• 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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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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