1. SPEECH, LANGUAGE, &
HEARING SCIENCES
2015
July Newsletter
SLHS in Zambia 2015 Program
Report:
Team SLHS in Zambia 2015 includ-
ed 6 rising seniors and 3 rising 2nd
year AuD students. After 8 weeks
of weekly class meetings during
the spring semester and one week
of daily intensive classes the first
week of Maymester preparing for
the program, we departed for
Zambia on May 23, 2015. During
our two weeks in Zambia we
worked with the following commu-
nity partner organizations:
-We provided hearing screenings
to 30 children and AAC training to
5 staff members at Kabulonga
Cheshire Homes, a non-profit or-
ganization that provides care,
physiotherapy and education for
children with physical disabilities
-We provided AAC and hearing
screening training to about 30 Spe-
cial Education students and faculty
at the University of Zambia, the
oldest and largest university in
Zambia
-We provided hearing screenings
(5) and speech-language consulta-
tions (9) to children and training
on Hearing Screening to ~20 staff
and school teachers at the Pediat-
ric Center of Excellence, a Center
serving children with or at risk for
HIV/AIDS, including a Develop-
mental Intervention Clinic open to
all children with developmental
delays
-We provided hearing screenings
to 105 children, caregivers and
staff at Special Hope Network, a
non-profit organization that
provides services for children
with intellectual disabilities at
two Community Care Centers in
some of the poorest neighbor-
hoods of Lusaka (Garden and
N’Gombe compounds) and at a
Resource Center for families
who can pay
-We provided hearing screen-
ings to 68 children and staff
members at the Mthunzi Cen-
tre, a non-profit orphanage fo-
cused on providing education
and skills training to children
-We provided hearing screen-
ings to 87 children at Tubalange
Primary School
-We provided speech-language
consultation to 1 child and
training on speech-language
development and strategies to
5 audio-tech students at Beit
Cure Hospital, a specialty hospi-
tal in orthopedics, neurosur-
gery and ENT/Audiology
TOTAL hearing screenings
295
TOTAL speech and language
consultations
10
TOTAL training attendees
60

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Barb Cicholski along with two SLHS
student volunteers, Brooke
Trueblood and Michelle Anglin, led a
class for middle school 4H students
in Lyles-Porter Hall. The class enti-
tled, Exploring the Careers of Speech
-Language Pathology and Audiolo-
gy, was part of a campus wide pro-
gram for 4 H students learning about
various careers. Topics covered in-
cluded: requirements for the fields
of Audiology and Speech-Language
Pathology, how communication and
swallowing disorders are treated,
specialty areas in the fields, and the
many settings where professionals
may work. Brooke and Michelle
shared information about why they
chose their major and what has
helped them be successful in col-
lege. The 23 students had great
questions and participated actively
in the class.
SLHS & 4H Students
2015 Recipient
Dr. Laurence B. Leonard
Rachel E. Stark Distinguished
Professor
Department of Speech, Language and
Hearing Sciences
Purdue University
Click here for more information!
If you would like to view his talk
please go to the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=8w_jkIVXV34
Callier Prize in Communication Disorders
autism. —Mary Lou Poole
To quote the letter informing him of
his award:
“On behalf of the 2015 Autism Society
National Awards Committee, I am
pleased to inform you that you have
been selected to receive the 2015 Out-
standing Research of the Year. This
prestigious award is given to an individ-
ual or organization that has provided
Colleagues:
It is my great pleasure to inform you
that our colleague Oliver Wendt has
been named the recipient of the 2015
Autism Society of America Research
Award. Oliver was recognized for his
excellent science-based work leading
to effective digital/electronic interven-
tions to assist language development
in individuals with moderate to severe
the autism community with meaning-
ful progress and advancement in the
field of applied research. You were
nominated for this award by Michele
Trivedi and Jane Yip. After reviewing
all of the submissions for this award,
the committee determined that there
was no one more deserving than
you.”
Autism Society of America Research Award

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For faculty with lab websites in WordPress made by
non-Purdue contractors: email ITaP-
webadmin@purdue.edu to find out whether you
have any non-supported plug-ins or templates.
There was some change in Wordpress due to a secu-
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For faculty looking for a lab website: Erin
(hallet@purdue.edu) and Martin
(mart@purdue.edu) in Marketing and Media can
assist. It is not free to have them create the website
but it might be easier and about the same cost as
going outside. I don't know their costs but I thought
I'd pass along that this help existed at Purdue be-
cause I had no idea.
-Jessica
FACULTY
FACULTY, STAFF, & STUDENTS
features:
 Nina Reeves MS,CCC-SLP, BCS-
FD: School-Age Stuttering
 Paula Sullivan MS, CCC-SLP,
BCS-S: Decision Making in Indi-
viduals with Dementia and Dys-
phagia
 Cathy Pratt PhD: Behavior and
Autism
 Jay Rosenbek PhD: Motor
Speech Disorders in Adults
 Preeti Sivasankar PhD: Summa-
rization of research and clinical
application
 Dave Ertmer PhD: Summariza-
Please mark your calendars. The
Crossroads Conference 2015 will
be on Monday October 26th and
Tuesday October 27th. We hope
that you can incorporate Cross-
roads into your fall courses so that
students may participate. It is
such a great opportunity for our
students. Dependent upon their
role they may gain experience in
the logistics of planning an event
like this, applying for a grant, dis-
playing a poster, or simply appre-
ciating the importance of lifelong
learning. Our program this year
tion of research and clinical ap-
plication
 Linda Hood, PhD: Auditory Neu-
ropathy Spectrum Disorder
(ANSD)
 Judy Dubno, PhD: Speech Un-
derstanding in Older Adults
Thanks to all for your support.
Looking forward to a great
conference!
The Crossroads Committee-
Dawn and Anne
Crossroads Conference on Communicative Disorders 2015
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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-Joan M. Vaughan, Office: (765) 496-1927, Cell: (765) 337-3621 , Fax: (765) 496-1227
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July HIPAA Newsletter