Communicative
Interaction: A naturalistic language
assessment technique. A miniseminar presented at the Annual Convention
of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Los Angeles,
California, November, 1982 (with K. Braziel).
A clinical approach to discourse analysis
in school age children. A miniseminar
presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association Convention, Detroit, Michigan, November, 1981.
The structure of language proficiency
in language disordered children. Paper
presented at the Conference on Language Testing in conjunction with the
50th Linguistic Institute of the Linguistic Society of America,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, June, 1981 (with J. Oller).
The diagnosis of language disorders
in bilingual children. Paper presented at the
Summer Meeting of International TESOL, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
July, 1981 (with J. Oller).
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AS A KEYNOTE OR PLENARY SPEAKER AT NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
MEETINGS
Language Education in International
Classrooms. An invited Institute for the
1999 All Africa Administrators Conference and the 1999 Southern
Africa Teachers Conference for the Association of International Schools
in Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe, October, 1999.
Teaching English as a Second Language
and Language Education in the Classroom.
An invited Institute for the 1999 West Africa Teacher’s Conference for
the
Association of International Schools in Africa. Accra, Ghana,
October, 1999.
Language difficulties in multicultural
children: Are semilinguals different or
disordered? An invited Plenary for the Fifth Anniversary of the University
of Ottawa Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Program Conference.
Ottawa, Ontario, September, 1999.
Stage Two Pragmatics: Language
Assessment and Intervention Theory and Practices.
The Ruth Beckey Irwin Lecture, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
OH, May, 1999.
A Situated Approach to Teaching
Language to Normal and Exceptional Learners.
An invited Institute for the 1999 Near East South Asia Council of Overseas
Schools Teachers’conference. Cairo, Egypt, March, 1999.
Authentic Classroom Assessment:
Concepts, Models, & Procedures. Invited
plenary presented at ASHA Sponsored Program: “Practical Solutions:
Innovative strategies for successful service delivery in the schools”.
Scottsdale, AZ, July, 1996.
Designing IEPs that mirror school
performance. Invited plenary presented at
ASHA Sponsored Program: “Practical Solutions: Innovative strategies
for successful service delivery in the schools”. Scottsdale, AZ, July,
1996. (with Wayne Secord)
Research and Pedagogical innovations
in bilingual special education. An
invited plenary presented at the Council for Exceptional Children's
Multicultural Symposia, San Diego, November, 1994.
Practical and effective assessment
with Hispanic and Asian populations.
Invited presentation at ASHA Sponsored program. "Clinical Issues
with Hispanic and Asian populations". Maui, HI, July, 1994
Language intervention with bilingual
populations. Teleseminar from the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. July, 1994,
(with L. Cheng & H. Kayser)
Appropriate Speech and Language
Assessment. Invited workshop presenter
at ASHA sponsored Program: "Bilingualism: What every clinician
needs to know." Alexandria, Virginia, October, 1993.
Descriptive Assessment in the
Schools: Meeting challenges with new solutions.
A strand presented at the Council for Exceptional Children's Conference
on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Children,
Minneapolis, November, 1992. (with L. Cheng, J. Ferrer, and J. De Leon).
Language Appropriate Assessment
and Intervention. Presented at the
Bilingualism/Bilinguismo: A Clinical Forum, Miami, September, 1992.
(with E. Hamayan)
Assessing and managing Limited
English Proficiency in Preschool Aged
Children. A teleconference presented for the American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association, Washington, DC, December, 1991.
Performance assessment of language
minority students. An invited paper at the
National Research Symposium on Limited English Proficient Students'
Issues: Focus on Evaluation and Measurement, Washington, DC,
September, 1991.
Interactional response management:
A practical application of Dewey and
Vygotsky. Invited presentation. The Canadian Association of Speech-
Language Pathologists and Audiologists 14th Annual Conference.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May, 1989.
Focusing on success with the language/learning
disabled child. Fourth Annual
Dewar Holmes Lectureship. Charleston Speech and Hearing Center.
Charleston, South Carolina, May, 1989.
Synergy in applied linguistics:
Theoretical and pedagogical implications.
Invited paper, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Linguistics
Symposium: Linguistics, Second-language acquisition, and Speech-
language pathology. Milwaukee, WI, April, 1989.
Non-biased language assessment
and pre-assessment strategies. Invited plenary,
TESOL Preconference Symposium on Serving Exceptional Language
Learners. San Antonio, TX, March, 1989.
Overcoming Modularity: Naturalism,
Synergism, and Reality. Keynote
address to the Australian Association of Speech and Hearing Convention.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. May, 1988.
Descriptive Language Assessment
in Children. Plenary address to the Australian
Association of Speech and Hearing Convention. Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia. May, 1988.
Validity in Adult Assessment:
More than flipping pennies. Plenary Address
at the Australian Association for Speech and Hearing Convention.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. May, 1988.
Clinical Discourse Analysis and
management applications. Featured speaker
at the Arlene Matkin Memorial Lecture, Tucson, Arizona, October, 1984.
The hard and soft of neurolinguistics:
A closer scrutiny. Invited Workshop at
the Seventeenth Annual Convention of TESOL, Toronto, Canada, March, 1983.
SELECTED SIMINARS/WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
Classroom Communicative Assessment:
Evaluating performance in context. A
ten hour workshop presented for Riverside Publishing. In 18 sites
around the United States, Fall, 1994 and Spring 1995.
Multicultural Language Intervention:
Addressing cultural and linguistic diversity.
A ten hour workshop presented for Riverside Publishing. In 10 sites
around the United States, Spring, 1993 & Spring 1994
Meeting the Challenge of Cultural
and Linguistic Diversity in the Schools: Best
Practices in Language Assessment and Intervention. A four day Summer
Institute presented at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina,
July, 1992 (with Walt Wolfram, Else Hamayan & Dana Kovarsky).
The Collaborative Model and Effective
Language Intervention in the Schools. A
three day workshop presented at Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas,
June, 1992 (with S. Damico).
Whole language for Special Needs
Students. A 10 hour workshop presented for
Riverside Publishing. In 36 sites around the United States, Fall,
1991 -
Spring 1995.
Multicultural language intervention:
Accounting for diversity. Invited speaker
at the Language Intervention Practices Institute. Appalachian State
University. Boone, North Carolina, July, 1990.
Addressing Concerns involving
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
in the Public Schools: Assessment and Treatment. A three day
workshop
presented for the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization,
Mount Prospect, IL, May, 1990 & January 1991.
Issues in Communicative Assessment
and Intervention: Pragmatically Speaking.
A 16 hour weekend workshop presented at the Seventeenth Florida Speech
Pathology Institute sponsored by the Florida State Department of Education,
Orlando, Florida, March, 1990 (with B. Shulman).
Clinical Discourse Analysis Advanced
Workshop. 8 hour workshop presented
at the Australian Association of Speech and Hearing, Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia, May, 1988.
PICA/PICAC Workshops, each requires
40 hours of instruction, 47 of these workshops
have been conducted in various sites around the United States.
Language Assessment and Limited
English Proficient students: A multidisciplinary
task. 12 hour seminar to school districts and state department of education
seminars, Lincoln, Nebraska; Austin, Texas; Las Cruces, New Mexico;
New Orleans, Louisiana; Flagstaff, Arizona.
Non-biased Assessment Institute,
30 hour seminar to school districts as a member
of the workshop team from the Midwest National Origin Desegregation
Assistance Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, August, 1985 and Chicago, Illinois,
Spring, 1986.
Assessment Issues in Clinical
Linguistics, 24 hour seminar to graduate students
and post-master's professionals, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, June,
1984.
Clinical Discourse Analysis:
Trainers Workshops, 45 hour seminar to selected
speech-language pathologists in the Albuquerque Public School System,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, April-May, 1984 and August, 1985.
INVITED UNIVERSITY LECTURES AND COLLOQUIA
Appalachian State University
Arizona State University
Auburn University
Brigham Young University
City College - New York
College of Saint Rose
University of Denver
East Carolina State Univ.
Ft. Hays State Univ.
Georgia State University
Grambling State Univ.
Hofstra University
Idaho State University
Kearney State University
LSU - Medical Center
Louisiana Tech
Memphis State University National-Lewis
Univ.
New Mexico State
Nicholls State University
Northeastern University
Northern Arizona Univ.
Northwestern University
Northwestern State (LA)
The Ohio State University
Our Lady of The Lake (TX) Portland State
Univ.
Temple University
Texas Christian Univ.
Tulane University
University of Akron
University of Alabama
Univ. of Arizona
University of Arkansas
Univ. of Buffalo (SUNY)
Univ. of Colorado
Univ. of Colorado-Denver
University of Florida
Univ. of Kansas
University of Miami
University of Missouri
Univ. of Nebraska
University of New Mexico
University of the Pacific
Univ.of South Alabama
Univ. of Southern California
University of Texas-Austin University of
Utah
University of Virginia
Univ. of West Virginia
Univ. of Rhode Island
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Univ. Of Wis.-Milwaukee Univ.
of Wyoming
Vanderbilt University
Wayne State University
Wichita State Univ.
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Cumberland College of Allied Health (AUS)
La Trobe University (AUS)
Lincoln College of Allied Health (AUS)
McGill University (Canada)
McQuarie University (AUS)
University of London (UK)
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Queensland (AUS)
SELECTED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND STATE DEPARTMENT CONSULTATIONS
National or Tribal Departments of Education
Jicarilla Apache
Board of Education
Navajo Nation
Board of Education
United States
Department of Education
State Departments of Education
Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Carolina Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Selected School Districts
Albuquerque
Public Schools (NM)
Austin Public Schools
Broward County
Public Schools (FL)
Cedar Rapids Public Schools (IA)
Chicago Public
Schools
Clovis Unified School District (CA)
Columbia Public
Schools (MI)
Columbus Public Schools (OH)
Dade County
Public Schools (FL)
Dayton Public Schools (OH)
Denver Public
Schools
Detroit Public Schools
East Baton Rouge
Parish Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools (VI)
Fresno Unified
School District
Illinois Resource Center
Jefferson Parish
Public Schools
Jersey City Board of Education
Lafayette Parish
Public Schools
Las Cruces Public Schools (NM)
Las Vegas Public
Schools
Lincoln Public Schools (NE)
Los Angeles
School Board
Madera County Office of Education
Mississauga
Board of Education (ONT)
New York City Board of Education
Oakland County
Schools (MI)
Orleans Parish Public Schools
Philadelphia
Board of Education
Providence Public Schools (RI)
Santa Fe Public
Schools (NM)
San Antonio Public Schools (TX)
St. Tammany
Parish Schools
Trumbull Public Schools (CN)
Region IV Education
Service Center (Hous) Vancouver
Board of Education (CAN)
Region V Educational
Service Center (TX) Waukegan
Community Unit Schools
STATE CONVENTIONS AS KEYNOTE/PLENARY SPEAKER
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Illinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
PAID RESEARCH/PEDAGOGICAL CONSULTANTSHIPS
Language Teaching and Language Education
Consultant, The Association of
International Schools in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 1999-2000.
Language Education Consultant, The Near
East and South Asia Council of
Overseas Schools, Athens, Greece, 1998-2000.
Early childhood Intervention Project,
Department of Speech and Language Sciences,
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. (Qualitative Research consultant)
1998 - 1999.
Department of Speech-language Pathology,
Children’s Hospital, Denver, Colorado
(Bilingual/Multicultural Assessment). Fall, 1998.
Language/Training Specialist, Illinois
Resource Center, Des Plaines, Illinois.
(Language acquisition, Language testing). 1992-2001.
Language Assessment Researcher, Office
of Bilingual Education and Language
Minority Affairs, United States Department of Education, Washington,
DC.
(Prepared a written report of performance assessment of minority students).
1991.
Consultant, Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of Louisiana Medicare Intermediary,
Baton Rouge, LA. (Evaluated claims and trained claim review
personnel)
1986-1990.
Navajo Research Project, Department
of Communication Disorders, Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. (Research and
linguistic consultant
for federal contract on language development and language testing) Summer,
1989 to Summer, 1991.
Bilingual Special Education Center,
Department of Education, University of Texas,
Austin, Texas. (Research consultant and data collection trainer for federal
contract on language proficiency) Spring, 1985 to Spring 1989.
Upper Great Lakes Multifunctional Resource
Center, University of Wisconsin-
Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. (Consultant on design of a training module
for non-biased language assessment). August, 1987.
Midwest National Origin Desegregation
Assistance Center. University of
Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Facilitator on research
for regional workshops on Bilingual Special Education and Nonbiased
Language Assessment Institute). Summer, 1985 to Summer, 1987.
American Indian Bilingual Education
Center, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Linguistic consultant for Choctaw
bilingualism. Albuquerque, New Mexico and Wetumka, Oklahoma).
Fall, 1982 to Fall, 1983.
Educational Assessment Systems, Inc.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Language
content specialist for computer software development). Fall, 1982
to
Summer, 1984.
Department of Linguistics and Department
of Communication Disorders.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Teacher training
of Jicarilla Apache students in Dulce, New Mexico and Linguistic research).
Spring, 1982 to Summer, 1984.
Center for the study of Legal Policy
Relating to Children, Law Center, University
of Indiana. (Linguistic consultant). Summer, 1980 to Summer, 1981).
FUNDED GRANTS
Faculty Research Stipend, Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana;
"Prognosis in Polyglot Aphasia: Corrective factors for accurate estimation".
($5000.00) Summer, 1985.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
New Investigator's Research
Grant; "Code Switching and Language Pathology: An investigation of
grammatical and pragmatic characteristics". ($1000.00) 1987.
Discretionary Project Funds, Louisiana
Department of Education; "Project TAPS:
Training Assessment Personnel Statewide in Nonbiased Procedures".
($60,000.00) 1988-1990.
Discretionary Project Funds, Louisiana
Department of Education; "Project ACT:
An Augmentative Center for Technical Assistance". ($157,000.00) 1990-1991.
Discretionary Project Funds, Louisiana
Department of Education; " Projects MINDS:
Meeting the Instructional Needs of Diverse Students". ($280,000.00)
1994-1997
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