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Professor and Program Director for Speech-Language Pathology

Education

  • BS - James Madison University - Speech Language Pathology
  • MS - James Madison University - Speech Language Pathology
  • PhD - University of Georgia - Communication Sciences and Disorders

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate:

  • SPLP 111 Introduction to Communication Disorders
  • SPLP 334/ECED 250 Language Development
  • SPLP 401 Autism for the SLP

Graduate:

  • SPLP 611 Pediatric Speech and Language Disorders II
  • SPLP 635 Seminar in Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • SPLP 615 Evidence-Based Practices in Speech-Language Pathology
  • SPLP 661 Advanced Clinical Practicum - Pediatrics

Research Interests

I currently have two lines of research.

  • Cultural Competence in Speech-Language Pathology Students: I am studying what types of didactic instruction and personal experiences increase students' awareness of racial bias, comfort with diverse individuals, and appreciation of life-long cultural learning.
    • Outcomes of Rectify & Reform clinical cases as a tool to increase graduate student confidence in supporting system change 
  • Using Book Reading as a Treatment Routine for Children with Language Disorders: I explore how to recruit book reading routines at home to support child participation and language learning. Recruiting home participation can increase treatment intensity by helping parents become partners in the treatment process.

There are opportunities for students to volunteer to work on ongoing research projects; sign up for office hours and we can talk!

Professional Certifications

  • Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA)
  • Commonwealth of PA, License in Speech-Language Pathology

Awards

  • Sabbatical Study Leave, Fall 2020
  • University Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching, 2017
  • Ray Coppler Disability Awareness Award, 2017
  • IUP College of Education and Communications Outstanding Researcher Award, 2012
  • International Reading Association's Dina Feitelson Research Award for the research publication Price, van Kleeck, & Huberty, 2009

Selected Publications

  • Coogle,C.G., Storie, S., Ottley, J.R., Rahn, N.L., & Price, L.H. (2019). Prompting peers' use of choices to promote communication in children with autism spectrum disorder. International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education (INT-JECSE), 11(2), 116-127.
  • Price, L.H. & Bradley, B.A. (2016). Revitalizing read alouds: Interactive talk about books with young children, PreK-2. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  • Price, L.H., (2013, April 1). Spotlight on Special Interest Group 1, Language Learning and Education. The ASHA Leader.
  • Price, L.H. & Bradley, B.A. (2012). Birth-Five Years of Age. Kansas Guide to Learning: Literacy.
  • Price, L.H., Bradley, B.A., & Smith, J. (2012). A comparison of preschool teachers' read-alouds of storybooks and expository books. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27, 726-440.
  • Price, L.H., Hendricks, S., & Cook, C. (2010). Hardware and software technologies to facilitate language sample analysis. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 41, 206-222.
  • Mosheim, J. (Oct. 4, 2010). Auditory Processing Disorders: Use Labels to Help Focus on Deficits. Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, 20 (20), 7-9. Cover story, interviewed about children with auditory processing disorders.
  • Price, L.H., van Kleeck, A., Huberty, C.J. (2009). Talk during book sharing between parents and preschool children: A comparison between storybook and expository book conditions. Reading Research Quarterly, 44(2), 171-194.
  • Price, L.H. & Ruscher, K.Y. (2006). Fostering phonological awareness using shared book reading and an embedded-explicit approach. In A. van Kleeck (Ed.), Sharing Books and Stories to Promote Language and Literacy (pp. 15-76). San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.
  • Van Kleeck, A., Vander Woude, J., & Hammett, L.A. (2006). Fostering literal and inferential language skills in Head Start preschoolers with language impairment using scripted book sharing discussions. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 85-95.
  • Hammett, L.A., van Kleeck, A., & Huberty, C.J (2003). Patterns of parents' extratextual interactions during book sharing with preschool children: A cluster analysis study. Reading Research Quarterly, 38, 442-468.

Manuscripts In Preparation:

  • Price, L.H. (in preparation). Increasing cultural competence and awareness of racial privilege in undergraduate students.

  • Bradley, B.A. & Price, L.H. (Revising to Resubmit). Preschool teachers' preferences when choosing informational texts to read aloud.

Selected Presentations

  • Price, L.H. & Muguimi, M. (2023, April). Rectify & reform clinical cases: Building skills for systemic change. Presentation at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, King of Prussia, PA.

  • Price, L.H. & Muguimi, M. (2021, April). Cultural competence in the university curriculum. Poster Presentation at the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Houston, TX. 
  • Price, L.H. (2018, November). Increasing cultural competence and awareness of racial privilege in undergraduate students. Poster presentation presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
  • Zaken, K., LeDonne, D., & Price, L.H. (2018, April). Robokind: The efficacy of using social robots in autism therapy. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Pittsburgh, PA. Student poster session.
  • Price, L.H. (2017, March). Using informational texts to achieve language treatment goals. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Harrisburg, PA.
  • Brady, J. & Price, L.H. (2017, March). Analyzing language samples from speakers of nonmainstream English dialects. Seminar presented at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Harrisburg, PA.
  • Brady, J. & Price, L.H. (2016, November). Incorporating language sample analysis into clinical decision-making. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Price, L.H. & Bradley, B.A. (2016, November). Using interactive talk about books to achieve language treatment goals (PreK through Elementary). Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA. (over 150 people attended)
  • Price, L.H. (2016, April). Social interactionist treatments for students with autism: Core principles and treatment strategies. Invited presentation for speech-language pathologists in southern South Dakota, Mitchell, SD.
  • Price, L.H. (2016, April). Using interactive talk about books to achieve language treatment goals. Invited presentation for speech-language pathologists in southern South Dakota, Mitchell, SD.
  • Price, L.H. & Bradley, B.A. (2013, April). Read-alouds in early childhood classrooms: Rethinking genre and teacher talk to scaffold children's language and learning. Presentation for the Reading Research Institute: Next Steps in the Implementation of Common Standards at the International Reading Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.

 

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