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Last modified November, 1999 by Stephen Horowitz
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EDUCATION
Ohio State University: Ph.D., 1978 Speech-Language Pathology
Seton Hall University: M.A., 1974 Speech-Language Pathology
Ohio State University: B.A., 1971 Speech and Hearing Education
CERTIFICATIONS
Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)
Florida State Licensure (#8446356)
Neuro-Developmental Treatment Certification (NDT)
Certified in the Orton-Gillingham approach to Multisensory Language
Instruction
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Developmental dyslexia
Childhood language development and disorders
TEACHING, RESEARCH & TEACHING
Professor of graduate and undergraduate courses in language development
and language disorders.
Coordinator of the reading disabilities program at the University of
Florida Speech and Hearing Clinic.
Research and teaching interests in the neurobiology, assessment, and
treatment of developmental reading disabilities.
HONORS
O. Ruth McQuown Commemorative Term Professor, 1999-2000
Asha Fellow, 1998
Asha Editor’s Award for best article in the American Journal of Speech-Language
Pathology, 1997
Departmental Teaching Bonus award 1997
College Teaching Award 1998
College Teaching Award 1995
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Neural bases of childhood language disorders.
Brain morphology in children with specific language impairment.
Neurolinguistic deficits and deviations in brain morphology in dyslexia.
Neurobiological foundations of reading disabilities.
Linguistic deficits in children with reading disabilities.
Identifying kindergartners at risk for learning to read.
Reading readiness and developmental patterns of kindergarten children.
Effects of phonological decoding training on children's word recognition.
Phonological patterns in invented spellings of kindergarten children
Phonological and orthographic spellings in elementary grades
The role of the speech-language pathologist in reading disabilities:
assessment, prevention, and treatment.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Speech,Language, and Hearing Association
The International Dyslexia Association
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading