
C. ALLYSON SCHAFF
instructor / clinical educator / speech-language pathologist
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ABOUT ME

Instructor in communication disorders in didactic and clinical settings / Pediatric speech-language pathologist with an interest in speech sound disorders, developmental language disorders, and literacy disorders.
Research Interest: Working to improve the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning within clinical education by applying the latest learning science research to the clinical relationship.
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EXPERIENCE and INTERESTS

INSTRUCTOR
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
I am an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department where I have taught the following courses:
UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
Language Development
Phonetics
Speech Sound Development and Disorders
Language Disorders.
GRADUATE LEVEL
Elective on Written Language Disorders
Clinic ClasS
DOCTORATE LEVEL
Selected Topics in COMD (Teaching in Higher Ed)
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
I taught post-baccalaureate courses in Normal Development and Clinical Phonetics in the online Bridge Program at Florida State University.
SPEECH@EMERSON
I facilitated graduate courses in Speech Sound Disorders and Clinical Methods and Comprehensive Examination Preparation.
I enjoy teaching learning science research to my students to support their learning in these courses.

CLINICAL EDUCATOR
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
I supervise graduate clinicians in their first-year placements at the University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic and in their school placements through our collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston.
CURTIN UNIVERSITY
I supervised students in their school placements at Curtin University in Western Australia.
I love working with student clinicians and helping them to see the connection between theoretical principles in their coursework to clinical practice. Please see my Teaching Statement to see how I implement learning science research into clinical settings.

CLINICIAN
I worked as a pediatric SLP in Kuwait, Australia, and the United States for over 15 years.
I enjoy working with children who fit the Developmental Language Disorder profile and am most interested in the intersection between speech and written language.
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EDUCATION

Doctorate of Speech-Language Pathology
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
M.A. in Communication Disorders
The University of Houston, Houston, Texas
B.A. in Communication Disorders
Baylor University, Waco, Texas
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